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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

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
RIFF ROCKET (AUS) 3G
AMERICAN PHAROAH (USA) - MISSILE CODA (AUS) SMART MISSILE (AUS)
CRAIG WILLIAMS 59.5 CHRIS WALLER 5
ELLIPTICAL (AUS) 3C
DUNDEEL (NZ) - MARQUISE DA ROSSA (AUS) TESTA ROSSA (AUS)
B SHINN 56.0 A & S FREEDMAN 13
PINSTRIPED (AUS) 3G
STREET BOSS (USA) - SNITZEL BLITZ (AUS) SNITZEL (AUS)
MICHAEL DEE 57.0 ENVER JUSUFOVIC 4
TAGALOA (AUS) 3C
LORD KANALOA (JPN) - VASILISSA (JPN) HEART'S CRY (JPN)
L CURRIE 59.5 TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG 1
ALLIGATOR BLOOD (AUS) 3G
ALL TOO HARD (AUS) - LAKE SUPERIOR (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS)
RYAN MALONEY 57.5 DAVID VANDYKE 1
THE INEVITABLE (AUS) 3G
DUNDEEL (NZ) - GIFT BOUQUET (AUS) KING'S HIGH (AUS)
SIGRID M CARR 56.0 SCOTT BRUNTON 9
GRUNT (NZ) 3C
O'REILLY (NZ) - RUQQAYA (NZ) VAN NISTELROOY (USA)
DAMIEN OLIVER 55.0 MICK PRICE 10
HEY DOC (AUS) 3G
DUPORTH (AUS) - HEYINGTON HONEY (AUS) GENERAL NEDIYM (AUS)
L CURRIE 57.5 TONY MCEVOY 3
TIVACI (AUS) 3C
HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE) - BRECCIA (NZ) FASTNET ROCK (AUS)
CRAIG WILLIAMS 55.0 MICHAEL MORONEY 11
WANDJINA (AUS) 3C
SNITZEL (AUS) - LA BAMBA (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE)
DAMIEN OLIVER 54.0 MS G WATERHOUSE 5
HUCKLEBUCK (AUS) 3G
ELVSTROEM (AUS) - KONDARI (NZ) O'REILLY (NZ)
D TOURNEUR 55.5 PHILLIP STOKES 1
SHEER TALENT (AUS) 3C
REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - ST. KATHERINE (AUS) BARATHEA (IRE)
S BASTER 54.0 MARK KAVANAGH 9
THAT'S THE ONE (AUS) 3G
SNIPPETSON (AUS) - CHOSEN (AUS) REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS)
CRAIG WILLIAMS 54.0 COLIN & CINDY ALDERSON 5
BULLBARS (AUS) 3C
ELUSIVE QUALITY (USA) - ACCESSORIES (GB) SINGSPIEL (IRE)
M J ZAHRA 54.0 PETER SNOWDEN 15
TAKE THE RAP (NZ) 3G
NO EXCUSE NEEDED (GB) - AROON (NZ) VOLKSRAAD (GB)
CRAIG WILLIAMS 54.0 DANNY O'BRIEN 5
FAIR TRADE (AUS) 3G
DANEWIN (AUS) - VILLA IGEA (AUS) PAPAL POWER (USA)
NICHOLAS HALL 54.0 MICHAEL KENT 2
PLAYWRIGHT (NZ) 3G
FANTASTIC LIGHT (USA) - AMONISTAR (USA) THEATRICAL (IRE)
S MURPHY 54.0 S J RICHARDS 5
WORDSMITH (AUS) 3C
TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - WAY WITH WORDS (AUS) YEATS (USA)
STEVEN KING 54.0 SHANE NICHOLS 3
MINSON (AUS) 3G
HONOUR AND GLORY (USA) - INSTANT (AUS) PREGO (IRE)
CRAIG WILLIAMS 55.5 MICHAEL HIBBS 8
LIEUTENANT (AUS) 3G
DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) - SOVEREIGN COUNTESS (AUS) SOVEREIGN RED (NZ)
D GAUCI 54.0 JOHN HAWKES 10
STARCRAFT (NZ) 3C
SOVIET STAR (USA) - FLYING FLOOZIE (NZ) POMPEII COURT (USA)
M PUMPA 54.0 GARRY NEWHAM 4
INNOVATION GIRL (AUS) 3F
RUBITON (AUS) - BRIGHT GLEAM (AUS) JUGAH (USA)
N RAWILLER 54.0 BRIAN MAYFIELD-SMITH 5
DASH FOR CASH (AUS) 3C
SECRET SAVINGS (USA) - GULISTAN (AUS) RUBITON (AUS)
K MCEVOY 56.5 RICK HORE-LACY 3
KOSTA ZOFF (AUS) 3G
ZOFFANY (USA) - KOSAMET (AUS) COUNTY (AUS)
V HALL 54.0 MATHEW ELLERTON 6
CRAWL (AUS) 3G
DR GRACE (NZ) - TRAIPSE (AUS) BLETCHINGLY (AUS)
D GAUCI 54.0 JOHN HAWKES 2

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