Viva Le Don is the 6-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 870-yard, $50,000 Devil His Due Stakes at Lone Star Park.

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GRAND PRAIRIE, TX—NOVEMBER 25, 2021—Rockin J Running Horses’ Viva Le Don is the 6-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 870-yard, $50,000 Devil His Due Stakes at Lone Star Park.

A homebred 5-year-old Rock Solid Jess gelding trained by Tammy Johnson, Viva Le Don won three stakes during his summer campaign, all at the 870-yard distance, including the June 12, $81,000 Jesse Yoakum Memorial Stakes (R) for Texas-breds at Sam Houston Race Park. All told, the gelding has won 11 of 31 races -- including five of eight at the 870 trip -- and he has earned $497,886.

Viva Le Don drew post 8 and will be ridden by Josh Romero.

Other contenders include You Buy I Fly V, a 4-year-old One Valiant Hero gelding owned and trained by Tony Sedillo. Claimed by Sedillo for $7,500 at Albuquerque Downs on September 3, You Buy I Fly V has since won both of his outs at the 870-yard distance, and he is coming off of a wire-to-wire, three-length victory in a $40,000 allowance race at Zia Park on October 18.

You Buy I Fly V drew post 2 and will be ridden by Miguel Perez.

The Devil His Due Stakes honors the Quarter Horse Devil His Due, a gelded son of Zevi (TB) who won the 1998 AQHA Distance Challenge Championship (G1) at Lone Star Park. The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds:

1. X Rated Winner (Jesse Sauceda), 20-1
2. You Buy I Fly V (Miguel Perez), 6-1
3. Holy Storm (Victor M. Urieta Jr.), 15-1
4. Ghost Bear (Agustin Silva), 15-1
5. The Kings Horse (Jerry Lee Yoakum), 3-1
6. One Mighty Eagle (Bryan Candanosa), 30-1
7. Favorite Kool Cartel (Ricardo Garza-Cruz), 9-2
8. Viva Le Don (Josh Romero), 6-5

The Devil His Due Stakes, and all Lone Star Park races, can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.