Social isolation for most people right now is plenty of time spent in their house in the suburbs, adjusting to a new way of living as we all navigate through the coronavirus pandemic.

That’s no different for the current crop of footballers, but Will Hayes is one Bulldog who is thriving in his current living conditions.

Will, the son of record-breaking horse trainer David Hayes, is putting his time to good use in the vast expanses of the family’s Lindsay Park Racing facility in Euroa, 150kms north-east of Melbourne.

There’s still no certainty that racing will continue over the next few weeks or months, but for now, the Hayes operation is running as business as usual.

“I came up here expecting racing to be called off and having into to turn all of our horses into paddocks and be quite hands on,” Hayes told SEN radio.

“But at the moment I’m living the dream playing trainer, because we have all our staff working so I’m not necessarily needed.

“I’m just sitting in the hut drinking coffee watching all the quick ones come up the hill.”

Keeping his fitness up hasn’t been an issue for Hayes either – there’s plenty of room for him to stretch out the legs, and he has his twin brother JD on hand for a kick of the Sherrin.

“I’m pretty much just been running around the farm.  The other day we had to do some agility work, and I was giving it a go and there were these two fillies jacking up in the paddock next to me,” he said.

“Between sets I had a closer look and it turned out to be was one of our best fillies…so I quickly moved a couple of paddocks down and continued what I was doing, before I sent her through a fence!

“It’s been good.  There’s lots of hills for me to work on so I’m pretty sure I’ll come back in good nick. 

“If the country goes into lockdown and none of the boys are allowed out of the house, I’ll have still have a bit of room to run.”