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Lindsay Park sale
Adrian DunnFrom: Sunday, 22 August 2010 Increase Text SizeDecrease Text SizePrintEmailShare
Add to DiggAdd to del.icio.usAdd to FacebookAdd to KwoffAdd to MyspaceAdd to NewsvineWhat are these? LINDSAY Park, home of the Hayes' dynasty for the past 45 years, is for sale.
The 405-hectare property, home to turf heroes such as Dulcify, Better Loosen Up, Jeune, Zabeel, How Now, Beldale Ball, So Called, Fields Of Omagh and Miss Finland, will go on the market this week.
David Hayes, whose late father Colin established Lindsay Park in the rolling hills of the Barossa Valley in 1965, confirmed the sale yesterday.
When contacted by the Herald Sun, Hayes said the property would be offered for sale, but said he did not wish to make further comment at this stage.
Real estate sources value the land, which has domestic/international appeal for the thoroughbred industry, agricultural, corporate, Government, or development world, could fetch upwards of $10 million.
Included in the sale is the Lindsay Park homestead where David Hayes grew up and learned to train racehorses, the Collingrove uphill turf gallop, training and breaking facility for 100 horses and an airstrip.
The property where Hayes' mother Betty still lives will be retained by Hayes and is leased by Hayes' nephew Sam, who runs Lindsay Park Stud.
Such has been the significance of Lindsay Park as a thoroughbred centre of excellence that Queen Elizabeth, a noted horse lover, made a trip there on one of her visits to Australia.
Along the journey, Lindsay Park was the home of a combined 71 premierships won in Melbourne and Adelaide by Colin, Peter and David Hayes, as well as Tony McEvoy.
It was the home of champions who won two Melbourne Cups, three Caulfield Cups, three Cox Plates, four Victoria Derbys, three Australian Cups and eight Blue Diamonds.
Colin Hayes trained 5333 winners, including 97 Group 1s, from Lindsay Park, while David has trained more than 2400 winners and 58 Australian Group 1 winners.
Long-time friend and employee McEvoy, along with Victorian businessman Wayne Mitchell, bought a 93-hectare portion of the complex, known as Raceside, in June.
Work is well advanced on Hayes' $15 million training centre at Euroa, 150km north of Melbourne, with the complex expected to be fully operational next autumn.
With three sons, Ben, Will and JD, Hayes told friends he views Euroa as the "next exciting chapter of Lindsay Park Racing".
While Hayes is coming off a 2009-10 season in which he did not exercise his usual dominance, he still won three Group 1s and $7.8 million in prizemoney.
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