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A late burst of speed has carried Three Kings to victory in the Listed Anzac Day Stakes at Flemington.
The Tony and Calvin McEvoy stable is hopeful Three Kings can be the latest winner of the Listed Anzac Day Stakes at Flemington to put their hand up as a future spring contender.
Previous winners of the Listed race over 1400m include Vassilator (2018) and Merchant Navy (2017) while Super Seth, winner of the 2019 Caulfield Guineas, finished third to Chaillot in 2019.
Three Kings may not be in the same league yet, but the McEvoy father-and-son combination believe they have a nice horse on their hands and are looking forward to the spring.
But first the Group 3 South Australian Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) at Morphettville on May 8 is a possibility.
"We're going to consider the Sires'," Calvin McEvoy said.
"It comes up nicely on May 8. If we could get him back home, on the farm, on the river, he doesn't have to be trained for it, as he'll stay at 1400 metres and it looks a nice race.
"If he bounces through this then that's where we'll go but if he feels it and needs a break, he'll go to the paddock.
"This was a big step up, but it is an opinion of the horse we've had for a long time."
Ridden by Luke Currie, Three Kings ($6) raced to a long-head victory from Biscayne Bay ($10) with El Rocko ($26) a head away in third place.
Three Kings was having his fourth start on Sunday and coming off success at Ballarat two weeks earlier.
"He's a really nice horse," Currie said.
"Every time I've ridden him, he's been really good. To fight like he did at Ballarat, and I rode him the start before at Sandown, I thought today he could measure up, for sure.
"I think he's nice type of horse going forward and I think he's going to be better when he gets out to the mile."