“He was training well but there were a couple of races when he didn’t perform as well as we expected. So, we chatted with the ownership group and everyone agreed that Hey Doc had been a marvellous horse but he’d lost the desire to race. He’d obviously decided that he’d done enough and we respected that,” said Calvin. “He was an amazing horse and we shared an unbelievable journey with him. Now I want to find another horse just like him!” Hey Doc already had a willing new owner keen to offer him a home. Pauline Liston of Three Bridges Thoroughbreds had been discussing Hey Doc’s future with friend and part-owner of the horse, Adrian Hall. Located in Eddington, a 90-minute drive from Melbourne Airport, and with about 1,600 acres of paddocks, pastures and wide- open spaces, the horse stud became Hey Doc’s next destination. “I enjoy the challenge of teaching horses off the track and I’m good at teaching a horse to trust me. You can’t give an off the track horse to anyone because they take time to settle down,” said Liston. “When he first arrived, he didn’t want to know me and it took a month before he was glad to see me. Nowwe are mates.
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