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Eight Distance Specialists Entered in Lone Star Park's Devil His Due Stakes
Stone Chase Stables LLC and Alexia Willis, Shockinglyfamous is entered in Saturday's 870-yard, $50,000 Devil His Due Stakes at Lone Star Park.

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Eight Distance Specialists Entered in Lone Star Park's Devil His Due Stakes

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–NOVEMBER 23 2022–Eight distance specialists, headed by early favorite Shockinglyfamous, are entered in Saturday's 870-yard, $50,000 Devil His Due Stakes at Lone Star Park.

A 6-year-old son of One Famous Eagle trained by Kasey Willis for owners Stone Chase Stables LLC and Alexia Willis, Shockinglyfamous is coming off of a third-place finish, three-quarters of a length behind winner Dance The Dust Off, in the October 22, $108,000 Cox Ranch Distance Challenge Championship (G1) at Horseshoe Indianapolis. The stallion's three wins in seven starts at the 870-yard distance include the June 18, $53,000 Jesse Yoakum Memorial Stakes (R) for Texas-breds at Sam Houston Race Park.

Shockinglyfamous drew post 3 and will be ridden by Cody Wainscott.

Other contenders include Blue Star Racing's Dak, a 6-year-old Dominyun gelding trained by Toby Keeton and a multiple 550 stakes winner. Making his first start at the 870-yard trip at Lone Star Park on October 15, Dak scored a three-quarter length victory in an allowance-optional claiming ($20,000) race.

Dak drew post 4 and will be ridden by Francisco Calderon.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments:
  1. Ghost Bear (Gaspar Garcia)
  2. Hi High Hopes (Luis Vivanco)
  3. Shockinglyfamous (Cody Wainscott)
  4. Dak (Francisco Calderon)
  5. Heza Classy Now (Benito Baca)
  6. The Kings Horse (Claudio Aguilar)
  7. Jax Louisiana Game (Froylan T. Ramirez)
  8. O Donovan Rossa (Bryan Candanosa)

All Lone Star Park races can be seen at Q-Racing Video.com.