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. †
Betting on horse racing in duty and profits tax, an all-time high. Betting on horse racing Betting on horse racing or horse betting commonly occurs at many horse races. Gamblers can stake money on the final placement of the horses taking part in a race. Gambling on horses is, however, prohibited at some racetracks; one such is Springdale Race Course, home of the nationally renowned Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank) Carolina Cup and Colonial Cup Steeplechase in Camden, South Carolina, where, because of a law passed in 1951, betting is illegal. Where gambling is allowed, most tracks offer parimutuel betting where gamblers' money is pooled