Dato' Tan Chin Nam Stakes Dato' Tan Chin Nam Stakes The Dato' Tan Chin Nam Stakes, registered as the John F. Feehan Stakes, is a Moonee Valley Racing Club 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 at Moonee Valley Racecourse in September. The prize money is A$250,000. The original race was named after John F. Feehan, who was the landowner of where the Moonee Valley Racecourse is located now. The race was renamed in 2005 for Malaysian entrepreneur and racehorse owner Dato' Tan Chin Nam. †
Horse racing in Ireland 93% of which have fewer than 5 broodmares. Horse racing organisations are funded through a number of sources, including membership fees, taxation of betting, a foal registration levy, profits from the Tote, and direct contribution from the Government of the Republic of Ireland. Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) was established in 2001 in an effort to promote Irish Horse racing and Thoroughbred breeding at an international level. The HRI has a number of responsibilities, including the management of the national Thoroughbred studbooks (registration with Weatherbys is also a requirement for all Irish Throughbreds), the development and operation of a number of