Joe D. Brooks’ Awintersdream earned her second career stakes victory in Saturday’s 6 ½-furlong, $75,000 Aztec Oaks (R) for New Mexico-bred sophomore fillies at SunRay Park.

Saddled by Todd Fincher and ridden by Juan Ochoa, Awintersdream set fractions of :23.17 and 46.36 before stopping the timer in 1:17.06 for 6 ½ furlongs. The filly’s margin of victory was a neck from Desert Tap. Favorite Flag, the 3-5 favorite, ran third.

Brooks, a resident of Levelland, Texas, acquired Awintersdream for $8,000 at the 2008 New Mexico-Bred Yearling Sale in Ruidoso Downs. Bred by G. Chris Coleman of Farmington, New Mexico, Awintersdream is one of 15 stakes winners from 10 crops sired by Suave Prospect, a Florida-bred son of the Northern Prospect stallion Fortunate Prospect who won two Grade 3 stakes in 1994-95 and ran second in Thunder Gulch’s 1995 Florida Derby (G1).

Now 18, Suave Prospect has sired the earners of more than $17.1 million from 306 starters, including Umpateedle, a filly whose 17 wins in 53 outs included the 2005 Gallant Bloom Handicap (G2) at Belmont Park and Endine Handicap (G3) at Delaware Park. He stands for a $4,000 fee at Doubletree Farm in Eunice, New Mexico.

Awintersdream is also one of two starters foaled by Snowbound N Delmar, a 7-year-old daughter of the Meadowlake stallion Snowbound who won the 2005 ATBA Fall Sales Stakes (R) at Turf Paradise. Snowbound N Delmar’s full sister, Madringa, won the ’04 Bangles and Beads Stakes during the Los Angeles County Fair meet at Fairplex Park. The mare is also a half sister to Boca Fast, a colt by Boca Rio who won the 1999 Washington State Legislators Stakes at Emerald Downs near Seattle.

The $45,000 winner’s share of the Aztec Oaks purse increased Awintersdream’s earnings to $123,560. The filly has won four of seven races, including last year’s 4 ½-furlong, $75,000 Ken Kendrick Memorial Stakes at SunRay.

Teras Baby ran fourth, 4 ½ lengths behind Awintersdream, and was followed by Please N Teras and Conchis Monchis.

Runner-up Desert Tap earned $16,500 to boost her bankroll to $50,382 for owner William DuPont III of Orlando, Florida. A dark bay or brown daughter of Desert God, Desert Tap was a finalist in last year’s Ruidoso Horse Sale (R) and Rio Grande Senorita (R) futurities at Ruidoso Downs.

A $14,500 buy at the ’08 New Mexico-Bred Yearling Sale, Favorite Flag earned $7,500 for her owner, J. Kirk Robison of El Paso, Texas. The Avenue Of Flags filly won the March 28, $125,000 New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks (R) at Sunland Park, and she ran third, six lengths behind winner Glory Be Mine, in the January 16 La Senora Stakes (R) at Sunland.