Eddie Hayward
Eddie Hayward | |
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Occupation | Discovery Handicap (1973) (1973)Roamer Handicap
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Significant horses | |
Dark Star, Forego, Miche, Turn-To |
Edward C. Hayward (February 13, 1903 – January, 1983) was a Canadian-born trainer in American Thoroughbred horse racing[1] best known for winning the 1953 Kentucky Derby in which his colt Dark Star defeated Native Dancer.[2]
Racing career
A native of Brighton, Ontario, he began his career as a jockey. In 1918 he was galloping horses at a racetrack in Saskatchewan where he would ride his first winner before leaving to compete in Spokane, Washington. He rode until around 1923 and after learning the art of horse conditioning for racing, in the latter part of the decade embarked on a training career. His first client was James Norris, owner of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League, for whom he would win the 1938 Metropolitan Handicap with Danger Point.[3] In 1928, Hayward returned temporarily to Canada where he won the Whittier Park Handicap.[4] In 1940, Hayward trained a horse in California for Canadian-born actor Victor Jory[5] and later was hired by Muriel Vanderbilt Adams for whom he trained Miche.[6]
1953 Derby Trial and Kentucky Derby
Eddie Hayward moved to the
As at 2011, Hayward's win with Dark Star in the Kentucky Derby remains one of the biggest upsets in the history of the race. The loss by Native Dancer would be the only one of his twenty-two race career that would see the horse be inducted in the
Eddie Hayward resigned from Cain Hoy Stable in December 1954 and took over as trainer for a racing partnership headed by
Living in Franklin Square, New York, Eddie Hayward died in 1983 at age seventy-nine.
References
- ^ Chicago Daily Tribune - April 7, 1954
- ^ Los Angeles Times - February 2, 2007
- ^ New York Times - May 15, 1938
- ^ Saskatoon Star-Phoenix - May 5, 1953
- ^ Los Angeles Times - January 26, 1940[permanent dead link]
- ^ Los Angeles Times - July 16, 1950[permanent dead link]
- ^ The Vindicator (Youngstown, Ohio) - April 28, 2003
- ^ Daytona Beach Morning Journal - March 26, 1954
- ^ New York Times - July 2, 1978