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The WJ Healy Stakes is a 1200m sprint open to all horses run under quality handicap conditions.

Paying a total of $200,000 in prize money, the Group 3 race is run on the last major day of racing in the Queensland Winter Carnival. The WJ Healy Stakes shares its race card with the Group 1 $700,000 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) and the Group 3 $200,000 Tattersall’s Cup (2400m).

Traditionally held at Eagle Farm Racecourse, the WJ Healy Stakes attracts horses entering the final stages of their winter campaigns. Held on the same day as the final Group 1 race of the carnival, the WJ Healy Stakes presents trainers with an opportunity to have a crack at a final black-type race with decent prize money.

While many trainers seek eagerly to get nominated for the WJ Healy Stakes, others prefer to start their rest leading into the Spring Carnival down south.

The Group 2 Moreton Cup (1200m), now run on Queensland Oaks Day, is a key lead-up into the WJ Healy Stakes, with Brave Song (2019) followed by Prince Of Boom (2023) the latest to complete the double.

The Group 2 Dane Ripper Stakes (1300m) held on Stradbroke Handicap Day is another important WJ Healy Stakes lead-up for any mares targeting the end-of-winter showdown.

The form out of the 2021 WJ Healy Stakes was subsequently franked with the winner Away Game going on to run well in a host of other tougher events including her Group 1 seconds in both the Oakleigh Plate and Robert Sangster Stakes in 2022.

The 2021 WJ Healy Stakes third place-getter Bella Nipotina meanwhile also went on to frank the form including her placings in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (2nd) and Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic (3rd) in Melbourne that spring.

The 2022 WJ Healy Stakes form was franked with the third-placed Ranges going on to win the Listed Ramornie Handicap next start at Grafton.

In 2023 the WJ Healy Stakes again produced the Ramornie Handicap winner with The Big Goodbye winning the latter after a second in the Brisbane Group 3.

The 2024 WJ Healy Stakes ran on Saturday June 29, 2024 as part of Eagle Farm’s Tattersall’s Tiara Day card and was won in an upset by the Tony Gollan-trained Zarastro ($10). 

WJ Healy Stakes
Date:	Saturday June 29, 2024
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Qlty Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2024 WJ Healy Stakes Results

• 1st: #5 Zarastro ($10)
• 2nd: #8 Ghaanati
• 3rd: #20e Hatchet

Check out the official WJ Healy Stakes 2024 Results & Finishing Order below, they will be published as soon as the race is won on Saturday June 29, 2024 as part of Tatt’s Tiara Day.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	5	ZARASTRO	Tony Gollan	Ms Angela Jones		6	58kg		$10
	2	8	GHAANATI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Blake Shinn	1.7L	7	55.5kg		$5.50F
	3	20e	HATCHET	Robert Heathcote	Ron Stewart	2L	3	54kg		$26
	4	12	TASHI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tom Sherry	2.11L	12	54kg		$10
	5	9	KING KAPA	Tony Gollan	Tommy Berry	2.22L	8	55.5kg		$15
	6	17	KA BLING	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tyler Schiller	2.55L	13	54kg		$26
	7	13	DEEPOUR	Adam Campton	Dylan Gibbons (a)	2.77L	10	54kg		$41
	8	6	SHOOTING FOR GOLD	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Billy Egan	2.99L	4	57.5kg		$26
	9	11	MISHANI SNIPER	Les Ross	Reece Jones	3.17L	2	54.5kg		$26
	10	21e	SHALAA’S MOMENT	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Nikita Beriman	3.34L	16	54kg		$19
	11	14	IOWNA MERC	Bjorn Baker	Damien Thornton	3.69L	5	54kg		$6
	12	15	WHAT YOU NEED	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Robbie Dolan	5.02L	15	54kg		$16
	13	19e	SWEET MARGOT MAY	Ciaron Maher	Ms Cejay Graham (a)	5.1L	1	54kg		$31
	14	2	ALL THAT PIZZAZZ	Tony Gollan	Ryan Maloney	7.35L	11	58kg		$9
	15	4	THE BIG GOODBYE	Robert Heathcote	Martin Harley	7.96L	9	58kg		$31
	16	1	PRINCE OF BOOM	Robert Heathcote	Tim Clark	12.01L	14	60kg		$7
		10	SEMILLION	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes			0
		18e	WILLINGA BEAST	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons (a)		0
		7	KALINO	Chris Waller	Jim Byrne		0
		16	DASHING LEGEND	Joseph Pride			0
		3	JIGSAW	Cindy Alderson	Vlad Duric		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 WJ Healy Stakes Betting Odds

The latest WJ Healy Stakes 2024 betting odds on the Tattersall’s Tiara Day Group 3 sprint will be provided below complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au the week of the race.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2024 WJ HEALY STAKES (Final Field)

Brave Song ($3 in 2019) followed by Prince Of Boom ($2.25 in 2023) are the latest favourites in WJ Healy Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2024 with local hope Zarastro saluting at WJ Healy odds of $10.

2024 WJ Healy Stakes Form Guide

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2024 WJ Healy Stakes Tips

• To Win: #12 Tashi ($9 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Value alert! Team Snowden’s Tashi shapes up as a winning chance in the Tiara Day closer. This well-performed four-year-old Sebring mare thrives in these conditions and gets a suitable Slow (not Heavy) track at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Tashi ran a brave second in the Listed Takeover Target Stakes (1200m) at Newcastle in May and has been freshened up since. Boasting a top record at the distance (12:3-5-2), she’s faced some stiff competition, including a close second in the Group 3 Birthday Card Stakes behind subsequent Group 1 winner Chain Of Lightning. Well-weighted for this race, Tashi is poised for a strong showing.

2024 WJ Healy Stakes Field

The WJ Healy Stakes field attracts a strong line-up of end-of-winter sprinters from both local and interstate stables. Good lead-ups into the WJ Healy Stakes field including the Group 2 Moreton Cup and most runners in the line-up have had a previous Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival start.

The official 2024 W.J. Healy Stakes Final Field & Barriers are set for release on the Wednesday leading-up to Tattersall’s Tiara Day.

The WJ Healy Stakes 2024 final field features a strong line-up of sprinters for the card closer including current favourite at time of publish, All That Pizzazz, to be ridden by James McDonald.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1x094x4630	PRINCE OF BOOM	Robert Heathcote	Tim Clark	15	60kg			104
2	221615×234	ALL THAT PIZZAZZ	Tony Gollan	James McDonald	12	58kg			100
3	x559x65335	JIGSAW	Cindy Alderson	Vlad Duric	20	58kg			100
4	x5859x1620	THE BIG GOODBYE	Robert Heathcote	Martin Harley	9	58kg			100
5	12117×8846	ZARASTRO	Tony Gollan	Ms Angela Jones	6	58kg			100
6	520x3230x6	SHOOTING FOR GOLD	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Billy Egan	4	57.5kg			99
7	x15310x766	KALINO	Chris Waller	Jim Byrne	19	56.5kg			97
8	14821×4404	GHAANATI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Blake Shinn	7	55.5kg			99
9	11x8310x04	KING KAPA	Tony Gollan	Tommy Berry	8	55.5kg			95
10	3273×54213	SEMILLION	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes		21	55kg			94
11	8332461374	MISHANI SNIPER	Les Ross	Reece Jones	2	54.5kg			93
12	412×121262	TASHI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tom Sherry	13	54kg			94
13	1433x860x7	DEEPOUR	Adam Campton		11	54kg			92
14	1147x23x32	IOWNA MERC	Bjorn Baker	Damien Thornton	5	54kg			92
15	1x11x3370	WHAT YOU NEED	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Robbie Dolan	17	54kg			92
16	45x13x77x6	DASHING LEGEND	Joseph Pride		16	54kg			91
17	22415327×7	KA BLING	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tyler Schiller	14	54kg			91
18e	555×207051	WILLINGA BEAST	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons (a)	10	54kg			90
19e	1213x14x0x	SWEET MARGOT MAY	Ciaron Maher	Ms Cejay Graham (a)	1	54kg			89.5
20e	124x1630x3	HATCHET	Robert Heathcote	Mark Du Plessis	3	54kg			85
21e	45143×1114	SHALAA’S MOMENT	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Nikita Beriman	18	54kg			85

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 WJ Healy Stakes Nominations

The 2024 WJ Healy Stakes Nominations are taken by Racing Queensland on the Monday of race week.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	221615×234	ALL THAT PIZZAZZ	G	4	Tony Gollan	100
2	3920×12836	ASTERO	G	6	Matthew Smith
3	3x54249x40	CAVALIER CHARLES	G	7	Matthew Dale
4	620646553x	CUBAN ROYALE	G	9	Robert & Luke Price
5	45x13x77x6	DASHING LEGEND	M	4	Joseph Pride
6	1433x860x7	DEEPOUR	G	6	Adam Campton	92
7	6x34900x78	EF TROOP	G	8	Tony Gollan	90
8	4398×78952	FLYING CRAZY	G	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
9	14821×4404	GHAANATI	M	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	99
10	124x1630x3	HATCHET	G	5	Robert Heathcote	85
11	1147x23x32	IOWNA MERC	G	4	Bjorn Baker
12	x559x65335	JIGSAW	G	5	Cindy Alderson	100
13	22415327×7	KA BLING	G	5	Peter & Paul Snowden
14	x15310x766	KALINO	G	5	Chris Waller	97
15	11x8310x04	KING KAPA	G	5	Tony Gollan	95
16	8332461374	MISHANI SNIPER	G	5	Les Ross	93
17	1016x0x401	MNEMENTH	G	7	Mitchell Beer
18	1x094x4630	PRINCE OF BOOM	G	5	Robert Heathcote	104
19	6648518529	SEA RAIDER	G	7	John Gilmore	87
20	3273×54213	SEMILLION	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
21	45143×1114	SHALAA’S MOMENT	M	4	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	83.5
22	520x3230x6	SHOOTING FOR GOLD	G	6	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	99
23	1213x14x0x	SWEET MARGOT MAY	M	5	Ciaron Maher	89.5
24	412×121262	TASHI	M	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	94
25	x5859x1620	THE BIG GOODBYE	G	6	Robert Heathcote	100
26	3011×21516	TSUNAMI SAM (NZ)	G	5	John Keys	82
27	1x11x3370	WHAT YOU NEED	H	4	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	92
28	555×207051	WILLINGA BEAST	M	4	Kris Lees	90
29	12117×8846	ZARASTRO	G	5	Tony Gollan	100

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

WJ Healy Stakes History

The inaugural edition of the WJ Healy Stakes was in 1979, with Painted Red seizing victory. Originally granted Listed status, the race was upgraded to Group 3 in 1997 and in the same year Blazing Reality won.

The race is named after WJ Healy, the longest serving president of Tattersall’s, who held the position from 1932 until 1953. Over the years the race has experienced some alternative names, including the Carlton Draught Stakes and the Mercedes-Benz Stakes.

Hay List currently holds the race record of 1:08.68 from his 2009 run. Several notable horses have taken their place in the WJ Healy Stakes results, including Howmuchdoyouloveme (2013), River Lad (2012) and Jar Jar Binks (2002).

In 2018 the classy mare Spright beat home the boys in the WJ Healy Stakes. She would go on to record a number of interstate Group 1 placings before her own elite level success in the 2019 Robert Sangster Stakes in Adelaide.

There was no 2020 edition of the WJ Healy Stakes due to a reduced, COVID-19 impacted Brisbane Winter Carnival.

In 2023 the Robert Heathcote-trained Moreton Cup champ Prince Of Boom scored an over two-length victory carrying the 60kg top-weight to victory as the favourite.

WJ Healy Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2024 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	Zarastro	1 minute 09.02 seconds
	2nd	Ghaanati
	3rd	Hatchet
2023 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	Prince Of Boom	1 minute 11.20 seconds
	2nd	The Big Goodbye
	3rd	Quantico
2022 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	Juan Diva	1 minute 10.81 seconds
	2nd	Prime Candidate
	3rd	Ranges
2021 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	Away Game	1 minute 11.48 seconds
	2nd	Exhilarates
	3rd	Bella Nipotina
2020 WJ Healy Stakes(Race Not Held)	1st	–	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2019 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	Brave Song	1 minute 10.22 seconds
	2nd	Amanaat
	3rd	Intuition
2018 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	Spright	1 minute 09.3 seconds
	2nd	Tumbler
	3rd	Havasay
2017 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	Burning Passion	1 minute 09.6 seconds (run over 1200m at Doomben)
	2nd	Irish Constabulary
	3rd	Too Good To Refuse
2016 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	Into The Red	1 minute 12.51 seconds
	2nd	Saluter
	3rd	Mogador
2015 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	Dothraki	1 minute 11.33 seconds
	2nd	Target In Sight
	3rd	Rocket To Glory
2014 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	Big Money	1 minute 9.35 seconds
	2nd	Cape Kidnappers
	3rd	Seeking More
2013 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	Howmuchdoyouloveme	1 minute 11.46 seconds
	2nd	River Lad
	3rd	Delago Bolt
2012 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	River Lad	1 minute 10.0 seconds
	2nd	Excellantes
	3rd	Griffon
2011 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	Pinwheel	1 minute 9.54 seconds
	2nd	Metallurgical
	3rd	Swiss Rose
2010 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	Hay List	1 minute 8.69 seconds
	2nd	Pinwheel
	3rd	Ego’s Dare
2009 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	News Alert	1 minute 9.3 seconds
	2nd	Wasted Emotions
	3rd	Keano
2008 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	Nuclear Medicine	1 minute 11.38 seconds
	2nd	Rapid Jacko
	3rd	Daunting Lad
2007 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	The Jackal	1 minute 9.59 seconds
	2nd	Sectagonal
	3rd	Flying Alpha
2006 WJ Healy Stakes	1st	Natural Destiny	1 minute 10.63 seconds
	2nd	Starlactic
	3rd	Black Ink
2005 Carlton Draught Stakes	1st	Poetic Papal	1 minute 9.4 seconds
	2nd	Takeover Target
	3rd	Lamond
2004 Mercedes-Benz Stakes	1st	Lamond	1 minute 9.5 seconds
	2nd	Sportsman
	3rd	Koochie
2003 Mercedes-Benz Stakes	1st	Super Elegant	1 minute 9.6 seconds
	2nd	Cariboo
	3rd	Super Impressive
2002 Mercedes-Benz Stakes	1st	Jar Jar Binks	1 minute 10.4 seconds
	2nd	Pembleton
	3rd	Treviscay
2001 Mercedes-Benz Stakes	1st	Citichy	1 minute 9.2 seconds
	2nd	Federal Agent
	3rd	Zariz
2000 Mercedes-Benz Stakes	1st	El Mirada	1 minute 9.2 seconds
	2nd	King Lotto
	3rd	Normal Practice