Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes

The Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes is a Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race held under Weight for Age conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1600 metres. It is held at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne in September.

For a majority of its history it was known as the John F Feehan Stakes. It is named for Malaysian entrepreneur and racehorse owner Dato Tan Chin Nam.

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Race history

1948 - 1971 held over 8 furlongs (approx. 1600m)
1972 onwards held over 1600m

1948 – 1978 was a Principal Race
1979 onwards Group 2

1948 the race was known as the ‘Glenroy Stakes’
1949 - 1955 the race was known as the ‘J.F. Feehan Stakes’
1956 - 1969 the race was known as the ‘J.F. Feehan Handicap’
1970 - 1982 the race reverted back to the ‘J.F. Feehan Stakes’
1983 the race was known as the ‘Centennial Stakes’
1984 - 2004 the race reverted back to the ‘J.F. Feehan Stakes’
2005 onwards the race has been known as the ‘Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes’

The winners

  • 1989 - Our Westminster
  • 1988 - Our Poetic Prince
  • 1987 - Rubiton
  • 1986 - Dazzling Duke
  • 1985 - King Delamere
  • 1984 - Penny Edition
  • 1983 - Strawberry Road
  • 1982 - Lawman
  • 1981 - Lawman
  • 1980 - Arbogast
  • 1979 - Gondolier
  • 1978 - So Called
  • 1977 - Vice Regal
  • 1976 - Wave King
  • 1975 - Tontonan
  • 1974 - Arama
  • 1973 - Audaciter
  • 1972 - Grand Scale
  • 1971 - Upstairs
  • 1970 - Shorengro
  • 1969 - Shorengro
  • 1968 - Shorengro
  • 1967 - Bellition
  • 1966 - race not held
  • 1965 - Winfreux
  • 1964 - Heroic Stone
  • 1963 - Sometime
  • 1962 - Royal Belltor
  • 1961 - Mardene
  • 1960 - race not held
  • 1959 - Malarno
  • 1958 - Summalu
  • 1957 - On Parade
  • 1956 - Arlunya
  • 1955 - Townsville
  • 1954 - Rising Fast
  • 1953 - Quite Talk
  • 1952 - Zezette
  • 1951 - Iron Duke
  • 1950 - Chicquita
  • 1949 - Ellerslie
  • 1948 - Phoibos

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