Calvin McEvoy

Coronavirus Delays McEvoy Ballarat Move

Posted on May 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The end of the carnival in Adelaide was to herald the start of a new era for the Tony McEvoy stable and rider Barend Vorster. McEvoy, who trains in partnership with his son Calvin, was planning to relocate to on-course stables at Ballarat with Vorster to follow from the team's base Angaston. The new complex[...]

Posted on May 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tony McEvoy has left the decision on the future of multiple Group One winner Sunlight in the hands of her owners as the mare has a spell. McEvoy, who trains the mare in partnership with son Calvin, said there was no problem with Sunlight after finishing 11th behind Trekking in The Goodwood at Morphettville last[...]

Posted on May 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tony and Calvin McEvoy have resorted to travel in a bid to reinvigorate Sunlight ahead of The Goodwood at Morphettville. Sunlight has been working at Flemington before she returns to the McEvoy's South Australian base ahead of Saturday's Group One contest. Tony McEvoy reasoned the mare had become complacent in the country environment at Angaston[...]

Posted on May 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

John Allen is making a habit of winning the Adelaide Guineas at Morphettville. The Victorian-based jockey won the Listed 1600m race for three-year-olds for the third -straight time on Saturday, steering Game Keeper to an impressive victory. Allen won on Peaceful State in 2018 and So We Are in 2019. “It definitely has been good[...]

Posted on May 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The application of blinkers has done the trick on lightly raced two-year-old Ringbolt who has given trainer Tony McEvoy his fourth SA Sires' Produce Stakes in the past eight years. McEvoy won the Group Three 1400m race for two-year-olds with Modern Tsar (2013), Time Awaits (2017) and She Shao Fly (2019) and added another on[...]

Posted on May 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After going close to winning a Group One in Sydney earlier this year, Xilong has again shown her quality to score a determined win in the Group Two Euclase Stakes at Morphettville. Only 40 minutes after her stablemate Shrouded In Mist led to win the Group Two Queen Of The South Stakes (1600m), the Tony[...]

Posted on May 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Shrouded In Mist has exceeded her trainer Tony McEvoy's expectations with an upset front-running win in the Queen Of The South Stakes in Adelaide. McEvoy, who trains in partnership with his son Calvin, admits Shrouded In Mist's owner had been the one who had been keen for the five-year-old to run in Saturday's Group Two[...]

Posted on April 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Off the scene since finishing second to the talented Rubisaki at Flemington last season, three-year-old The Astrologist is poised to make his return to competition at Sandown. The Astrologist did most of his build-up from Tony and Calvin McEvoy's South Australian base before being sent to their Flemington stable to be prepared for Saturday's Salute[...]

Posted on April 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Tony McEvoy believes star sprinting mare Sunlight has a fourth Group One win at her mercy in the Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville. Sunlight was soundly beaten by Lightning Stakes winner Gytrash in the Group Three R N Irwin Stakes (1100m) last Saturday week in Adelaide but McEvoy has been thrilled with the four-year-old[...]

Posted on April 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Despite Sunlight being soundly beaten by Gytrash in the R N Irwin Stakes in Adelaide, trainer Tony McEvoy believes the mare did enough to suggest she is on track for upcoming Group One targets. Sunlight finished three lengths second to emerging sprint star Gytrash in Saturday's Group Three 1100m-race at Morphettville. It was her first[...]

Posted on April 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tony McEvoy has attempted to keep speed in the legs of stayer Secret Blaze in a bid to claim the Group Three Easter Cup at Caulfield. McEvoy, who trains in partnership with his son Calvin, said Secret Blaze was ticking over nicely ahead of his attempt at overturning consecutive second placings in two runs after[...]

Posted on April 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Multiple Group One winner Sunlight will further her preparation for a racetrack return with a barrier trial at Morphettville. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained mare is being prepared at Kildalton Park in Angaston after being sidelined with injury. Sunlight hasn't raced since finishing second to Kolding in the inaugural Golden Eagle at Rosehill last November[...]

Posted on February 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Xilong's lead-up to the Surround Stakes has not all gone to plan but co-trainer Calvin McEvoy says they would not be running the talented filly in the Group One race if they did not think she was up to it. Xilong won the Listed Twilight Glow Stakes last spring and was set to resume in[...]

Posted on February 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Multiple Group One-winning jockey Luke Currie is expected to be sidelined for months recovering from a spinal injury suffered in a fall. Currie came off Yulong June in an incident past the winning post in the final race at The Valley on Friday night, suffering two fractured ribs and a fractured C7 vertebra which needed[...]

Posted on February 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After an eventful return to the races in Adelaide, Westport is ready to bounce back in the Angus Armanasco Stakes at Caulfield. Westport was sent back to the barrier trials after racing erratically and attempting to buck during a 1050m-race at Morphettville first-up which resulted in her taking no competitive part, finishing 25 lengths from[...]

Posted on February 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Co-trainer Calvin McEvoy is hopeful Pretty Brazen can carry her spring form over to the autumn when she returns at Flemington. After two less than flattering runs in Sydney to start her spring campaign, Pretty Brazen returned to Melbourne to win three of her next four starts, culminating in the Sandown Guineas (1600m). On Saturday,[...]

Posted on February 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Despite his outsider status in the Lightning Stakes at Flemington, co-trainer Calvin McEvoy insists Despatch is worthy of his place in the Group One sprint. But McEvoy, who trains in partnership with his father Tony, is under no illusion about the task confronting Despatch on Saturday up against fellow Group One winners Nature Strip, Redzel[...]

Coronavirus Delays McEvoy Ballarat Move

Sunlight’s Racing Future Remains In Limbo

Flemington Trip To Reinvigorate Sunlight

Game Keeper Impresses In Adelaide Guineas

Ringbolt Wins Group 3 SA Sires’ Produce Stakes

Xilong Lifts To Win Group 2 Euclase Stakes

Shrouded In Mist Lands Upset Group 2 Win

The Astrologist Entered For Sandown Return

Sunlight On Target For Group One Sangster

McEvoy Happy With Sunlight’s Irwin Return

Fresh Secret Blaze Aims Up At Easter Cup

Sunlight A Step Closer To Racing Return

Xilong Set For Big Test In Group 1 Surround

Luke Currie Has Surgery After Valley Fall

Westport Out To Bounce Back At Caulfield

Sharp Pretty Brazen Ready For Vanity

Despatch Ready For Tough Lightning Test

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