Looking for this year’s CS Hayes Stakes betting markets, field and tips? The tipsters at Neds have put together everything you need to know before this year’s race.

C S Hayes Stakes, Flemington

Named after legendary trainer Colin Hayes, the CS Hayes Stakes is a longstanding Group 3 race run over 1,400 metres each February at Flemington Racecourse on Black Caviar Lightning Day. Restricted to colts and geldings, with a $200,000 prize purse, the race is the male equivalent of the The Vanity held at the same meeting for the three-year-old fillies.

The CS Hayes Stakes is a key lead-up into the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) held later during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival and the latest to do the double include Wandjina (2015), Hey Doc (2017), Grunt (2018), and brilliant Queenslander Alligator Blood (2020). 

In 2024 the CS Hayes Stakes winner Riff Rocket won first-up after his Victoria Derby success the spring prior becoming the first horse in 30 years to do the double, the first since Mahogany (1993).

Riff Rocket went on to run third in the Australian Guineas 2024 at his next start before completing the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas – Australian Derby double in Sydney that autumn.

CS Hayes Stakes 2025 – Quick Information

  • Race Day: Saturday, February 15th, 2025
  • Track Location: Flemington Racecourse
  • Track Surface: Turf
  • Track Direction: Left-handed
  • Race Distance: 1,400 metres
  • Weight Conditions: Set weights (plus penalties)
  • Qualification: Three-year-olds (colts and geldings only)
  • Type: Thoroughbred
  • Grade: Group 3
  • Operator: Victoria Racing Club
  • Prize Purse: $200,000
  • Inaugural Race: 1987
  • 2025 CS Hayes Winner: TBD

cs hayes stakes 2025 RESULTS

The official 2025 CS Hayes Stakes results will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday February 15, 2025. 

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CS Hayes Stakes Betting 2025

New Ways to Bet at neds

There are many different ways to bet on the CS Hayes Stakes, and we have included some of the most popular options below:

Bet Type How To Place This Type Of Bet In This Year’s The Vanity
Win Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will take first place in this year’s CS Hayes Stakes.
Place Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will place in the top three finishers at this year’s CS Hayes Stakes. Pays less than a win bet, but offers safer odds.
Each-Way Bet If your runner finishes 1st in the CS Hayes Stakes, you will collect both the Win and the Place dividend. If your horse finishes 2nd or 3rd you will collect the Place dividend.
Quinella Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in any order, within the CS Hayes Stakes, in order to win the Quinella.
Exacta Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in the correct order, within the CS Hayes Stakes to win the Exacta.
Trifecta Bet You must select runners to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order, within the CS Hayes Stakes to win the Trifecta.
First Four You must select runners that finish 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th in the correct order, within the CS Hayes Stakes to win the First 4.
Quadrella Bet (Quaddie) You must select the winners of four nominated races to win the Quaddie. This means you would have to select three other races apart from the CS Hayes Stakes, in order to be eligible to place a Quaddie.

How To Bet On The CS Hayes Stakes in 2025

  1. Login at neds.com.au
  2. Make sure to check out form guide, once it’s released
  3. Decide what kind of bet you’re going to place (Win, Place, Each-Way, Trifecta + more betting options, please read our section on CS Hayes Stakes Betting above).
  4. Select the horse(s) for the race.

Which Horse Will Win The CS Hayes Stakes in 2025

The best way to pick which horse will win the CS Hayes Stakes in 2025 is to take into account their lead-up autumn racing form, assess the barriers, consider the weight the horse will carry and back the proven Group horses in the mix. 

Additional factors to consider when picking the CS Hayes Stakes winner include: 

  • Class Has It – The favourites have an excellent record in the CS Hayes Stakes.
  • Flemington Factor – Past runs at the iconic HQ track are an advantage.
  • Last Start Winners – Three-year-olds coming off a lead-up run traditionally do well in this event.

CS Hayes Stakes Favourites 2025

Favourites in 2025 CS Hayes Stakes betting include last start Group 3 Manfred Stakes winning colt Royal Insignia, Anthony & Sam Freedman’s resuming Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes runner-up Henlein, and the spring’s Group 1 Caulfield Guineas runner-up Feroce

Alligator Blood ($1.80 in 2020) followed by Pinstriped ($5.50EF in 2022) are the last CS Hayes Stakes favourites to win.

CS Hayes Stakes 2025 Field

The official 2025 CS Hayes Stakes field of final acceptances is announced on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below. 

CS Hayes Stakes 2025 Tips

Favourite: TBD

Best Bet: TBD

Best Roughie: TBD

Our insider 2025 CS Hayes Stakes tips will be detailed here the week of the race and a full betting preview available on the Neds Blog.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE 2025 BLACK CAVIAR LIGHTNING DAY PREVIEW & TIPS

CS Hayes Stakes Race Day 2025

The 2025 CS Hayes Stakes takes place at Flemington Racecourse on Saturday, February 15, 2025, as part of Black Caviar Lightning Day 2025.

The action at HQ is headlined by the sprinters facing off in the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning (1000m), while the Group 3 Frances Tessady Stakes (1400m) is the other key support act on the card. 

CS Hayes Stakes Barrier Draw 2025

The 2025 CS Hayes Stakes barrier draw will be released to the public a few days before the race and will be published in our above CS Hayes Stakes Field section.

CS Hayes Stakes Nominations 2025

2025 CS Hayes Stakes nominations close at 12 PM on the Monday of race week. 

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 1144×4 DETROIT CITY G 3 Dominic Sutton 72
2 114x7423x FEROCE (NZ) G 3 Dominic Sutton 98
3 7x112211x9 GOLDRUSH GURU C 3 Andrew Gluyas 106
4 13x6262x HENLEIN C 3 Anthony & Sam Freedman 93
5 12171×7 NDOLA C 3 Ben, Will & JD Hayes 75
6 35×1 NOSTRINGSATTACHED C 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 63
7 41321x OPENING ADDRESS (NZ) G 3 Liam Howley 78
8 5x53x471 RAILWAY MAN C 3 Ciaron Maher 62
9 31x0216x RED ACES C 3 Nick Ryan 84
10 8x311x1 ROYAL INSIGNIA C 3 Grahame Begg 82
11 37118x SAINT EMILION C 3 Ciaron Maher 71
12 021352x SCARY (NZ) C 3 Emma-Lee & David Browne 94
13 411 SEPALS G 3 Cliff Brown 68
14 125x305x5 STAY FOCUSED G 3 Phillip Stokes 75
15 7×15163 STAY HUMBLE G 3 Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin 69
16 21 STORM AHEAD G 3 Julius Sandhu 64
17 1x325x65 WONDER BOY G 3 Jerome Hunter 77

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

CS Hayes Stakes Weights 2025

Set weights plus penalties apply to this race. Final weights are announced at 4 PM on the Monday of race week with the official 2025 CS Hayes Stakes weights on the final acceptances to be published in our above CS Hayes Stakes Field section.

Tagaloa (59.5kg in 2021) and Riff Rocket (59.5kg in 2024) are the last CS Hayes Stakes topweights or equal topweights to win.

2025 CS Hayes Stakes Topweight:

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CS Hayes Stakes Acceptances 2025

2025 CS Hayes Stakes final acceptances must be declared before 9:30 AM on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in our above CS Hayes Stakes Field section.

CS Hayes Stakes Jockeys 2025

The final riders announcement is at 1 PM on the Wednesday of race week with the official 2025 CS Hayes Stakes jockeys to be published in our above CS Hayes Stakes Field section.

CS Hayes Stakes Scratchings 2025

2025 CS Hayes Stakes scratchings close at 7:30 AM on Saturday the 15th of February 2025. 

CS Hayes Stakes Prize Money 2025

The 2025 CS Hayes Stakes prize purse is worth $200,000 in total, distributed from places first through to eighth. There is a SUPER VOBIS Nominators bonus of $10,000 for eligible place-getters.

Place Prize Money
1st $120,000
2nd $36,000
3rd $18,000
4th $9,000
5th $5,000
6th $4,000
7th $4,000
8th $4,000

CS Hayes Stakes Race Number 2025

The 2025 CS Hayes Stakes race number is TBC for Saturday the 15th of February 2025. There are ten races in total that day at Flemington Racecourse.

CS Hayes Stakes Form Guide 2025

The final form guide will be available the week of the race. You can check below for a link to our full 2025 CS Hayes Stakes Form Guide following final acceptances. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 CS HAYES STAKES FORM GUIDE

CS Hayes Stakes Live 2025

You can watch or listen to the 2025 CS Hayes Stakes live, across the following mediums.

Pay television: Sky Racing 1 (channel 526 on Foxtel)

Free to air television: Channels 78 (and 68 in regional areas)

Radio: Radio Sport National

StreamingRacing.com

MobileNeds App

CS Hayes Stakes Winners

Winners of the CS Hayes Stakes going back to the year 2000 are displayed in the table below.

Year Winner Trainer/s Jockey Weight Time
2025 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
2024 Riff Rocket Chris Waller Craig Williams 59.5 kgs 1:22.32
2023 Elliptical  Anthony & Sam Freedman Blake Shinn 56 kgs 1:21.96
2022 Pinstriped Enver Jusufovic Michael Dee 57 kgs 1:22.74
2021 Taglaoa Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Luke Currie 59.5 kgs 1:21.63
2020 Alligator Blood David Vandyke Ryan Maloney 57.5 kgs 1:22.61
2019 The Inevitable Scott Brunton Sigrid Carr 56 kgs 1:21.99
2018 Grunt Mick Price Damien Oliver 55 kgs 1:21.55
2017 Hey Doc Tony McEvoy Luke Currie 57.5 kgs 1:22.88
2016 Tivaci Michael Moroney Craig Williams 55 kgs 1:22.77
2015 Wandjina Gai Waterhouse Damien Oliver 54 kgs 1:22.27
2014 Hucklebuck Phillip Stokes Dom Tourneur 55.5 kgs 1:22.95
2013 Sheer Talent Mark Kavanagh Stephen Baster 54 kgs 1:22.60
2012 That’s The One Colin Alderson Craig Williams 54 kgs 1:22.08
2011 Bullbars Peter Snowden Mark Zahra 54 kgs 1:23.93
2010 Take The Rap Danny O’Brien Craig Williams 54 kgs 1:23.25
2009 Fair Trade Michael Kent Nicholas Hall 54 kgs 1:22.50
2008 Playwright Steve Richards Sebastian Murphy 54 kgs 1:23.66
2007 Wordsmith Shane Nichols Steven King 54 kgs 1:10.87
2006 Minson Michael Hibbs Craig Williams 55.5 kgs 1:21.65
2005 Lieutenant John Hawkes Darren Gauci 54 kgs 1:24.29
2004 Starcraft Garry Newham Matt Pumpa 54 kgs 1:24.03
2003 Innovation Girl Brian Mayfield-Smith Nash Rawiller 54 kgs 1:22.72
2002 Dash For Cash Rick Hore-Lacy Kerrin McEvoy 56.5 kgs 1:22.60
2001 Kosta Zoff Mathew Ellerton Vincent Hall 54 kgs 1:22.30
2000 Crawl John Hawkes Darren Gauci 54 kgs 1:22.75