Stats / Trainers / D. A. Hayes

D. A. Hayes

Birthday: Oct 22, 1962

Nationality: Australia

Background:
Age: 60. David Hayes is a son of legendary Australian trainer Colin Hayes. He took out his own licence to train in 1990 and quickly established a top-class reputation across a five-year span, thanks to 31 Group 1 scores, his domination of the trainer titles in Melbourne and Adelaide, and famous victories in the Japan Cup and Melbourne Cup. He relocated to Hong Kong in 1996 and, during what proved to be his first spell in Hong Kong, Hayes was champion trainer on two occasions and established his position as a top-four trainer, notching 458 wins across ten seasons; his major wins included the Hong Kong Sprint and the Hong Kong Derby. He returned to Australia in 2005 and advanced his Lindsay Park operation to greater heights of achievement; he has won majors along the way with the likes of Miss Finland, Fields Of Omagh, Redkirk Warrior, Nicconi and Criterion, and he has achieved a record six wins in the crack two-year-old race, the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes. Hayes formed a partnership with his nephew Tom Dabernig in 2014, and in 2016 that expanded to include his son, Ben Hayes. He is the first trainer in Hong Kong's professional era to return to train in the city, having commenced his second spell in July 2020 ahead of the 2020/21 campaign. In the first season of his second stint, Hayes nailed 32 wins including five with the then unbeaten Fantastic Treasure - that season's Champion Griffin. Through 2022/23, Hayes amassed 34 wins including the back-to-back National Day Cup wins with Super Wealthy.

Achievements:
Hong Kong Champion Trainer (1997/98 & 1998/99); 8x Melbourne Champion Trainer; 9x Adelaide Champion Trainer; youngest inductee to the Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2008); only Australian trainer to win the Japan Cup (1990 Better Loosen Up); first Australian trainer to achieve 300 wins in a season (1994).

Notable Race Wins Include
Hong Kong Sprint (2002 All Thrills Too), Hong Kong Derby (2003 Elegant Fashion), Melbourne Cup (1994 Jeune), Caulfield Cup (1993 Fraar, 2006 Tawqeet, 2017 Boom Time), Cox Plate (1990 Better Loosen Up, 2006 Fields Of Omagh), Australian Cup (1991 Better Loosen Up, 2009 Niconero, 2015 Spillway, 2018 & 2019 Harlem, 2020 Fifty Stars), Blue Diamond Stakes (1991 Canonise, 1995 Principality, 2006 Nadeem, 2007 Sleek Chassis, 2008 Rean, 2017 Catchy), Golden Slipper (2006 Miss Finland), Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1995 Jeune, 2015 Criterion), Lightning Stakes (2010 Nicconi, 2018 Redkirk Warrior). G3 National Day Cup (2021 & 2022 Super Wealthy).

Hong Kong Career Wins
(at start of 2023/24 season): 560 (win strike rate: 8.8%).

General Performances
No of wins for season: 34
No of runs for season: 332
Win %: 10.24
No of wins for all weather: 3
No of 2nds for all weather: 0
No of 3rds for all weather: 1
All weather: 22
Total stakes: $52,768,725
Win stakes: $30,246,720
No of 2nds: 35
No of 3rds: 30
Percentage for season: 29.82
Profit/Loss: ($453)
Most Effective Distances
YearHappy ValleyShatin1000m-1200m1400m-1650m1800m-2000m2000m+
1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal
2417199146171621186191315148121915160330220002
Performance
DistanceWin2nd3rdLostTotal RideWin%
Happy Valley100010091010
120056446618.2
16508115396312.7
180032051030
2200000220
ShatinAll weather12002016922.22
165010091010
1800000330
Turf100020381315.38
1200977325516.36
140026547603.33
160012519273.7
1800010560
2000000330
2400000000
Odds of Runners
Draw Year<44-1010-2020+
1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal
2410642815191611378884222107
Draw Statistic
Draw Year1-56-1011-14
1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal
241316201391314813285261
Trainer Partnerships
Trainer1st2nd3rdLostTotal
Z. Purton12931943
K. Teetan711113261
C. L. Chau30159
K. C. Leung3544153
A. Atzeni2031015
H. Bowman201710
L. Hewitson2443747
C. Y. Ho10146
J. McDonald11068
K. H. Chan10067
A. Badel00022
A. Hamelin00011
B. Avdulla01067
B. Thompson00011
E. C. W. Wong01157
H. Bentley01023
H. T. Mo00011
J. Kah00022
K. De. Melo00033
L. Currie00099
L. Ferraris02158
M. Chadwick00055
M. F. Poon00033
M. L. Yeung0001818
R. King00011
Y. L. Chung00022