Colin Hayes
Australian horse trainer (1924–1999) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Australian trainer. For the British artist, see Colin Hayes (artist).
Colin Sidney Hayes AM OBE (16 February 1924 – 21 May 1999) was an Australian champion trainer of thoroughbred racehorses based in Adelaide, South Australia.
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Full name | Colin Sidney Hayes |
Occupation | Thoroughbred racehorse trainer |
Born | (1924-02-16)16 February 1924 Semaphore, South Australia |
Died | 21 May 1999(1999-05-21) (aged 75) Angaston, South Australia |
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During his career he trained 5,333 winners including 524 individual Group or Listed winners. He won 28 Adelaide and 13 Melbourne Trainers' Premierships.
The C S Hayes Stakes is named in his honour and run annually at Flemington Racecourse.[1]
Hayes was elevated to Legend status in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2018, a feat only achieved by two other horse trainers, TJ Smith and Bart Cummings.[2]