Two-time Lone Star stakes winner RC Me Leaving You drew the rail post for Saturday’s 350-yard, $20,000 Nevill Stakes (R) at Lone Star Park.

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GRAND PRAIRIE, TX—SEPTEMBER 19, 2017—RC Me Leaving You, a 5-year-old stallion by Coronas Leaving You and a two-time stakes winner at Lone Star Park last season, drew the rail post for Saturday’s 350-yard, $20,000 Nevill Stakes (R) at Lone Star Park.

Trained by Jimmy Padgett for owners Bennie and Terri Jeter, RC Me Leaving You has earned $11,260 from three starts this year, and his season resume includes a third-place finish, one length behind winner Politically Corrupt, in the 440-yard, $50,000 Sam Houston Classic Stakes (G2) on May 13. The 9-5 morning-line favorite, the stallion will be ridden by Rodrigo Vallejo.

Pete Scarmardo’s Dash Dont Cheat drew post 7 and will be ridden by Francisco Calderon for trainer Leon Bard. A homebred 4-year-old son of Down N Dash, the gelding will be stretching out in distance off of his half-length victory in the July 28, $30,000 TQHA 250 Stakes (R) at Retama Park.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds:

1. RC Me Leaving You (Rodrigo Vallejo), 9-5
2. Mighty Corona Jr (Enrique M. Gonzalez), 20-1
3. Sr Esmeralda (Noe Villatoro), 8-1
4. JRC Callas First (Juan F. Garcia Jr.), 5-1
5. Kraken Black (Eddie Sanchez), 12-1
6. Kid Can Dash (Luis Vivanco), 6-1
7. Dash Dont Cheat (Francisco Calderon), 3-1
8. Classified Bulls Eye (Claudio P. Aguilar), 6-1.