Feehan Stakes favourite cops tricky barrier draw

Undefeated galloper Globe will resume in the Group 2 Feehan Stakes. (Photo Credit: Bruno Cannatelli)

Saturday’s Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley has attracted a strong field of 15 runners looking to book a spot in the Cox Plate (2040m).

The Feehan Stakes is the sole ‘win and you’re in’ race for the weight-for-age championship of Australasia, and that status is reflected in the quality of the field.

Among the 15 runners are three former Group 1 winners and over $12.6 million in prizemoney won.

Heading the Feehan Stakes betting markets is the undefeated Globe, trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr.

Online bookmakers have him marked as a +200 chance for Saturday’s $500,000 feature.

This will be Globe’s maiden foray into stakes-level racing having progressed through the grades during the autumn with four straight wins, including a last-start BM100 victory at Sandown on May 6.

Globe will need to overcome a tricky draw in the Feehan Stakes, jumping from barrier 12 under Jamie Kah.

Joining Globe towards the top of the market is last-start Moonee Valley winner Deny Knowledge (+600).

Both Goldman (+1200) and Lunar Flare (+2500) are ballot-exempt for the 2023 Melbourne Cup and are both set to kick off their campaign with a run in the Feehan.

Mr Brightside managed to claim victory in the Feehan Stakes last year before going on to finish seventh in the Cox Plate.

The Group 2 Feehan Stakes is race nine on the Moonee Valley program on Saturday, September 9.


Feehan Stakes 2023 field

No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 Silks
Tuvalu
Lindsey Smith
Blake Shinn
13
59kg
2 Silks
El Bodegon
Chris Waller
Jye McNeil
4
59kg
3 Silks
Francesco Guardi
Chris Waller
Craig Williams
11
59kg
4 Silks
Savatoxl
Will Savage
Caitlin Jones
15
59kg
5 Silks
King Magnus
Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock
Thomas Stockdale
14
59kg
6 Silks
Pounding
Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman
Luke Nolen
7
59kg
7 Silks
Pinstriped
Enver Jusufovic
Ben Allen
10
59kg
8 Silks
Forgot You
Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
Daniel Moor
3
59kg
9 Silks
Alaskan God
Daniel Morton
Damien Oliver
6
59kg
10 Silks
Goldman
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
Jordan Childs
9
59kg
11 Silks
Globe
Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
Jamie Kah
12
59kg
12 Silks
Virtuous Circle
Liam Howley
Mark Zahra
2
58.5kg
13 Silks
Attrition
Mitchell Freedman
Ben Melham
8
58.5kg
14 Silks
Lunar Flare
Grahame Begg
Michael Dee
1
57kg
15 Silks
Deny Knowledge
Michael Kent
Ethan Brown
5
57kg

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