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The Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes – formerly the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes named after the great horse owner Dato Tan Chin Nam – is one of the major lead up-races in the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

Held in early September, the 1600m mile event is a weight-for-age race that offers $250,000 in prize money. Run at Moonee Valley Racecourse, the race has produced a number of Cox Plate winners in recent years including Northerly (1st in 2001), Makybe Diva (2nd in 2005) and  El Segundo (1st in 2007).

Officially registered as the John F. Feehan Stakes, the winner of the event now earns a ballot exemption for the Group 1 $5 million Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040) run back at the track in late October.

The Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes 2019 ran on Saturday September 7, 2019 and was won by the resuming favourite Homesman.

Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 7, 2019
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$250,000

2019 Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes Results

• 1st: #3 Homesman
• 2nd: #7 Mahamedeis
• 3rd: #5 Best Of Days

The official Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes 2019 Results saw the Team Williams-raced favourite Homesman salute by 2.5 lengths to kick off his spring in his first run since a Caulfield Cup second last October.

Read more on the 2019 Feehan Stakes win by Cox Plate-bound Homesman. 

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	3	HOMESMAN (USA)	Liam Howley	Ben Melham	–	13	59kg	$5
2	7	MAHAMEDEIS	Nick Ryan	Rhys McLeod	2.5L	5	59kg	$26
3	5	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	James Cummings	Craig Williams	2.6L	12	59kg	$7.50
4	8	SURPRISE BABY (NZ)	Paul Preusker	Jordan Childs	2.7L	10	59kg	$9.50
5	14	THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Damian Lane	2.9L	9	58.5kg	$12
6	9	SIKANDARABAD (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jye McNeil	3.4L	8	59kg	$10
7	6	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Ben Allen	4.15L	3	59kg	$4.40F
8	15	KENEDNA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	4.35L	7	57kg	$8
9	11	YULONG PRINCE (SAF)	Chris Waller	Mark Zahra	4.45L	6	59kg	$19
10	12	MR MARATHON MAN (GB)	Michael Moroney	Damien Oliver	4.95L	2	59kg	$31
11	2	TRAP FOR FOOLS	Jarrod McLean	Peter Hall	5.05L	15	59kg	$51
12	4	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	Archie Alexander	Declan Bates	5.15L	14	59kg	$101
13	13	BEAU BALMAIN (GER)	Jim Conlan	Michael Dee	5.9L	4	59kg	$71
14	10	NEUFBOSC (FR)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	6.65L	11	59kg	$31
15	1	HARLEM (GB)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Kah	6.95L	1	59kg	$61

2019 Feehan Stakes Odds

The season’s best John F. Feehan Stakes 2019 odds and betting market links on the Cox Plate qualifier will be available for punters below the week of the race.

2019 Feehan Stakes Field

The official Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes 2019 Field & Barriers are announced by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday leading-up to the event, the full list of potential Cox Plate horses to be published below.

The 2019 Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes field attracted 15 runners including the Liam Howley-trained Homesman for owner Lloyd Williams, the horse having finished second in the event last year before winning the Underwood Stakes. Homesman hasn’t raced since his Caulfield Cup second last October, but leads Feehan Stakes odds at Ladbrokes.com.au for his first-up run from a wide gate 13 draw.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	069x4719x0	HARLEM (GB)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Kah	1	59kg	110
2	216x5233x9	TRAP FOR FOOLS	Jarrod McLean	Peter Hall	15	59kg	110
3	3x16x2172x	HOMESMAN (USA)	Liam Howley	Ben Melham	13	59kg	110
4	4840x5516x	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	Archie Alexander	Declan Bates	14	59kg	105
5	13211x5Nx7	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	James Cummings	Craig Williams	12	59kg	108
6	11x60110x6	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Ben Allen	3	59kg	109
7	1x041650x6	MAHAMEDEIS	Nick Ryan	Rhys McLeod	5	59kg	91
8	11514132x	SURPRISE BABY (NZ)	Paul Preusker	Jordan Childs	10	59kg	103
9	35x42170x4	SIKANDARABAD (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jye McNeil	8	59kg	103
10	12112x30x8	NEUFBOSC (FR)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	11	59kg	106
11	12221x00x7	YULONG PRINCE (SAF)	Chris Waller	Mark Zahra	6	59kg	105
12	11x2x04105	MR MARATHON MAN (GB)	Michael Moroney	Damien Oliver	2	59kg	102
13	21x41x3324	BEAU BALMAIN (GER)	Jim Conlan	Michael Dee	4	59kg	90
14	x22470141x	THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Damian Lane	9	58.5kg	95
15	1x931911x7	KENEDNA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	7	57kg	110

Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes History

First run in 1948 and won by Phoibos, the event was originally known as the JF Feehan Stakes for many years until 2005 when it was changed to the Dato’ Tan Chin Nam Stakes. The race name has since been changed and is officially registered as the John F. Feehan Stakes. In 2019 it ran as the Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes due to sponsorship purposes.

Run as an 8 furlong race until 1971 and a principal race until 1978, the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes has also been a guide to the Bletchingly Stakes, JJ Liston Stakes, Mackinnon Stakes, Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup.
Won by Lawman in 1981-82, Lad of the Manor repeated this dual success in 2005-06 however the greatest winner of the race was Shorengro which won in three consecutive years from 1968 to 1970. Since 1988, the fastest horses to blitz the race were Our Westminster and Our Poetic Prince in 1988 and 1989. Both horses amazingly won in 1 minute 33.1 seconds. With almost ten seconds added to that record, 2004 Delzao won the stakes in the slowest time of 1 minute 42.5 seconds.

Recent Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes / Feehan Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes	1st	Homesman	1 minute 37.04 seconds
	2nd	Mahamedeis
	3rd	Best Of Days
2018 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Magic Consol	1 minute 36.5 seconds
	2nd	Homesman
	3rd	Night’s Watch
2017 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Bonneval	1 minute 37.33 seconds
	2nd	Abbey Marie
	3rd	Rhythm To Spare
2016 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Awesome Rock	1 minute 37 seconds
	2nd	Real Love
	3rd	Set Square
2015 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	The Cleaner	1 minute 36.30 seconds
	2nd	Bagman
	3rd	Dibayani
2014 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	The Cleaner	1 minute 35.94 seconds
	2nd	Mourinho
	3rd	Foreteller
2013 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Fiorente	1 minute 37.28 seconds
	2nd	Spacecraft
	3rd	Lidari
2012 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Happy Trails	1 minute 35.56 seconds
	2nd	Green Moon
	3rd	Rekindled Interest
2011 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Rekindled Interest	1 minute 37.67 seconds
	2nd	Alcopop
	3rd	Whobegotyou
2010 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Whobegotyou	1 minute 39.67 seconds
	2nd	Typhoon Tracy
	3rd	Shoot Out
2009 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Whobegotyou	1 minute 37.3 seconds
	2nd	Mic Mac
	3rd	Jolie’s Shinju
2008 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Guillotine	1 minute 35.9 seconds
	2nd	Casual Pass
	3rd	Tears I Cry
2007 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	El Segundo	1 minute 36.2 seconds
	2nd	Haradasun
	3rd	Cinque Cento
2006 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Lad Of The Manor	1 minute 35.8 seconds
	2nd	Apache Cat
	3rd	Spinney
2005 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Lad Of The Manor	1 minute 37.6 seconds
	2nd	Makybe Diva
	3rd	Fields Of Omagh
2004 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Delzao	1 minute 42.5 seconds
	2nd	Makybe Diva
	3rd	Studebaker
2003 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Natural Blitz	1 minute 36.7 seconds
	2nd	Vocabulary
	3rd	De Gaulle Lane
2002 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Fields Of Omagh	1 minute 40.4 seconds
	2nd	Magical Miss
	3rd	Le Zagaletta
2001 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Northerly	1 minute 37.1 seconds
	2nd	Sunline
	3rd	Sir Clive
2000 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes	1st	Sunline	1 minute 37.9 seconds
	2nd	Le Zagaletta
	3rd	Citra’s Prince