WJ Healy Stakes
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History
The WJ Healy Stakes is a Group 3 sprint race conducted annually during the Queensland winter carnival by Brisbane's Tattersall's Racing Club at Eagle Farm.
The WJ Healy Stakes is traditionally run at Eagle Farm and was named in 1979 in honour of WJ Healy, the longest serving president of Brisbane's Tattersalls Club from 1933 to 1953. The race had its origins in 1951 as the feature sprint race on the annual Tattersalls Cup program.
Brisbane's Tattersalls Club was formed in 1883 as a sporting club modelled on those established in Britain in the 19th century. It was particularly concerned with horse racing, and held its first race meeting in 1884.
The Healy Stakes has been run over six furlongs/1200m since its inception and is run under quality handicap conditions.
The Healy Stakes became a Listed race in 1979 and has been Group 3 since 1997.
Due to track reconstruction of Eagle Farm racecourse the 2015 Healy Stakes was run at the Gold Coast.
The race record time of 1:08.68 was set by Hay List in 2010.
In 2021, two Magic Millions 2yo Classic winners ran the quinella – Away Game and Exhilarates.
The 2024 WJ Healy Stakes was for prizemoney of $200,000.
It was abandoned due to the coronavirus in 2020.
Other notable winners include Second Earl, Aquanita, Rashlore, Academy Star, Tropic Jewel, Lord Nelson, Swiftly Ann, Blue's Finito, Hit It Benny, Grey Sapphire, Ideal Planet, Toy Pindarri, Clay Hero, Tiny's Finito, Cangronde, Blazing Reality, El Mirada, Super Elegant, Natural Destiny, The Jackal, Hay List, Pinwheel, River Lad, Big Money, Dothraki, Spright, Away Game and Prince Of Boom.
The 2024 WJ Healy Stakes was won by Zarastro from Ghaanati and Hatchet.
Previous WJ Healy Stakes Winners
Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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|
ZARASTRO
(AUS)
5G I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - ADRIFT (NZ) ZABEEL (NZ) |
ANGELA JONES | 58.0 | TONY GOLLAN | 6 |
|
PRINCE OF BOOM
(AUS)
4G SPIRIT OF BOOM (AUS) - DAZZLING DISPLAY (AUS) RED DAZZLER (AUS) |
TIM CLARK | 60.0 | ROBERT HEATHCOTE | 14 |
|
JUAN DIVA
(AUS)
5M SNITZEL (AUS) - PERON (AUS) HUSSON (ARG) |
JASON COLLETT | 54.0 | RICHARD & WILL FREEDMAN | 12 |
|
AWAY GAME
(AUS)
3F SNITZEL (AUS) - ELUSIVE WONDER (AUS) ELUSIVE QUALITY (USA) |
STEPHANIE THORNTON | 54.5 | C MAHER & D EUSTACE | 9 |
|
BRAVE SONG
(AUS)
4G YOUR SONG (AUS) - BRAVE CHOICE (AUS) DR FONG (USA) |
B SHINN | 58.0 | P & P SNOWDEN | 1 |
|
SPRIGHT
(AUS)
4M HINCHINBROOK (AUS) - DASHOFF (AUS) DASH FOR CASH (AUS) |
MICHAEL CAHILL | 55.0 | GARRY FRAZER | 6 |
|
BURNING PASSION
(AUS)
5G NORTHERN METEOR (AUS) - DEARNESS (AUS) SNIPPETS (AUS) |
MICHAEL CAHILL | 54.5 | JAMES CUMMINGS | 1 |
|
INTO THE RED
(AUS)
5G NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS) - RED SEQUIN (AUS) CLAY HERO (AUS) |
L R DITTMAN | 56.0 | KELSO WOOD | 6 |
|
DOTHRAKI
(AUS)
4G MOSSMAN (AUS) - VOLANTIS (AUS) FLYING SPUR (AUS) |
D J BROWNE | 58.0 | P & P SNOWDEN | 7 |
|
BIG MONEY
(AUS)
4G CHOISIR (AUS) - LYN'S MONEY (AUS) HUMAM (IRE) |
R THOMPSON | 54.0 | RODNEY NORTHAM | 10 |
|
HOWMUCHDOYOULOVEME
(AUS)
4G WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS) - BETULA BELLE (AUS) CELTIC SWING (GB) |
N RAWILLER | 60.0 | TINA COTSIOPOULOS | 11 |
|
RIVER LAD
(AUS)
4G TOP ECHELON (AUS) - IKEYMO (AUS) CANNY LAD (AUS) |
TIMOTHY BELL | 54.0 | NATALIE MCCALL | 4 |
|
PINWHEEL
(AUS)
5G LONHRO (AUS) - QUILT (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
D J BROWNE | 58.0 | PETER SNOWDEN | 8 |
|
HAY LIST
(AUS)
4G STATUE OF LIBERTY (USA) - SING HALLELUJAH (AUS) IS IT TRUE (USA) |
C MUNCE | 53.0 | JOHN MCNAIR | 11 |
|
NEWS ALERT
(AUS)
4G DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) - BREAKING NEWS (AUS) BRIEF TRUCE (USA) |
T ANGLAND | 54.5 | CON KARAKATSANIS | 13 |
|
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
(AUS)
4G NUCLEAR FREEZE (USA) - GENTLE AIR (AUS) FOSSICKER (AUS) |
S THURLOW | 53.0 | GORDON YORKE | 6 |
|
THE JACKAL
(AUS)
4G BITE THE BULLET (USA) - POSITIVE SURPRISE (AUS) BEST WESTERN (AUS) |
R THOMPSON | 57.0 | PAUL ST VINCENT | 10 |
|
NATURAL DESTINY
(AUS)
3C NATURALISM (NZ) - FORCE OF DESTINY (AUS) ARCHREGENT (CAN) |
M RODD | 52.0 | GORDON YORKE | 6 |
|
POETIC PAPAL
(AUS)
6G ROYAL TROUBADOR (NZ) - POWER OF LOCHARBER (AUS) PAPAL P (AUS) |
Y YAMAZAKI | 52.0 | DAVID KELLY | 8 |
|
LAMOND
(AUS)
4G CELESTIAL DANCER (IRE) - COME HITHER LOOK (AUS) ROCK ROI (GB) |
M RODD | 52.0 | SHAUN DWYER | 6 |
|
SUPER ELEGANT
(AUS)
5G MISTER C (USA) - EVER ELEGANT (AUS) STEEL PULSE (GB) |
M J ZAHRA | 58.0 | TONY VASIL | 7 |
|
JAR JAR BINKS
(AUS)
3G DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) - STAR MERCHANT (NZ) STAR WAY (GB) |
M RODD | 51.5 | BRYAN GUY | 9 |
|
CITICHY
(AUS)
4M CITIDANCER (IRE) - CHEYENNE ROSE (IRE) COMMANCHE RUN (GB) |
B PREBBLE | 52.5 | NICK FLOUSKOS | 1 |
|
EL MIRADA
(AUS)
5G EL MOXIE (USA) - GAYLE'S GLANCE (AUS) BLETCHINGLY (AUS) |
MICHAEL CAHILL | 55.0 | BART CUMMINGS | 2 |