Catalino Martinez rode Tin Can Kitty to a one-length win in the $75,000 C.O. “Ken” Kendrick Memorial Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-old fillies at SunRay Park on Saturday.

Prepped by Carlos Sedillo for owner Three H Racing LLC of Lovington, New Mexico, Tin Can Kitty covered 4 ½ furlongs in :50.83 while posting her second victory in three outs and first stakes score. The $45,000 winner’s share of the purse increased her earnings to $77,687.

A homebred filly, Tin Can Kitty became the first stakes winner sired by Tin Can Sailor, a 9-year-old son of the Danzig stallion Military who won the 2003 Riley Allison Futurity at Sunland Park and who is a half brother to the stakes-placed Yankee Victor colt Yankee Soldier. He stands for a $1,000 fee at W.L. Mooring’s Double L Farm at Bosque, New Mexico.

Tin Can Kitty’s dam, the winning Distinctive Cat mare Equality Cat, has produced two winners from as many starters. The filly’s second dam, Y Not Sizzle, is a 21-year-old daughter of the Blade stallion Poly’s Blade who won the $102,839 Kachina Stakes at Ruidoso Downs in 1991. Y Not Sizzle’s half brother, the Bold Ego colt Sid’s Ego, set the 5-furlong track record at Ruidoso in ‘86, one year before he ran second in the Old Town and Ocotillo (R) derbies at The Downs at Albuquerque.

Tin Can Kitty’s fourth dam, Little Sizzler was a daughter of the Beau Pere stallion Flitterpere who produced the late Daddy’s Little Man, a colt by Big Little Man who won two stakes from 1973-74, including the ’73 Ruidoso Thoroughbred Futurity.

Beginning her career at Sunland Park on March 30, Tin Can Kitty won a trial for the fillies division of the Copper Top Futurity (R) by four lengths. The filly ran second, two lengths behind winner Squall Wilbud, in the $133,436 final on April 17.

Squallena, a 49-1 longshot, ran second and was followed by Squall Wilbud and Shamrock Girl, who finished in a dead heat for third. Highspeed Rescue, Shug’s Midnight, Comicsperfectstorm, Seevee Forever, and Roll Texas Roll completed the order of finish.

A homebred daughter of Summer Squall racing for W.T. Stradley and Tom Williams, Squallena earned $15,000 to increase her bankroll to $21,557. Winless in four outs, Squallena was coming off of a second-place finish in a 4 ½-furlong maiden sprint at Ruidoso Downs on May 29.

Squall Wilbud banked $5,250 to push her earnings to $72,969 for Stradley and Williams. The homebred bay daughter of Squall won the fillies division of the Copper Top Futurity at odds of 29-1.

Shamrock Girl also earned $5,250 for her owner, David Wolochuk of Glendale, Arizona. A bay daughter by King Bull, Shamrock Girl won her first two starts at Sunland Park before she ran third as the 3-5 choice, 3 ¾ lengths behind Squall Wilbud, in the fillies division of the Copper Top Futurity.