Ben Hayes

Trainer

Ben grew up with racing in his sights, living in Hong Kong on the Sha Tin track. After completing a degree in business management and entrepreneurship, he gained valuable international experience working in the UK for Charlie Hills, and as a pupil assistant for trainer John Gosden in Newmarket, where he was in charge of the European preparation of Gr.1 winner Criterion. Ben went into official training partnership with his dad David on August 1, 2016. Following David Hayes’ relocation to train in Hong Kong, a new partnership of Tom Dabernig and Ben Hayes was formed and officially took over on the 10th July 2020. They took out the Leading Trainer of the 2020 Flemington Spring Carnival, following their Gr.1 victory in the VRC Oaks with 3yo filly Personal and tallying five individual winners during Cup week. Ben now trains in partnership with his younger brothers Will and JD and is married to Grace Ramage.