Wikipedia / John F. Feehan Stakes
Wikipedia / John F. Feehan Stakes
The John F. Feehan Stakes is a Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race held under Weight for Age conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1600 meters at Moonee Valley Racecourse in September. The prize money is A$500,000.
History
The original race was named after John F. Feehan, who was the landowner of where the Moonee Valley Racecourse is located now. The race was named between 2005 and 2018 as the Dato' Tan Chin Nam Stakes after the Malaysian entrepreneur and racehorse owner Dato' Tan Chin Nam.
1950 racebook
Name
1948 – Glenroy Stakes
1949–1955 – J.F. Feehan Stakes
1956–1969 – J.F. Feehan Handicap
1970–1982 – J.F. Feehan Stakes
1983 – Centennial Stakes
1984–2004 – J.F. Feehan Stakes
2005–2018 – Dato' Tan Chin Nam Stakes
2019 – J.F. Feehan Stakes
Distance
1948–1971 – 1 mile (~ 1600m)
1972–1986 – 1600 metres
1987 – 1619 metres
1988 onwards – 1600 metres
Grade
1948–1978 – Principal Race
1979 onwards – Group 2
Venue
1995 – held at Caulfield Racecourse
Winners
2025 - Pride Of Jenni
2024 - Pride Of Jenni
2023 - Pinstriped
2022 – Mr Brightside
2021 – Superstorm
2020 – Humidor
2019 – Homesman
2018 – Magic Consol
2017 – Bonneval
2016 – Awesome Rock
2015 – The Cleaner
2014 – The Cleaner
2013 – Fiorente
2012 – Happy Trails
2011 – Rekindled Interest
2010 – Whobegotyou
2009 – Whobegotyou
2008 – Guillotine
2007 – El Segundo
2006 – Lad of the Manor
2005 – Lad of the Manor
2004 – Delzao
2003 – Natural Blitz
2002 – Fields of Omagh
2001 – Northerly
2000 – Sunline
1999 – Inaflury
1998 – Aerosmith
1997 – Arctic Scent
1996 – Toil
1995 – Beaux Art
1994 – Tristalove
1993 – Palace Reign
1992 – Naturalism
1991 – Mannerism
1990 – Better Loosen Up
1989 – Our Westminster
1988 – Our Poetic Prince
1987 – Rubiton
1986 – Dazzling Duke
1985 – King Delamere
1984 – Penny Edition
1983 – Strawberry Road
1982 – Lawman
1981 – Lawman
1980 – Arbogast
1979 – Gondolier
1978 – So Called
1977 – Vice Regal
1976 – Wave King
1975 – Tontonan
1974 – Arama
1973 – Audaciter
1972 – Grand Scale
1971 – Upstairs
1970 – Shorengro
1969 – Shorengro
1968 – Shorengro
1967 – Bellition
1966 – †race not held
1965 – Winfreux
1964 – Heroic Stone
1963 – Sometime
1962 – Royal Belltor
1961 – Mardene
1960 – †race not held
1959 – Malarno
1958 – Summalu
1957 – On Parade
1956 – Arlunya
1955 – Townsville
1954 – Rising Fast
1953 – Quite Talk
1952 – Zezette
1951 – Iron Duke
1950 – Chicquita
1949 – Ellerslie
1948 – Phoibos
† 1960 & 1966 Race meeting cancelled because of rain
See also
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