Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes

The 2018 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes is a Group 2 event run during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival at Moonee Valley Racecourse in September. It is a mile race (1600m) with a cool half a million dollars up for grabs for the best of the weight-for-age contenders.

From 1984 up until 2004 the event was called the John F. Feehan Stakes. In 2005 though the name was changed to the Dato Tan Chin Stakes to honour the owner of some of Australia’s best ever racehorses. In 2009 the event received another makeover with the prize money bumped up from $350,000 to $500,000.

The quality of horses competing in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes has continued to increase with many going on to become true champions. In line with this, the race has grown in importance as reflected by the big jump in prize money.

Horses to win this event have gone on to claim such races as the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate.

The Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes winners list reads like a who’s who of Australian thoroughbred racing.

Mannerism was 1991 champion even before the race took on its current level of significance.

More recently there has been Sunline in 2000, Northerly in 2001 and Fields Of Omagh in 2003.

Back to back wins for Lad Of The Manor in 2005 / 2006 and more back to back wins in 2009 / 2010 with Whobegotyou.

It’s a testament to the quality of the event when you see legends such as Apache Cat (2006), Typhoon Tracy (2010) and even triple Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva (2004 / 2005) finishing in second place.

2018 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes Field

The 2018 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes field will be officially released on Wednesday, September 5th and will no doubt include some of the outstanding performers we saw in the nominations. The 2018 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes field is now published below.

2018 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes Nominations

The 2018 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes nominations will be released on September 5th. The 2018 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes nominations will be published below.

No. Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Ballot Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 290x1304x2 HARTNELL (GB) G 8 James Cummings 1 59kg 113
2 5x0x92834x AMBITIOUS (JPN) H 7 Anthony Freedman 2 59kg 109
3 34100x21x0 BOOM TIME H 7 David & B Hayes & T Dabernig 3 59kg 109
4 1111x1160x BONNEVAL (NZ) M 5 Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman 4 57kg 112
5 2741x780x0 MIGHTY BOSS H 4 Mick Price 5 58.5kg 104
6 7x77326x97 SEABURGE H 5 David & B Hayes & T Dabernig 6 59kg 96
7 21x21x214x ADMIRE ROBSON (JPN) H 5 Darren Weir 7 59kg 98
8 2343x312x6 HIYAAM (NZ) M 4 Mick Price 8 56.5kg 103
9 065214411x MAGIC CONSOL G 9 Paul Preusker 9 59kg 98
10 925041x8x7 THE TAJ MAHAL (IRE) H 5 Liam Howley 10 59kg 107
11 18x6427x34 ODEON (NZ) G 5 Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra 11 59kg 98
12 2x11x5x0x0 RED CARDINAL (IRE) G 7 Darren Weir 12 59kg 107
13 3x251711x8 SOPRESSA M 4 Darren Weir 13 56.5kg 97
14 2249x1110x SPANISH REEF M 5 Ken Keys 14 57kg 104
15 412153x16x HOMESMAN (USA) G 5 Liam Howley 15 59kg 105
16 212x04331x RISING RED (NZ) G 5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 16 59kg 99
17 214x1331x1 DIVINE UNICORN (GB) G 5 Matthew Dunn 17 59kg 99
18 6412141×21 NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ) G 5 Darren Weir 18 59kg 96
19 0x02054025 RHYTHM TO SPARE (NZ) G 9 Michael Moroney 19 59kg 98
20 x2x115627x ORDEROFTHEGARTER (IRE) H 5 Liam Howley 20 59kg 98
21 07x5x8650x SIR ISAAC NEWTON (GB) G 7 Liam Howley 21 59kg 101
22 213x86x2x EXEMPLAR (IRE) H 5 Liam Howley 22 59kg 85

Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes Winners & Results

Winners and placers in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes since 2000 with winning times.

20171 Bonneval2 Abbey Marie3 Rhythm to Spare1:37.3

Year Results Winning Time
2018 1 TBD 2 TBD 3 TBD TBD
2016 1 Awesome Rock 2 Real Love 3 Set Square 1:37.0
2015 1 The Cleaner 2 Bagman 3 Dibayani 1:36.3
2014 1 The Cleaner 2 Mourinho 3 Foreteller 1:35.9
2013 1 Fiorente 2 Spacecraft 3 Lidari 1:37.3
2012 1 Happy Trails 2 Green Moon 3 Rekindled Interest 1:35.6
2011 1 Rekindled Interest 2 Alcopop 3 Whobegotyou 1:39.6
2010 1 Whobegotyou 2 Typhoon Tracy 3 Shoot Out 1:39.6
2009 1 Whobegotyou 2 Mic Mac 3 Jolie’s Shinju 1:37.3
2008 1 Guillotine 2 Casual Pass 3 Tears I Cry 1:35.9
2007 1 El Segundo 2 Haradasun 3 Cinque Cento 1:36.2
2006 1 Lad Of The Manor 2 Apache Cat 3 Spinney 1:35.8
2005 1 Lad Of The Manor 2 Makybe Diva 3 Fields of Omagh 1:37.6
2004 1 Delzao 2 Makybe Diva 3 Studebaker 1:42.5
2003 1 Natural Blitz 2 Vocabulary 3 De Gaulle Lane 1:36.7
2002 1 Fields Of Omagh 2 Magical Miss 3 Le Zagaletta 1:40.4
2001 1 Northerly 2 Sunline 3 Sir Clive 1:37.1
2000 1 Sunline 2 Le Zagaletta 3 Citra’s Prince 1:37.9

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