The in-form Calvin and Tony McEvoy stable will look to extend their stakes-winning run on Saturday as they launch a tri-state raid, saddling two stakes-placed juveniles and a Pakenham Cup (Listed, 2500m) hopeful across Sydney, Brisbane and Victoria.
At Randwick, the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m)-winning father-and-son partnership will chase Inglis Nursery (RL, 1000m) honours with Bohemian Rhapsody (Prague), who debuted with a strong third in the Inglis Banner (RL, 1000m) and now heads north in search of a breakthrough stakes win.
“He has trained on well,” Calvin McEvoy told ANZ News. “He's been up to Albury and had a trial on the Sydney leg, which we were keen to see him on that leg. He handled that nicely, then went back to Flemington and trained on well, so it all looks pretty peachy.”
A $4 chance, the colt has drawn the inside gate with Tim Clark aboard, and McEvoy hopes his race experience proves decisive.
“He’s drawn well with Tim Clark on board. We quite like the horse, so I'm looking forward to seeing where he sits,” he said.
“I'm not sure he's a real speed horse, but from that barrier with an on-speed rider, we'll just be asking Tim to get him out the gates and then for him to work it out, ride him where he's comfortable. He's got the race experience on a couple of these.”
Bought for $200,000 by McEvoy Mitchell Racing and Damon Gabbedy’s Belmont Bloodstock from Sledmere Stud’s Inglis Classic draft, the colt is the second foal out of Kris Lees’ dual Group 2 winner Invincible Gem (I Am Invincible), who captured the Missile Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) and finished Group 1-placed in the Canterbury Stakes (Gr 1, 1300m).
“He's a beautiful horse, very good looking colt. We weren't sure about Prague, but we love the pedigree, we love the dam side, and on his physical type, we were very pleased to be taking him home,” McEvoy said.
Further north at Eagle Farm, the stable will saddle short-priced favourite One Day At A Time (Bivouac) in the Widden's Jacquinot First Yearlings 2026 (1000m).
The filly, who ran third in the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (Listed, 1000m) on debut in October, is building towards a Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) tilt and McEvoy believes she can take another step.
“She's a beautiful Bivouac filly,” he said. “I think she was quite unlucky not to win the stakes race. She just had to get back, got into a lot of trouble and was beaten half a length.
“She trialled nicely up there and we think a fair bit of her. So on that, we expect her to be very hard to beat taking on a couple of winning two-year-olds, but we've got plans to try and run her in the Magic Millions, should she be going well.”
Purchased for $270,000 from Rosemont Stud's Magic Millions draft by the same connections who acquired Bohemian Rhapsody, the filly will jump from barrier six under Ryan Maloney.
“I would expect there to be good pace. I think she can probably settle wherever. She's pretty tractable. She's a filly that will get better over a bit further so a 1000 metres is probably right at the shorter, sharper end of her scale,” McEvoy added.
Meanwhile, in their home state the camp will be represented by Cavity Bay (Cable Bay) in the Pakenham Cup.
Racing in the famed silks of champion mare Makybe Diva (Desert King), the four-year-old mare has been consistent all preparation and arrives ready for a rise in trip.
“She's going really well,” McEvoy said. “She's been quite frustrating only winning the one race, but Tony Santic [owner] was keen to have a crack at the race and she's sound, fit and well.”
A multiple stakes placegetter, Cavity Bay gets her chance again over a staying journey with Harry Coffey taking the ride.
“We are looking forward to seeing how she handles getting back up to this trip. She's run very well
in both the South Australian Derby [fifth] and the SA Fillies Classic [third] over the 2500 metres.
So, the distance shouldn't be a concern and look, she'll run better than her odds,” he said.
“I
would have preferred her to draw in, but it is what it is. They've got a long way to find a position
[from barrier 12]. So she's a mare that relaxes quite well. So we expect her to be able to hopefully
slot in, get some cover and be produced late.”















