Feehan Stakes
Feehan Stakes
Group Two Betting Guide
| Date: | Friday, September 26, 2025 |
| Location: | Moonee Valley Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria |
| Prize Money: | $500,000 |
| Distance: | 1600m |
The Group 2 John Feehan Stakes is a 1600m weight-for-age race held at Moonee Valley in September and it’s a prominent lead-up race for the bigger spring carnival features such as the Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup.
The first owner of the land where Moonee Valley is situation was John F Feehan and this race was known as the JF Feehan Stakes until 2005. That land was bought by a man called William Samuel Cox for whom the great WFA race, Cox Plate is now known.
The race was then renamed after Dato Tan Chin Nam who is best known as a leading owner of horses such as So You Think and Saintly who both won Cox Plates with Bart Cummings. In 2019 it reverted to being known as the John F Feehan Stakes again.
The winner of the John F Feehan Stakes is exempt from ballot for the Cox Plate.
2025 Feehan Stakes betting odds
Feehan Stakes 2025 Betting Odds are currently unavailable.
Feehan Stakes bookmakers
Betting doesn’t open for the Feehan Stakes until nominations are received in late August, but punters will get to bet into “all in” markets in early September.
All of our recommended online bookmakers will frame markets for the race and punters will get the best value if they bet early in the month.
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2025 Feehan Stakes Final Field
HorseBetting will update this page when the 2025 Feehan Stakes final field is released.
Previous Feehan Stakes Fields
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
Mr Brightside Ben, Will & JD Hayes Craig Williams 3 59kg 2 Antino Tony Gollan Blake Shinn 2 59kg 3 Attrition Mitchell Freedman Beau Mertens 4 59kg 4 Pride Of Jenni Ciaron Maher Declan Bates 1 57kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Tuvalu Lindsey Smith Blake Shinn 13 59kg 2 El Bodegon Chris Waller Jye McNeil 4 59kg 3 Francesco GuardiChris WallerCraig Williams1159kg4 Savatoxl Will Savage Caitlin Jones 15 59kg 5 King MagnusRobbie Griffiths & Mathew de KockThomas Stockdale1459kg6 Pounding Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman Luke Nolen 7 59kg 7 Pinstriped Enver Jusufovic Ben Allen 10 59kg 8 Forgot You Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Daniel Moor 3 59kg 9 Alaskan God Daniel Morton Damien Oliver 6 59kg 10 Goldman Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Jordan Childs 9 59kg 11 Globe Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Jamie Kah 12 59kg 12 Virtuous Circle Liam Howley Mark Zahra 2 58.5kg 13 Attrition Mitchell Freedman Ben Melham 8 58.5kg 14 Lunar Flare Grahame Begg Michael Dee 1 57kg 15 Deny Knowledge Michael Kent Ethan Brown 5 57kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Spanish Mission Peter Moody Luke Nolen 6 59kg 2 Mr Brightside Ben & JD Hayes Craig Williams 5 59kg 3 Sound Mike Moroney Jamie Mott 3 59kg 4 Earlswood Maddie Raymond Damian Lane 1 59kg 5 Forgot YouTrent Busuttin & Natalie YoungDaniel Moor458.5kg6 Inspirational Girl Danny O’Brien Jye McNeil 2 57kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Best Of Days James Cummings Brett Prebble 6 59kg 2 Streets Of Avalon Shane Nichols Dean Yendall 3 59kg 3 The Chosen One Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman Damian Lane 9 59kg 4 Superstorm Danny O’Brien Damien Oliver 5 59kg 5 Sound Mike Moroney Jamie Mott 14 59kg 6 Chapada Mike Moroney Daniel Stackhouse 4 59kg 7 Nonconformist Graheme Begg Jordan Childs 13 59kg 8 Shot Of Irish Scott Brunton Tahlia Hope 8 59kg 9 Dawn Patrol Robert Hickmott Jye McNeil 11 59kg 10 Port Guillaume Ben & JD Hayes Luke Nolen 10 59kg 11 Elephant Emma-Lee & David Browne Luke Currie 1 59kg 12 Sovereign AwardDanny O’BrienBen Allen757kg13 Realm Of Flowers Anthony & Sam Freedman Craig Williams 12 57kg 14 Sierra Sue Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young John Allen 2 57kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Humidor Chris Waller Damian Lane 1 59kg 2 Regal PowerGrant & Alana WilliamsWilliam Pike959kg3 Streets Of Avalon Shane Nichols Ben Melham 5 59kg 4 Surprise Baby Paul Pruesker Craig Williams 7 59kg 5 Mahamedeis Nick Ryan Rhys McLeod 6 59kg 6 Sircconi Nick Ryan Daniel Stackhouse 4 59kg 7 Exasperate Matthew Brown Brian Higgins 8 59kg 8 Harbour Views Matthew Williams John Allen 2 59kg 9 Coming Around Brent Stanley Craig Newitt 3 59kg
2024 Feehan Stakes result
1st – Pride Of Jenni (-111.11)
2nd – Mr Brightside (NPP)
3rd – Antino (NPP)
Recent runnings of the Feehan Stakes
- Following her defeat in the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes, Pride Of Jenni bounced back with an all-the-way victory at Moonee Valley to claim the Group 2 Feehan Stakes. The race that was billed as a match race between Ciaron Maher’s mare and Mr Brightside from the Ben, Will & JD Hayes stable, and in the end there wasn’t much of a contest. With only four horses in the field, Declan Bates was always going to lead on his star mare, and within 400m, it was easy to see that Bates wasn’t hanging around and waiting for anyone as Pride Of Jenni shot out to a four-length lead. By the time the daughter of Pride Of Duba hit the halfway point, she found herself over 10 lengths in front of her main rival. Mr Brightside, Antino and Attrition started to take ground of the eventual winner; however, they gave themselves too much of a task and Pride Of Jenni recorded a gritty 1.5-length victory.
- Pinstriped ($7.50) has gained himself a free ticket to the Group 1 Cox Plate on October 28 after an outstanding win in the Group 2 Feehan Stakes at Moonee Valley. The Enver Jusufovic-trained galloper powered through the line under a terrific steer by Ben Allen, making it a double on the day after steering Place Of Gold to victory earlier in the afternoon. Pinstriped was able to hold off some key challengers late as both Attrition ($7.50) and Tuvalu ($5.00) both attempted a late charge; however, it was to no avail as Pinstriped pinched a break with 150m to travel.
- Ben and JD Hayes have compared him to the great Better Loosen Up, and that comparison is looking more and more accurate after Mr Brightside’s dominant 4.5 length victory in the Feehan Stakes at Moonee Valley. It was all too easy as the 2022 Doncaster Mile winner found himself 2.5 lengths in front at the 150m mark in the Group 2 feature over a mile. And the sky is now the limit for the star five-year-old gelding, who now looks a very competitive prospect for the Cox Plate later in the preperation.
- It took an inch-perfect ride from Damien Oliver, but the Danny O’Brien-trained Superstorm has lipped out the previously undefeated Elephant from the Emma-Lee & David Browne yard. Superstorm put in an eye-catching performance first-up in PB Lawrence Stakes and benefited from an “Oliver special” to claim the $500,000 prize and Cox Plate golden ticket.
- Having taken Winx to with a half-length during their infamous Cox Plate battle, the now Chris Waller-trained Humidor returned to The Valley and recorded an emotional victory in the Feehan Stakes. In his first run for trainer Chris Waller after stints with Lindsey Smith and Ciaron Maher, Humidor won his first race for more than two years when he edged out brave pair Surprise Baby and Harbour Views to grab a ballot-free run into the $5 million Cox Plate.
- Having finished second in this race 12 months prior, the Liam Howley-trained Homesman put 2.5 lengths on his closest rivals when dominating the Feehan Stakes. The win saw the six-year-old gelding book a spot in the Cox Plate following a 10/10 steer from Ben Melham. Homesman was ridden to an easy victory by Ben Melham who came out positive and got a lovely trail into the race on the back of front-runner Trap For Fools. Trap For Fools set a solid tempo in the lead, Homesman gave a kick into the straight before charging home for a dominant victory.
- Most anticipated the 2018 edition of the Dato Tan would be Night’s Watch’s coming out party, but it was Magic Consol that caused the upset. In a surging finish Magic Consol emerged from the pack late to topple US import Homesman and the Weir trained favourite.
- 2017 New Zealand Horse of the Year Bonneval showed why it has that title when winning in 2017. The Baker/Forsman-trained runner opened in the markets at $9, but it has slammed into $4.80 at post time and it was far too strong for them. It sat near the rear of the field before swinging wide around the home turn and quickly ranging up to race-favourite He’s Our Rokki. Abbey Marie chased hard from off its heels, but multiple Oaks winner Bonneval had too much class.
- Awesome Rock earned a ticket into the Cox Plate with a victory over a quality field at long odds. Ridden by Stephen Baster, who copped a 13-day suspension for blocking the run of another horse in the race, Awesome rock proved too strong for Real Love ($41) and Set Square ($8). Awesome Rock was trained by Troy and Leon Corstens. Read a full report.
- The Cleaner made it back-to-back wins in this race by destroying a good field in 2015. Then trained by Mick Burles, the ‘people’s favourite’ went straight to the front and the tight-turning Moonee Valley track played right into its hands. Jockey Noel Callow kicked it two lengths clear at the 200m and it finished off nicely to win by 1.8 lengths over the Chris Waller-trained Bagman and Dibayani who was in third. The beaten brigade included Contributer, Mourinho and Foreteller so the race was strong.
- The first of its two wins in this race, The Cleaner used the same tactics both years running. This time with Steven Arnold in the saddle, it kicked clear during the middle stages of the race and it held off a fast-finishing Mourinho who was trained by Peter Gelagotis (who now trains The Cleaner).
- Fiorente showed that the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes can be a great guide for the Melbourne Cup. The Gai Waterhouse-trained horse won this race by a long head before winning the 2013 Melbourne Cup later that year. It may have only narrowly edged out Spacecraft on this occasion, but it was a key stepping stone for races later in the spring and punters should look for those potential staying types.
- Happy Trails won in 2012 and later competed well in the big group one races during the spring. The Paul Beshara-trained gelding was well-favoured with punters throughout its career and it narrowly held off Green Moon which again showed the strength of this race as a lead-up to the Melbourne Cup. Green Moon later won the 2012 Melbourne Cup so punters need to overlook the distance and back the improving staying types.
- Rekindled Interest was a four-year-old winner in 2011 and it denied Whobegotyou (third) three consecutive wins in the race. The well-bred son of Redoute’s Choice settled near the back of the field and improved around the turn before sprinting late to win by a length. It wasn’t the strongest field in its history, but a career highlight for the winner.
Past Feehan Stakes winners list
| Feehan Stakes Past Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2024 | Pride Of Jenni | Declan Bates | Ciaron Maher |
| 2023 | Pinstriped | Ben Allen | Enver Jusufovic |
| 2022 | Mr Brightside | Craig Williams | Ben & JD Hayes |
| 2021 | Superstorm | Damien Oliver | Danny O’Brien |
| 2020 | Humidor | Damian Lane | Chris Waller |
| 2019 | Homesman | Ben Melham | Liam Howley |
| 2018 | Magic Consol | Jordan Childs | Paul Preusker |
| 2017 | Bonneval | Damian Lane | Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman |
| 2016 | Awesome Rock | Stephen Baster | Leon & Troy Corstens |
| 2015 | The Cleaner | Noel Callow | Mick Burles |
| 2014 | The Cleaner | Steven Arnold | Mick Burles |
| 2013 | Fiorente | Nash Rawiller | Gai Waterhouse |
| 2012 | Happy Trails | Glen Boss | Paul Beshara |
| 2011 | Rekindled Interest | Dwayne Dunn | Jim Conlan |
| 2010 | Whobegotyou | Michael Rodd | Mark Kavanagh |
| 2009 | Whobegotyou | Damien Oliver | Mark Kavanagh |
| 2008 | Guillotine | Craig Williams | David Hayes |
| 2007 | El Segundo | Luke Nolen | Colin Little |
| 2006 | Lad Of The Manor | Greg Childs | Roger Hoysted |
| 2005 | Lad Of The Manor | Greg Childs | Roger Hoysted |
| 2004 | Delzao | Steven King | Greg Kavanagh |
| 2003 | Natural Blitz | Kerrin McEvoy | Doug Harrison |
| 2002 | Fields Of Omagh | Damien Oliver | Tony McEvoy |
| 2001 | Northerly | Damien Oliver | Fred Kersley |
| 2000 | Sunline | Greg Childs | Trevor McKee |
Feehan Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000
| Feehan Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | ||
| 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 | Belltor | ||
| 1966 | Race Not Held | ||
| 1965 | Winfreux | ||
| 1964 | Heroic Stone | ||
| 1963 | Sometime | ||
| 1962 | Royal Belltor | ||
| 1961 | Mardene | ||
| 1960 | Race Not Held | ||
| 1959 | Marlarno | ||
| 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 | ||
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