David's Career

David Hayes training CV
(1st August, 1990 to 30th July, 2008)

1990 – 1995 (before going to Hong Kong)

• David won every Premiership in Melbourne and Adelaide for those 5 years
• First Australasian trainer to lead in 300 winners in one season setting a Commonwealth Record
• Trained six individual Group winners in 1 day at Flemington setting a World Record in 1990
• First and still the only Australian trainer to win the Japan Cup with Better Loosen Up in 1990
• Won the Cox Plate with Better Loosen Up in 1990
• Won Caulfield Cup with Fraar in 1993
• Won the Melbourne Cup with Jeune in 1994
• Won VRC Derby with Blevic in 1994
• Trained 17 individual Gr 1 winners ( 33 wins)
• Total of 1,289 winners for the first five years

1996 – 2005 Hong Kong

He became the “benchmark” trainer in Hong Kong, who all looked up to. On arrival he shot to the top of the Hong Kong Trainers Premiership List winning two Trainers Premierships and remaining in the top four on the Premiership List every season he was there. He won Hong Kong’s major races: The Derby, The Sprint, The Classic Mile and The Stewards Cup.  Total of 458 winners in the 9 seasons in Hong Kong.

2005 – 2006 Returned To Australia

In first season back:

• Won Australia’s greatest two year old races – The Golden Slipper with Miss Finland and The Blue Diamond with Nadeem
• Leading Australian trainer of stakes winners to tally 28 individual winners (36 wins)
• Leading Australian trainer of two year olds 46 individual winners (62 wins) inc 15 individual two year old stakes winners
• Took Lindsay Park’s total tally of winners to over 9,000
• Trained 5 individual Gr 1 winners (6 wins)
• Total of 241 Winners

For full details of David's 2005-2006 season click here

2006 - 2007 Second Season Back

In second season back:

• Won the Melbourne and Adelaide Metropolitan Premierships
• Broke all time Australian record for prizemoney earnings for the season to tally AUD$19,413,432
• Leading Australian trainer by stakes winners to tally 30 individual winners (47 wins)
• Trained over 100 Melbourne Metropolitan winners
• Won Blue Diamond (Sleek Chassis) for the fourth time (no other trainer has won this race 4 times)
• Other Blue Diamond winners were Nadeem (2006), Cannonise (1991), Principality (1995)
• Won Caulfield Cup with Tawqeet 2006
• Won Cox Plate with Fields Of Omagh 2006
• Won VRC Oaks with Miss Finland 2006
• Awarded Leading Trainer of VRC Spring Carnival 2006
• Leading Australian trainer of two year olds 45 individual winners (60 wins) inc 14 individual two year old stakes winners
• Trained 7 individual Group 1 winners (11 wins)
• Total of 253 winners

For full details of David's 2006-2007 season click here

USA 7th July 2007, ran third in Gr 1 American Oaks at Hollywood Park (2000m) with Anamato

2007-2008 Third Season Back

• Won the Melbourne and Adelaide Metropolitan Premierships
• Won the Gr 1 VRC Derby with Kibbutz
• Won the Gr 1 Blue Diamond Stakes with Reaan
• Australian record 5 individual Gr 1 Blue Diamond Stakes wins
• Three Blue Diamond quinellas in succession since returning from Hong Kong
• Won the Gr 1 MRC Futurity Stakes with Niconero
• This season trained 12 Gr 1 second place getters
• Awarded leading two year old trainer
• Total of 236 winners

To date David has won a total of 53 Group 1 races

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