The Kevin Hayes Stakes, registered as the Boronia Stakes, is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, for three-year-old fillies, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres. It is held annually at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia in February.
History
The race was named after the former Chairman of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club, Kevin Hayes.
Name
- 1984–1985 - Catanach's Handicap
- 1986–1988 - Jewel Handicap
- 1989 - Jewel Stakes
- 1990–1996 - Laurent Perrier Stakes
- 1997 - Inglis Prem Yearling Stakes
- 1998 - Swamp King Sand Park Stakes
- 1999–2002 - Sandown Park (UK) Stakes
- 2003 - Sandown Park (UK) Handicap
- 2004–2024 - Kevin Hayes Stakes
- 2025 onwards - Peter Le Grand Stakes
Distance
- 1984–1988 â 1400 metres
- 1989–1997 â 1200 metres
- 1998–1999 â 1100 metres
- 2000–2022 - 1200 metres
- 2023 onwards - 1100 metres
Grade
- 1984–2013 - Listed race
- 2014 onward - Group 3
Venue
Winners
Past winners of the race are as follows.
- 2026 - Alpha Sofie
- 2025 - Arabian Summer
- 2024 - Estriella
- 2023 - Rich Fortune
- 2022 â Argentia
- 2021 â La Mexicana
- 2020 â How Womantic
- 2019 â Crack The Code
- 2018 â Booker
- 2017 â Fuhryk
- 2016 - Risque
- 2015 - Sabatini
- 2014 - Spirits Dance
- 2013 - Octavia
- 2012 - Soft Sand
- 2011 - Miss Gai Flyer
- 2010 - Set For Fame
- 2009 - Typhoon Tracy
- 2008 - Absolut Glam
- 2007 - Gina Lollawitcha
- 2006 - Chetwynd South
- 2005 - Hollow Bullet
- 2004 - French Bid
- 2003 - Brief Embrace
- 2002 - Fair Embrace
- 2001 - Queen Carey
- 2000 - Heaps Of Fun
- 1999 - Rainbow Bubbles
- 1998 - Drop Anchor
- 1997 - Chalee
- 1996 - Rubidium
- 1995 - Eccentricity
- 1994 - Adagietto
- 1993 - Crazy Neaux
- 1992 - Rockabye
- 1991 - Mahaasin
- 1990 - Sister Canny
- 1989 - Gilded Lily
- 1988 - Golden Unicorn
- 1987 - Fashion Fun
- 1986 - Nancress
- 1985 - Winged Keel
- 1984 - Fork Tongue
See also
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