Hey Doc (foaled 7 September 2013) is a retired
Australian bred thoroughbred racehorse that won four
Group 1 races, most notably the
Manikato Stakes on two occasions.
Background
Hey Doc was sold at the
Inglis Victorian yearling sales for the amount of
A$85,000.
Racing career
Hey Doc was successful in his racing debut, winning a two-year-old race at
Morphettville Racecourse.
As a three-year-old, Hey Doc raced on ten occasions, recording 5 wins, culminating in his first
Group 1 race the
Australian Guineas
The Australian Guineas is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, run at set weights, over a distance of 1600 metres at Flemington Racecourse, in Melbourne, Australia in March during the VRC Autumn Racing Ca ...
.
In his next preparation, Hey Doc won his second Group 1 race when successful in the
Manikato Stakes at the odds of 20/1.
After an unsuccessful campaign following this victory, Hey Doc was sidelined from racing for over 12 months due to an operation to remove bone chips from a joint.
He returned to racing with success at his second run, winning his third Group 1 the
Winterbottom Stakes at the odds of 12/1.
As a seven-year-old, Hey Doc won his second Manikato Stakes at
Moonee Valley defeating
Trekking
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by three quarters of a length and setting a new track record time of 1:08.76 for the 1,200 metre event.
In the
2020 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, Hey Doc was rated on 118, making him the equal 80th best racehorse in the world.
In 2021 it was announced that Hey Doc would be retired from racing.
References
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Racehorses bred in Australia
Thoroughbred family 3-j
2013 racehorse births