Gelded after beating one runner home in the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes,
the Tony McEvoy trained Hey Doc has been a different horse since resuming from
a spell.He carried 60kg to win first up at Sandown on August 7, before overcoming difficulty to score impressively at Moonee Valley on September 3.
That performance convinced connections to step him up in grade with pleasing results all round.
Hey Doc was well ridden by Luke Currie, storming home with a well-timed run to take the 1600 metre feature by more than a length, his fourth win from seven starts with prizemoney topping $290,000.
"He's just kept improving and has been flying at home," said Currie.
"I expected him to do this."
Tony McEvoy was thrilled with the win and has decisions to make with Hey Doc entered for all the big spring features including the Group I VRC Victoria Derby.
"He really impressed me," said McEvoy, who will decide on a possible Caulfield
Guineas start next week."He had to lift to another level. I thought he was fabulous."
An $85,000 Inglis Premier Session II purchase for McEvoy Mitchell Racing from the Rosemont Stud draft, Hey Doc is the second and final foal of Heyington Honey, who died last year.
An Adelaide winner by General Nediym, Heyington Honey comes from the family of Group III winner Excel Pilot.
Hey Doc is the third stakes-winner for Red Ransom's Group I winning son Duporth, who switched from Kitchwin Hills to Jindera Park earlier this year and stands at a fee of $6,600.
