Rose Webb’s WR Aces Fame picked up her first stakes victory in the $172,100 New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity (RG3) at SunRay Park on Sunday.

Prepped by Wes Giles, who gave a leg up to jockey Freddie Martinez, WR Aces Fame covered 350 yards in :17.324 to earn a career-best 95 speed index. The winner’s share of the stakes-record purse increased her earnings to $114,345.

“I just showed up here for the picture,” joked Giles, who also has a string of Quarter Horses in training at Ruidoso Downs. “We’ve got a really good team on the backside, and they all make my job a lot easier.”

WR Aces Fame was bred by Webb, a resident of Farmington, New Mexico, and the filly became the 79^th stakes winner from 16 crops sired by Dash Ta Fame, a Grade 1-winning son of First Down Dash whose 1,072 starters have earned more than $15.8 million. After standing for several years at MJ Farms at Veguita, New Mexico, the 21-year-old stallion currently stands for a $6,500 fee at Dr. William Swyers’ Smart Ranches at Temecula, California.

WR Aces Fame is also one of three winners from five starters foaled by her dam, WR Red Ace, a 12-year-old daughter of the Special Effort stallion Lucky Aces N Eights. Bred by Webb, WR Red Ace earned $313,416 and won seven stakes from 31 starts from 2000-03, and she was the New Mexico region high-point 3-year-old filly in ’01.

WR Aces Fame’s second dam, the winning Casady Casanova mare WR Cassia, ran third in the 1988 Four Corners Futurity at old San Juan Downs in Farmington. The mare produced 11 starters, including Lucky Cassia, a dun gelding by Lucky Aces N Eights who ran second in the 1997 Santa Fe Downs Futurity (RG3).

WR Aces Fame’s stakes victory was her second in four starts. The filly began her career last spring at Sunland Park, where her record included a fourth-place run in the 300-yard, $75,000 New Mexican Spring Fling Stakes (R).

Martinez was riding WR Aces Fame for the first time. The jockey competed at Remington Park on Saturday, where he rode longshot One Diamond Kitty to a second-place finish in the Grade 1, $250,000 Remington Invitational Championship.

“I had no worries about him coming in here,” said Giles of Martinez. “He’s a true pro, and he rode a terrific race for us.”

The third-fastest qualifier, WR Aces Fame was sent to post at odds of nearly 9-1 and returned a $19.60 win mutuel. RGR Lyon A Tac, a maiden 40-1 longshot, ran second, a nose behind the winner, to complete a ($2) exacta return of $596.80. Fastest qualifier Famous Dungarees, W R Dash, Mal Intenciones, Corona Sixer, Vicente Y Su Corona, 2-1 favorite Love Me Caliente, Formerly Royal, and Famous Bullet completed the order of finish.

RGR Lyon A Tac earned $34,420 to boost his bankroll to $36,690 for owners David Hinkins and Ross Hinkins of Orangeville, Utah. The homebred bay gelding by Stormin’ Lyon (TB) began his career in a New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG1) trial at Sunland Park on March 26.

A chestnut gelding by Dash Ta Fame, Famous Dungarees races for Holy Bucket LLC. Famous Dungarees banked $17,210 to increase his earnings to $21,182. The gelding was coming off of a neck victory in the second of five New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity trials on May 13.