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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.

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
Date:	Saturday June 24, 2023
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Qlty Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2023 WJ Healy Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Prince Of Boom ($2.25F)
• 2nd: #9 The Big Goodbye
• 3rd: #4 Quantico

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
	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.

2023 WJ Healy Stakes Betting Odds

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.

2023 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 2023 W.J. Healy Stakes Final Field & Barriers are set for release on the Wednesday leading-up to Tattersall’s Tiara Day.

2023 WJ Healy Stakes Nominations

The 2023 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	Place	Horse	Time
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