Career
A native of Brevard, North Carolina, after working with show hunters and polo ponies, Hayes greatest success came during the twenty-six years between 1943 and 1969 when he trained Thoroughbreds for flat racing for Christopher Chenery. 1949 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt - Hill Prince
1950 American Horse of the Year - Hill Prince
1950 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse - Hill Prince
1958 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt 1958 - First Landing
1961 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly - (Cicada)
1962 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly - Cicada
1963 American Champion Older Female Horse - Cicada
Both Hill Prince and Cicada were National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductees. Among others, Hayes trained Chenery"s very good runners Sir Gaylord, Rich Tradition, Bryan G., and Hydrologist who, on August 2, 1969, ran third in the Monmouth Invitational Handicap which marked the last time Hayes saddled a horse for Chenery.
