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David Hayes remembers Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum – Melbourne Cups, Caulfield Cups, a Cox Plate and five Blue Diamonds


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From Melbourne Cups and Cox Plates to driving around the desert in a converted Mercedes-Benz practising falconry together, the Hayes family enjoyed a long and successful partnership with the late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum.The family’s Lindsay Park operation churned out 88 Stakes winners in Hamdan’s famous blue and white silks, including 20 Group Ones over a 37-year odyssey. Hamdan, who died aged 75 on Wednesday morning, tasted Melbourne Cup success with At Talaq in 1986 and Jeune in…

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