The next edition of the Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes takes place on Sunday, September 27, 2026 as part of the Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes Day card at Caulfield as a key Cox Plate lead-up.
The John F. Feehan Stakes 2026 is one of the standout early‑spring weight‑for‑age mile contests, and with Moonee Valley closed for redevelopment in 2026, the race shifts to Caulfield Racecourse on Sunday, giving punters a fresh backdrop for a proven WFA showdown. Run over 1600m, the Feehan regularly attracts seasoned Group performers, sharp second‑up and third‑up types, and middle‑distance stars building toward major spring targets. For punters chasing early form lines, futures angles and race‑day value, the John F. Feehan Stakes delivers a high‑quality field, tactical racing, and strong indicators for upcoming Group 1 features — making it a key betting race to follow as the spring carnival kicks into gear.
2026 John F. Feehan Stakes Odds
The season’s top John F. Feehan Stakes 2026 odds will be provided below as soon as betting on the Cox Plate lead-up opens followed by the official finishing order after the event.
Feehan Stakes 2026 Odds
| 1. Pride Of Jenni | ||
| 2. Zambardo | ||
| 3. Mr Brightside | ||
| 4. Another Wil | ||
| 5. Light Infantry Man | ||
| 6. Just Folk | ||
| 7. Sass Appeal | ||
| 8. Welcometotheshow | ||
| 9. Sea What I See | ||
| 10. Treasurethe Moment | ||
| 11. Lims Saltoro | ||
| 12. Pounding | ||
| 13. Immediacy | ||
| 14. Torranzino | ||
| 15. Windstorm | ||
| 16. Jenni Multabella |
John F. Feehan Stakes Tips
Sticking with horses under $10 for the win with experience in Group 1 company, proven form at the racecourse and that have ability in weight-for-age races are good Feehan Stakes tips.
Looking at runners that finished in the top four in the Memsie Stakes and that contested the previous year’s race are also helpful tips when it comes to Place and Exotic bets on the Group 2 feature.
Ladbrokes Tip: The Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes is a nice lead-up for Cox Plate types each spring
2026 Feehan Stakes Predictions & Best Bets
Our insider John F. Feehan Stakes 2026 best bet will be published below the week of the race so stay tuned.
The Dato’ Tan Chin Nam Stakes – now known as the John F. Feehan Stakes and previously as the Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes due to sponsorship – is a Group 2 race held in September and traditionally run at Moonee Valley Racecourse during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
The 2026 edition of the Feehan Stakes moves from The Valley which is closed for redevelopment to Caulfield.
A mile clash contested over 1600m under weight-for-age conditions, the race ran as the John F Fehan Stakes from 1984 – 2004 and has reverted back to its original name.
The John Feehan Stakes offers a total of $500,000 in prize money having had its stakes doubled in 2021 and currently runs on the same program as the Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes (1200m), Group 2 Stutt Stakes (1600m), Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m), the Group 3 Scarborough Stakes (1200m) and the Group 3 JRA Cup (2000m).
It is a nice spring starting point for gallopers targeting Australasia’s weight-for-age championship, the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) in late October.
The last winner to go on and take out the Cox Plate was El Segundo (2007).
Dual Cox Plate winners Fields Of Omagh (2002), Northerly (2001) and the mighty New Zealand-trained mare Sunline (2000) also all have their name on the John F. Feehan Stakes winners’ list.
The John F. Feehan Stakes previously served as a key lead-up into the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) held at Caulfield before being moved in 2024. Homesman (2nd in 2018) was the last Underwood Stakes winner to come out of the John F. Feehan Stakes, a race he won the following year (2019) before a second in the Underwood.
In 2020 dual Cox Plate placegetter Humidor made a stunning return in his first run for Chris Waller to win the John F. Feehan Stakes before a next-up Underwood Stakes second and third in that year’s Caulfield Stakes results.
Pride Of Jenni (2024 & 2025) became history’s sixth dual Feehan Stakes champion.
John F. Feehan Stakes Race Facts
- Date: Sunday, September 27, 2026
- Track: Moonee Valley Racecourse (Caulfield in 2026)
- Distance: 1600m
- Conditions: Weight-for-age
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $500,000
- First Run: 1948
2026 FEEHAN STAKES PREVIEW
2026 FEEHAN STAKES ODDS
2026 John F Feehan Stakes Results
Stay tuned for the official 2026 Feehan Stakes results and finishing order and to see what horses might be on the Ladbrokes Cox Plate path this spring!
John F. Feehan Stakes Betting
John F. Feehan Stakes betting odds are led by proven weight-for-age performers racing first or second-up in the mile showdown who have good records when fresh.
Runners that have a strong record over 1600m – 2000m also feature highly up the Feehan Stakes betting markets each spring.
Single-figure hopefuls have a strong record in the event including the recent wins by Homesman ($5 in 2019), Superstorm ($6 in 2021), and Pinstriped ($8 in 2023).
There was a notable upset in 2020 however when two-time Cox Plate placegetter Humidor won the event at Feehan Stakes odds of 17/1.
Mr Brightside ($1.65 in 2022) and Pride Of Jenni ($1.90 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Feehan Stakes betting to salute for the punters.
Pride Of Jenni returned to win again in 2025 at $3.60 defeating the beaten favourite Treasurethe Moment ($1.50).
John F. Feehan Stakes Field
The John F. Feehan Stakes race field features a classy line-up of weight-for-age, Cox Plate hopes.
Many are kicking off their spring campaigns in the mile clash and are heading towards tougher spring assignments including the Cox Plate.
One lead-up into the race is the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) run at Caulfield in mid-August. Mr Brightside (2022) was the last horse to complete the PB Lawrence Stakes – Feehan Stakes double.
Pinstriped (2nd in 2023) meanwhile was the last Feehan Stakes winner to come off a run in the PB Lawrence Stakes which was won that year by the previous season’s Feehan champ Mr Brightside.
Another possible lead-up run into the Group 2 is the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield in late August, a race the 2013 Dato’ Tan Chin Nam Stakes winner Fiorente ran sixth in first-up. Fiorente went on to place third in that year’s Cox Plate before his victory in the iconic Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November.
2026 John F. Feehan Stakes Field
The official John F. Feehan Stakes 2026 Field & Barriers are released the Wednesday leading-up to Group 2 feature, the full line-up to be published below.
2026 John F. Feehan Stakes Nominations
The early John F. Feehan Stakes 2026 Nominations are out on the Monday of race week and will be announced in full below.
The 2026 Feehan Stakes nominations attracted 16 potential Cox Plate-bound gallopers led in all-in betting by Ciaron Maher’s dual defending champion mare Pride Of Jenni chasing a hat-trick in the event first-up as a nine-year-old.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x60x940x93 | ANOTHER WIL | G | 7 | Ciaron Maher | 112 |
| 2 | 0x267366x8 | IMMEDIACY (NZ) | G | 6 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 97 |
| 3 | 1x26x31222 | JENNI MULTABELLA (NZ) | M | 5 | Lloyd Kennewell | 71 |
| 4 | 050×093232 | JUST FOLK | G | 10 | Gavin Bedggood | 105 |
| 5 | 52x1415x48 | LIGHT INFANTRY MAN (FR) | G | 8 | Ciaron Maher | 115 |
| 6 | 32x5420x39 | LIM’S SALTORO (NZ) | G | 7 | Dan Meagher | 96 |
| 7 | 20x2125x27 | MR BRIGHTSIDE (NZ) | G | 9 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 118 |
| 8 | 727242228x | POUNDING | G | 8 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 98 |
| 9 | 718x32512x | PRIDE OF JENNI | M | 9 | Ciaron Maher | 117 |
| 10 | 21111×144 | SASS APPEAL | M | 4 | Danny O’Brien | 96 |
| 11 | 24x23243x9 | SEA WHAT I SEE (IRE) | M | 7 | Danny O’Brien | 96 |
| 12 | 12x808215x | TORRANZINO (NZ) | G | 7 | Paul Preusker | 101 |
| 13 | 234x313x40 | TREASURETHE MOMENT | M | 5 | Matt Laurie | 115 |
| 14 | 111189×261 | WELCOMETOTHESHOW | H | 5 | Tyler Donaldson-Aitken | 98 |
| 15 | 50×9740084 | WINDSTORM | G | 10 | Logan McGill | 81 |
| 16 | 112x9627x3 | ZAMBARDO (NZ) | G | 5 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 103 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Feehan Stakes Form Guide
The Feehan Stakes form guide features all the crucial information for punters including saddlecloth numbers, jockeys, trainers, barriers and the lead-up runs of the horses in the field. The John F. Feehan Stakes form has held up in many Group 1 spring races in recent years including the Cox Plate.
In 2013 Fiorente won the race before a third in the Cox Plate. Other winners to finish third in the Cox Plate in the same season include Rekindled Interest (2011) and Whobegotyou (2010).
The 2021 John F Feehan Stakes form was franked with the winner Superstorm running third in both the Underwood Stakes and Toorak Handicap before winning the Cantala Stakes – now known as the Champions Mile – that spring.
The 2022 Feehan Stakes winner Mr Brightside would go on to win the following year’s then $5 million The All-Star Mile in Melbourne before taking out Sydney’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile for the second time.
In 2023 the Feehan Stakes runner-up, Attrition, went on to take out the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) two starts later franking the form.
The 2024 Feehan Stakes proved to be a key form guide for later Group 1 races. The winner, Pride Of Jenni, went on to run a strong second in Sydney’s $5 million King Charles III Stakes. The runner-up, Mr Brightside, also had a successful campaign, which included a victory in the Group 1 Champions Mile. Further validating the race’s quality, the third-place finisher Antino traveled to Brisbane the following winter to claim the Group 1 Doomben Cup.
Pride Of Jenni made a statement in 2025, storming home to become the race’s sixth dual winner and proving the Feehan form was rock‑solid when she later claimed the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington. The runner‑up Treasurethe Moment also turned her Feehan performance into a top‑tier spring, delivering a string of elite placings across the Might And Power, Cox Plate, and Champions Mile, underscoring just how strong the race stacked up.
2026 Feehan Stakes Form Guide
A link to our detailed John F. Feehan Stakes 2026 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Past Dato Tan Chin Nam / Feehan Stakes Results
Horses under $10 for the win have dominated the John F. Feehan Stakes race results of the past decade.
Notable winners of the Dato’ Tan Chin Nam Stakes – now the Feehan Stakes – include Pride Of Jenni (2024 & 2025), Mr Brightside (2022), dual Cox Plate placegetter Humidor (2020), The Cleaner (2014-15), Fiorente (2013), Whobegotyou (2009-10), and El Segundo (2007).
Pride Of Jenni (2024 & 2025) was the last Feehan Stakes winning mare and the first since Bonneval (2017).
Recent Dato’ Tan Chin Nam / Feehan Stakes Winners
Recent John F. Feehan Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2025 | Pride Of Jenni | Treasurethe Moment | Attrition | 1:35.88 |
| 2024 | Pride Of Jenni | Mr Brightside | Antino | 1:34.67 |
| 2023 | Pinstriped | Attrition | Tuvalu | 1:34.79 |
| 2022 | Mr Brightside | Inspirational Girl | Spanish Mission | 1:39.18 |
| 2021 | Superstorm | Elephant | The Chosen One | 1:38.75 |
| 2020 | Humidor | Surprise Baby | Harbour Views | 1:36.18 |
| 2019 | Homesman | Mahamedeis | Best Of Days | 1:37.04 |
| 2018 | Magic Consol | Homesman | Night’s Watch | 1:36.5 |
| 2017 | Bonneval | Abbey Marie | Rhythm To Spare | 1:37.3 |
| 2016 | Awesome Rock | Real Love | Set Square | 1:37.0 |
| 2015 | The Cleaner | Bagman | Dibayani | 1:36.3 |
| 2014 | The Cleaner | Mourinho | Foreteller | 1:35.9 |
| 2013 | Fiorente | Spacecraft | Lidari | 1:37.2 |
| 2012 | Happy Trails | Green Moon | Rekindled Interest | 1:35.5 |
| 2011 | Rekindled Interest | Alcopop | Whobegotyou | 1:37.6 |
| 2010 | Whobegotyou | Typhoon Tracy | Shoot Out | 1:39.6 |
| 2009 | Whobegotyou | Mic Mac | Jolie’s Shinju | 1:37.3 |
| 2008 | Guillotine | Casual Pass | Tears I Cry | 1:35.9 |
| 2007 | El Segundo | Haradasun | Cinque Cento | 1:36.2 |
| 2006 | Lad Of The Manor | Apache Cat | Spinney | 1:35.8 |
| 2005 | Lad Of The Manor | Makybe Diva | Fields of Omagh | 1:37.6 |
| 2004 | Delzao | Makybe Diva | Studebaker | 1:42.5 |
| 2003 | Natural Blitz | Vocabulary | De Gaulle Lane | 1:36.7 |
| 2002 | Fields Of Omagh | Magical Miss | Le Zagaletta | 1:40.4 |
| 2001 | Northerly | Sunline | Sir Clive | 1:37.1 |
| 2000 | Sunline | Le Zagaletta | Citra’s Prince | 1:37.9 |