Bart Cummings, Colin Hayes, Tommy Smith: The end of a special era of trainers

By Patrick Bartley
Updated August 31 2015 - 5:08pm, first published 2:24pm
Tommy Smith with champion racehorse Tulloch. Photo: Stuart MacGladrie
Tommy Smith with champion racehorse Tulloch. Photo: Stuart MacGladrie
Colin Hayes. Photo: Robert Banks
Colin Hayes. Photo: Robert Banks

The Australian racing community woke up on Monday morning to the reality that the last of the nation's three most revered horse trainers had passed away.