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John F Feehan Stakes News

Feehan Stakes 2025 Results: Pride Of Jenni Goes Back-to-Back

• Treasurethe Moment Heads 2025 Feehan Stakes Field & Betting
• 2025 Makybe Diva Stakes Results: Mr Brightside Wins Again, Beats Aeliana & Via Sistina

The John F. 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.

2025 John F Feehan Stakes Results

Stay tuned for the official 2025 Feehan Stakes results and finishing order and to see what horses might be on the Ladbrokes Cox Plate path this spring! 

• 1st: #5 Pride Of Jenni ($3.60)
• 2nd: #6 Treasurethe Moment
• 3rd: #2 Attrition

Ciaron Maher’s briefly retired, front-running queen Pride Of Jenni ($3.60) made a brilliant return to racing leading all-the-way when reuniting with jockey Declan Bates for an impressive successful title defence in the 2025 Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes results at The Valley on Manikato Stakes Night. 

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Held in September the 1600m mile event is a weight-for-age race that offers $500,000 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).

The race was moved in 2024 to run later on the spring program taking place on Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes Night in late September. 

Officially registered as the John F. Feehan Stakes, the winner of the event now earns a ballot exemption for the Group 1 $6 million Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040) run back at the track in late October.

The race previously served as a nice lead-up into Caulfield’s Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m). In 2018 Homesman improved on a John F. Feehan Stakes second to win the Underwood Stakes and, later, place second in that year’s Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m).  Homesman returned in 2019 and won the John F. Feehan first-up before a second in the Underwood.

In 2020 the John F. Feehan Stakes winner, dual Cox Plate placegetter Humidor, went on to run second in that year’s Underwood Stakes results and third in the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes.

The 2021 John F Feehan Stakes form was franked with the winner Superstorm going on to finish third in both the Underwood Stakes and Toorak Handicap before winning the Cantala Stakes – now known as the Champions Mile – that spring.

The 2022 John F Feehan Stakes winner Mr Brightside franked the form the following autumn winning the then $5 million The All-Star Mile before a successful title defence in the Group 1 Doncaster Mile in 2023.

The 2023 Feehan Stakes form was franked with the runner-up Attrition going on to win the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield two starts later.

The 2024 Feehan Stakes winner Pride Of Jenni ran a next-up second in Sydney’s $5 million King Charles III Stakes, while the runner-up Mr Brightside went on to run well in a host more races including winning that season’s Group 1 Champions Mile. The form out of the 2024 Feehan was further franked with the third placed Antino travelling to Brisbane the following winter to win the Group 1 Doomben Cup. 

Pride Of Jenni returned to become the event’s sixth dual champion with her runaway win in 2025. 

The Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes 2025 ran on Friday September 26, 2025 under the lights at The Valley on Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes Night and saw the defending champion Pride Of Jenni ($3.60) return with a bang for a thrilling 1.75 length win first-up by the much-loved mare. 

2025 Feehan Stakes Betting 

The season’s best John F. Feehan Stakes 2025 betting odds and market links on the Cox Plate qualifier will be available for punters at Races.com.au the week of the race.

Mr Brightside ($1.65 in 2022) and Pride Of Jenni ($1.90 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Feehan Stakes betting to win.

2025 Feehan Stakes Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 JOHN F FEEHAN STAKES FORM GUIDE

2025 Feehan Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider John F Feehan Stakes 2025 Tips on the important Cox Plate lead-up this September.

• To Win: No. 6 Treasurethe Moment ($1.40 at time of publish) – BET NOW

TREASURETHE MOMENT (1) gets back to business in the Feehan Stakes after a mild bout of colic and no-one is at all concerned about the small setback as she’s dominant as an odds-on fancy. Zero value – better than bank interest and will be very hard to beat based on what she’s done over the past 12 months. Matt Laurie’s now four-year-old daughter of Alabama Express is exciting to say the least. She’s won her latest nine, has shown incredible versatility and class, and even though this is her first The Valley run – is deserving of her quote. Fresh she annihilated a very strong line-up in the Memsie Stakes over 1400m gapping Mr Brightside – who went on to win the Makybe Diva for a historic third time – in an imposing return. The VRC Oaks – ATC Oaks double winner will only improve off that 1400m run getting up in trip, and she’s two-from-two at a mile ahead of this drop in grade. The rails draw puts her right in the mix to get a soft run to wear down the likely leader Pride Of Jenni, and the replacement hoop Mark Zahra is certainly no disadvantage. Expect fireworks. Expect her to finish on top. 

2025 Feehan Stakes Field

The official John F. Feehan Stakes 2025 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 2025 Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes final field features a diminutive but class line-up of just six Cox Plate bound gallopers including Matt Laurie’s Memsie Stakes winning mare Treasurethe Moment chasing her 10th win on the trot and last year’s champion Pride Of Jenni racing first-up for Ciaron Maher. 

Click here to read more on the key runners in the Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes 2025 field and betting markets. 

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2025 John F. Feehan Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the John F. Feehan Stakes in 2025 close the Monday of race week and will be published in full below once announced.

2025 Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes nominations extended until 10:00AM (AEST) – 23/09/2025

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

John F. Feehan 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 event 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.

In 2020 dual Cox Plate placegetter Humidor won first-up for the first time in his career as an eight-year-old when debuting for trainer Chris Waller of Winx fame.

Pride Of Jenni (2024 & 2025) was the last Feehan Stakes winning mare and the last dual champion. 

Recent Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes / Feehan Stakes Winners

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