Hayes Strike
Dark Bay or Brown Gelding / April 3rd, 2020 in KY / by Connect out of Plaid
$98,837
2024 earnings
106
speed figure
11%
2024 wins
racing Record
2024 Stats
Career Stats
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1
Firsts
4
2
Seconds
3
0
Thirds
2
6
Unplaced
13
9
Starts
22
$98,837
Earnings
$540,662
$10,982
Earnings / Start
$24,576
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Bio
Hayes Strike won his maiden race in his second career start as a 2-year-old at Ellis Park on Aug. 20, 2022 when he won a one-mile dirt race by 4 1/2 lengths in a field of six. After that he was placed on the "road to the Kentucky Derby" with starts in such stakes races as the Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs (finished fourth), the Street Sense Stakes at Churchill Downs (second), the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs (third), and the Gun Runner Stakes at Fair Grounds, where he concluded his 2-year-old campaign with a fourth-place finish on Dec. 26.
Hayes Strike won his maiden race in his second career start as a 2-year-old at Ellis Park on Aug. 20, 2022 when he won a one-mile dirt race by 4 1/2 lengths in a field of six. After that he was placed on the "road to the Kentucky Derby" with starts in such stakes races as the Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs (finished fourth), the Street Sense Stakes at Churchill Downs (second), the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs (third), and the Gun Runner Stakes at Fair Grounds, where he concluded his 2-year-old campaign with a fourth-place finish on Dec. 26. Hayes Strike earned qualifying points on the road to the 2023 Kentucky Derby for all of the above-listed finishes.
Hayes Strike began his 3-year-old season with his first career synthetic track outing on Jan. 20, 2023 in the Leonatus Stakes at Turfway Park, where he finished ninth.
Hayes Strike is trained by Ken McPeek. He was bred in Kentucky by the sire Connect out of the mare Plaid by Deputy Commander.
