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The WJ Healy Stakes is a Group 3 sprint race run in Brisbane during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival on Tattersall's Tiara Day in late June.
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.
The 2023 WJ Healy Stakes ran on Saturday June 24, 2023 as part of Eagle Farm’s Tattersall’s Tiara Day card and was won in emphatic fashion by the 60kg weighted favourite Prince Of Boom ($2.25F) from the local Robert Heathcote stables.
WJ Healy Stakes | |
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Date: | Saturday June 24, 2023 |
Track: | Eagle Farm Racecourse |
Distance: | 1200m |
Race Type: | Qlty Handicap |
Status: | Group 3 |
Prize Money: | $200,000 |
Check out the official WJ Healy Stakes 2023 Results & Finishing Order below, they will be published as soon as the race is won on Saturday June 24, 2023 as part of Tatt’s Tiara Day.
Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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1 | 2 | PRINCE OF BOOM | Robert Heathcote | Tim Clark | 14 | 60kg | $2.25F | |||
2 | 9 | THE BIG GOODBYE | Robert Heathcote | Martin Harley | 2.18L | 4 | 55kg | $6.50 | ||
3 | 4 | QUANTICO | John O’Shea | Tyler Schiller (a) | 2.74L | 5 | 58.5kg | $8.50 | ||
4 | 5 | RANGES | Peter & Paul Snowden | Ryan Maloney | 3.2L | 6 | 55.5kg | $11 | ||
5 | 14 | ARENTEE | Chris Meagher | Ms Melea Castle (a) | 3.28L | 7 | 54kg | $26 | ||
6 | 10 | VESPERTINE | Grahame Begg | Jake Bayliss | 3.3L | 10 | 54kg | $21 | ||
7 | 16 | SHAQUERO | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 3.57L | 2 | 54kg | $61 | ||
8 | 13 | MISHANI SNIPER | Les Ross | Mark Du Plessis | 4L | 8 | 54kg | $41 | ||
9 | 11 | SALATEEN | Tony Gollan | Ms Samantha Collett | 4.94L | 13 | 54kg | $26 | ||
10 | 7 | KING KAPA | Tony Gollan | Ben Thompson | 5.33L | 11 | 55kg | $7 | ||
11 | 8 | SIMPLY FLY | Rex Lipp | Taylor Marshall | 5.78L | 9 | 55kg | $101 | ||
12 | 12 | CONTEMPTUOUS | Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted | Jaden Lloyd (a) | 7.2L | 12 | 54kg | $26 | ||
13 | 3 | EMERALD KINGDOM | Desleigh Forster | Damien Thornton | 7.59L | 3 | 59kg | $31 | ||
14 | 17 | BRERETON | Peter G Moody | Ms Celine Gaudray (a) | 8.15L | 1 | 54kg | $41 | ||
1 | BIG PARADE | Joseph Pride | Joshua Parr | 0 | ||||||
6 | TYCOONIST | Chris Waller | 0 | |||||||
15 | FASHCHANEL (NZ) | Annabel Neasham | Kyle Wilson-Taylor | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The latest WJ Healy Stakes 2023 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.
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.
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 2023 W.J. Healy Stakes Final Field & Barriers are set for release on the Wednesday leading-up to Tattersall’s Tiara Day.
The 2023 WJ Healy Stakes Nominations are taken by Racing Queensland on the Monday of race week.
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.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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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 |