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CS Hayes Stakes

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RIFF ROCKET winning the CS Hayes Stakes at Flemington in Australia.
RIFF ROCKET winning the CS Hayes Stakes at Flemington in Australia. Picture: Racing Photos

The CS Hayes Stakes is a Group 3 race run under Set Weights and Penalties conditions for three-year-old colts and geldings run at Flemington conducted by the Victoria Racing Club.

The first CS Hayes Stakes was run in 1986 when it was knowns as 'The Debonair' and carried that name until 2007 with the exception of 1994 when it run as the Vanuatu Stakes. The first winner Raveneaux had won the Victoria Derby in 1985.

In 2008 the VRC renamed the race the CS Hayes Stakes in honour of the late champion trainer Colin Hayes, who passed away in 1999.

It has been a Group 3 race since 2001. Colin Hayes trained Zabeel to win The Debonair in 1990 and his son David has won the race twice with McBrave (1993) and Rullene (1995).

The CS Hayes Stakes has been run at Flemington every year with the exception of 1997 when it was run at Sandown Park and 2007 when it was transferred to Moonee Valley.

The distance has been run twice over 1200m in 1990 and 2007. While programmed as a 1400m event the race distance has varied many times from 1409m (1999-2000), 1410m (2004. 2012), 1414m (1998), 1420m (1994, 2003), 1432m (1995) to 1433m (1996).

The CS Hayes was worth $200,000 in 2024 and is the major lead-up to the G1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington.

The 2020 clash saw Alligator Blood and Catalyst go nose for nose from the jump.

Tagaloa won his first race since the Blue Diamond 51 weeks earlier in the 2021 edition.

Like Mahogany, Riff Rocket returned to win the CS Hayes after taking the Derby in the Spring.

There have been eight three-year-olds to take the CS Hayes Stakes/Australian Guineas double – Zabeel (1990), Mahogany (1994), Mouawad (1997), Dash For Cash (2002), Wandjina (2015), Hey Doc (2017), Grunt (2018) and Alligator Blood (2020).

Other notable winners of the CS Hayes Stakes include Encounter, Mossman, Starcraft, Lieutenant, Wordsmith, Tagaloa and Riff Rocket.

The 2024 CS Hayes Stakes was won by Riff Rocket from King Colorado and Verdad.


Racing and Sports

Previous CS Hayes Stakes Winners

DateHorseJockeyWTTrainerBP
RIFF ROCKET (AUS) 3G
AMERICAN PHAROAH (USA) - MISSILE CODA (AUS) SMART MISSILE (AUS)
CRAIG WILLIAMS59.5CHRIS WALLER5
ELLIPTICAL (AUS) 3C
DUNDEEL (NZ) - MARQUISE DA ROSSA (AUS) TESTA ROSSA (AUS)
B SHINN56.0A & S FREEDMAN13
PINSTRIPED (AUS) 3G
STREET BOSS (USA) - SNITZEL BLITZ (AUS) SNITZEL (AUS)
MICHAEL DEE57.0ENVER JUSUFOVIC4
TAGALOA (AUS) 3C
LORD KANALOA (JPN) - VASILISSA (JPN) HEART'S CRY (JPN)
L CURRIE59.5TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG1
ALLIGATOR BLOOD (AUS) 3G
ALL TOO HARD (AUS) - LAKE SUPERIOR (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS)
RYAN MALONEY57.5DAVID VANDYKE1
THE INEVITABLE (AUS) 3G
DUNDEEL (NZ) - GIFT BOUQUET (AUS) KING'S HIGH (AUS)
SIGRID M CARR56.0SCOTT BRUNTON9
GRUNT (NZ) 3C
O'REILLY (NZ) - RUQQAYA (NZ) VAN NISTELROOY (USA)
DAMIEN OLIVER55.0MICK PRICE10
HEY DOC (AUS) 3G
DUPORTH (AUS) - HEYINGTON HONEY (AUS) GENERAL NEDIYM (AUS)
L CURRIE57.5TONY MCEVOY3
TIVACI (AUS) 3C
HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE) - BRECCIA (NZ) FASTNET ROCK (AUS)
CRAIG WILLIAMS55.0MICHAEL MORONEY11
WANDJINA (AUS) 3C
SNITZEL (AUS) - LA BAMBA (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE)
DAMIEN OLIVER54.0MS G WATERHOUSE5
HUCKLEBUCK (AUS) 3G
ELVSTROEM (AUS) - KONDARI (NZ) O'REILLY (NZ)
D TOURNEUR55.5PHILLIP STOKES1
SHEER TALENT (AUS) 3C
REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - ST. KATHERINE (AUS) BARATHEA (IRE)
S BASTER54.0MARK KAVANAGH9
THAT'S THE ONE (AUS) 3G
SNIPPETSON (AUS) - CHOSEN (AUS) REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS)
CRAIG WILLIAMS54.0COLIN & CINDY ALDERSON5
BULLBARS (AUS) 3C
ELUSIVE QUALITY (USA) - ACCESSORIES (GB) SINGSPIEL (IRE)
M J ZAHRA54.0PETER SNOWDEN15
TAKE THE RAP (NZ) 3G
NO EXCUSE NEEDED (GB) - AROON (NZ) VOLKSRAAD (GB)
CRAIG WILLIAMS54.0DANNY O'BRIEN5
FAIR TRADE (AUS) 3G
DANEWIN (AUS) - VILLA IGEA (AUS) PAPAL POWER (USA)
NICHOLAS HALL54.0MICHAEL KENT2
PLAYWRIGHT (NZ) 3G
FANTASTIC LIGHT (USA) - AMONISTAR (USA) THEATRICAL (IRE)
S MURPHY54.0S J RICHARDS5
WORDSMITH (AUS) 3C
TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - WAY WITH WORDS (AUS) YEATS (USA)
STEVEN KING54.0SHANE NICHOLS3
MINSON (AUS) 3G
HONOUR AND GLORY (USA) - INSTANT (AUS) PREGO (IRE)
CRAIG WILLIAMS55.5MICHAEL HIBBS8
LIEUTENANT (AUS) 3G
DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) - SOVEREIGN COUNTESS (AUS) SOVEREIGN RED (NZ)
D GAUCI54.0JOHN HAWKES10
STARCRAFT (NZ) 3C
SOVIET STAR (USA) - FLYING FLOOZIE (NZ) POMPEII COURT (USA)
M PUMPA54.0GARRY NEWHAM4
INNOVATION GIRL (AUS) 3F
RUBITON (AUS) - BRIGHT GLEAM (AUS) JUGAH (USA)
N RAWILLER54.0BRIAN MAYFIELD-SMITH5
DASH FOR CASH (AUS) 3C
SECRET SAVINGS (USA) - GULISTAN (AUS) RUBITON (AUS)
K MCEVOY56.5RICK HORE-LACY3
KOSTA ZOFF (AUS) 3G
ZOFFANY (USA) - KOSAMET (AUS) COUNTY (AUS)
V HALL54.0MATHEW ELLERTON6
CRAWL (AUS) 3G
DR GRACE (NZ) - TRAIPSE (AUS) BLETCHINGLY (AUS)
D GAUCI54.0JOHN HAWKES2

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