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

2026 WJ Healy Stakes Odds

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 form was franked with the winner Zarastro going on to win the following summer’s $1 million Magic Millions Sprint race at the Gold Coast before a second in the 2025 Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup in the winter in Brisbane.

The 2026 WJ Healy Stakes runs on Saturday June 27, 2026 as part of Eagle Farm’s Tattersall’s Tiara Day card. 

WJ Healy Stakes
Date:	Saturday June 27, 2026
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Qlty Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2026 WJ Healy Stakes Results

Stay tuned for the official 2026 WJ Healy Stakes results and finishing order at Eagle Farm on Saturday June 27, 2026.

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

Winning Margin: TBD

Winning Time: TBD

2026 WJ Healy Stakes Betting

The latest WJ Healy Stakes 2026 betting odds on the Tattersall’s Tiara Day Group 3 sprint will be provided at Races.com.au 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.

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

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2026 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 2026 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 2026 field features a quality line-up of sprinters led in betting by the Peter Snowden-trained Fire Star coming off a close fourth when under a length beaten at the same track and trip in the Listed Hinkler Handicap carrying a kilo more on Heavy going.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	11x6x46x90	KING OF SPARTA	Peter Snowden	Chad Schofield	15	60.5kg			108
2	708x19x100	YELLOW BRICK	Tony & Maddysen Sears	Tommy Berry	2	60kg			107
3	x1410x4484	HIDDEN WEALTH	Tony Gollan	Ben Thompson	4	59kg			105
4	45432×3200	PAYLINE	Chris & Corey Munce	Nash Rawiller	1	58.5kg			104
5	x76539x923	BRUDENELL	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons	6	57.5kg			102
6	02×2108872	OAK HILL (NZ)	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	3	57.5kg			102
7	930x60x196	GIVEMETHEBEATBOYS (IRE)	Michael Freedman	Ben Melham	7	56.5kg			100
8	8x2112x501	MIDNIGHT IN TOKYO	Todd Pollard	Ryan Maloney	9	56kg			103
9	1x1x73x068	NIANCE (NZ)	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	13	55.5kg			102
10	4641110596	HATCHET	Robert Heathcote	Ashley Morgan	11	54.5kg			96
11	1x3232x638	PEREILLE	Tony Gollan	Daniel Moor	5	54.5kg			96
12	53x5253x59	BARBER	Richard Litt	Ms Emily Lang	12	54kg			95
13	0028254×84	FIRE STAR	Peter Snowden	Tim Clark	8	54kg			95
14	x06728x040	KING KAPA	Tony Gollan	Ms Cejay Graham	16	54kg			95
15	5424x9318x	MORAVIA	Michael Freedman	Taylor Marshall	14	54kg			94
16	74×6212273	ABOUT TO EXPLODE	Tony Gollan	Robbie Dolan	10	54kg			91

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2026 WJ Healy Stakes Nominations

The 2026 WJ Healy Stakes Nominations are taken by Racing Queensland on the Monday of race week.

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	Winner	Trainer/s	Jockey	Weight	Time
2026	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
2025	Metalart	Kelly Schweida	Jason Collett	54.5 kgs	1:09.21
2024	Zarastro	Tony Gollan	Angela Jones	58 kgs	1:09.02
2023	Prince Of Boom	Robert Heathcote	Tim Clark	60 kgs	1:11.20
2022	Juan Diva	Richard & Will Freedman	Jason Collett	54 kgs	1:10.81
2021	Away Game	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Stephanie Thornton	54.5 kgs	1:11.48
2020 Race Not Held	–	–	–	–	–
2019	Brave Song	Peter & Paul Snowden	Blake Shinn	58 kgs	1:10.22
2018	Spright	Garry Frazer	Michael Cahill	55 kgs	1:09.03
2017	Burning Passion	James Cummings	Michael Cahill	54.5 kgs	1:09.60
2016	Into The Red	Kelso Wood	Luke Dittman	56 kgs	1:12.51
2015	Dothraki	Paul Snowden	Damian Browne	58 kgs	1:11.33
2014	Big Money	Rodney Northam	Robert Thompson	54 kgs	1:09.35
2013	Howmuchdoyouloveme	Tina Cotsiopoulos	Nash Rawiller	60 kgs	1:11.46
2012	River Lad	Natalie McCall	Timothy Bell	54 kgs	1:10.00
2011	Pinwheel	Peter Snowden	Damian Browne	58 kgs	1:09.54
2010	Hay List	John McNair	Chris Munce	53 kgs	1:08.69
2009	News Alert	Con Karakatsanis	Tye Angland	54.5 kgs	1:09.30
2008	Nuclear Medicine	Gordon Yorke	Scott Thurlow	53 kgs	1:11.38
2007	The Jackal	Paul St Vincent	Robert Thompson	57 kgs	1:09.59
2006	Natural Destiny	Gordon Yorke	Michael Rodd	52 kgs	1:10.63
2005	Poetic Papal	David Kelly	Yoshi Yamazaki	52 kgs	1:09.40
2004	Lamond	Shaun Dwyer	Michael Rodd	52 kgs	1:09.50
2003	Super Elegant	Tony Vasil	Mark Zahra	58 kgs	1:09.60
2002	Jar Jar Binks	Bryan Guy	Michael Rodd	51.5 kgs	1:10.40
2001	Citichy	Nick Flouskos	Brett Prebble	52.5 kgs	1:09.20
2000	El Mirada	Bart Cummings	Michael Cahill	55 kgs	1:09.20