1989 by Devil's Bag out of Plenty O'Toole by Raise A Cup

Descendant of the Important American Sire Line of TURN-TO

Turn-to is the great great grandsire of Devil His Due. Turn-to was the Co-Highweighted Colt as a Two Year Old of 1953 and the Highweighted Colt at Three in 1954. In a short eight race career, Turn-to won six races, The Garden State Stakes, The Saratoga Special, The Flamingo Stakes, two allowance races and a maiden race. Turn-to was second in an allowance race and third in the Hopeful Stakes, a race in which he bucked his shins. Turn-to is a son of Royal Charger who was by Nearco out of a half sister to Nasrullah. His dam was a half sister to Ambiorix and a half sister to the dam of My Babu. Turn-to truly had a sire's pedigree to go with his superb race record and fabulous physical appearance. Turn-to was an excellent stallion siring, Champions Hail To Reason and First Landing as well as stakes winners Sir Gaylord, Cyane, Waltz, Sally's Ship and Captain Gig. Turn-to is the broodmare sire of Horse of the Year Ack Ack.

Hail To Reason is the great grandsire of Devil His Due. Hail To Reason was Champion Two Year Old of 1960 winning the Youthful, Great American, Sanford, Sapling and Hopeful Stakes (by 10 lengths while setting a track record) while earning $328,434 before a fractured sesamoid ended his career. Hail To Reason was impeccably bred, being out of Acorn Stakes winner Nothirdchance. As a sire Hail To Reason was an immediate success. He sired 43 stakes winners including Horse of the Year and Preakness winner Personality, Champion Handicap Mare Straight Deal, Champion Two year Old in Ireland and Epsom Derby winner Roberto, Champion Two Year Old Filly Regal Gleam, French Champion Hippodamia, Kentucky Derby winner Proud Clarion, Belmont Stakes winner Hail to All, Futurity Stakes winner (defeating Buckpasser) Priceless Gem. Hail to Reason was North American Leading Sire in 1970.

Halo is the grandsire of Devil His Due. Halo, an impeccably bred colt being out of a stakes winning half sister to Natalma, dam of Northern Dancer, was a solid racehorse winning The United Nations Handicap-G1, Tidal Handicap-G2, Lawrence Realization, Voters Handicap and was 2nd in the Bernard Baruch Handicap-G3, Lamplighter Handicap, and 3rd in the Jersey Derby, Dwyer Handicap, Jim Dandy Stakes and Oceanport Handicap-G3. Halo was know as an outstanding Turf Horse but showed good quality while racing on the dirt. Halo showed his ability to sire great dirt horses and topped the North American Sire's List in 1983 and 1989. The sire of the winners of over $32,000,000.00, Halo was syndicated for $36,000,000.00. HALO has sired Horse of the Year and Breeders' Cup Classic, Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Sunday Silence, Canadian Horse of the Year and Champion Handicap Mare in the United States and Canada Glorious Song, Canadian Champion Two year Old and Kentucky Derby winner Sunny's Halo, seven time Grade One Stakes winner Goodbye Halo, Canadian Champion Two and Three Year Old Filly Rainbow Connection, Canadian Champion Three Year Old Filly Tilt My Halo, and millionaires Jolie's Halo, Lively One and Present Value. However, Halo's greatest achievement was North American Champion Two Year Old DEVIL'S BAG who so captured the Thoroughbred Breeding world that he was syndicated for $36,000,000.00 like his sire.

Devil's Bag is the sire of Devil His Due. Devil's Bag was North American Champion Two Year Old of 1983 when he was unbeaten as a two year old winning the Champagne Stakes-G1, Laurel Futurity-G1, and Cowdin Stakes-G2. As a three year old he won three out of four races including the Derby Trial Stakes and the Flamingo Prep. Devil's Bag is impeccable bred being a three quarter brother to Champion Glorious Song and Arlington Classic winner Saint Ballado. Devil's Bag is the sire of Grade One Stakes winners Twilight Agenda ($2,174,498.00) and Devil's Orchid as well as Graded Stakes Winners Diablo, Devilish Touch, Evangelical, De La Devil, Devil Diamond and many other stakes winners. However, the Leading Horse by Devil's Bag is Five Time Graded One Stakes Winner to date, Devil HisDue, winner of the Wood Memorial-G1, Pimlico Special-G1, Surburban Handicap-G1 (Twice) (all four stakes won while carrying highweight), Gulfstream Park Handicap-G1, Brooklyn Handicap-G2 (carrying highweight), Gotham Stakes-G2, Excelsior Handicap-G2 (carrying highweight), Broward Handicap-G3 (carrying highweight), 2nd Travers Stakes-G1, Woodward Stakes-G1, Iselin Handicap-G1, Pimlico Special-G1 (Twice), Oaklawn Handicap-G1, 3rd Metropolitan Handicap-G1, Jim Dandy Stakes-G2, etc. With Devil His Due's July 4th victory in the Suburban Handicap-G1, he became the leading Grade One Stakes winner of his crop ending his tie with Champions A.P. Indy and Bertrando and the crop's leading money winner and now retires with earnings of $3,920,405.00 from 41 starts for an average earnings of $96,619.00 per start.

A Leading Sire from his early crops

Devil His Due does it with just about any kind of mare.  He is siring stakes winner and sound horses.   He is already the of stakes winners She's a Devil Due, Mister Deville, Double Devils Food, Buckle Down Ben, Manitowish, Devil Time Parkway Express and Devil's Paid. The dams of these stakes winners are Fappiano, All of A Sudden, Sauce Boat, Flying Paster, His Majesty, Chief Singer, High Brite, and Kris S., exhibiting that no special trend has emerged for the type of mare that best suites Devil His Due.