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 meters at Moonee Valley Racecourse in September. The prize money is A$500,000.
Rising Fast, 1954 winner
Front page 1950 MVRC John F. Feehan Stakes racebook
1950 MVRC John F. Feehan Stakes raceday officials
1950 MVRC John F. Feehan Stakes showing the winner, Chicquita
Rising Fast was a champion New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who is the only horse to complete the Spring Grand Slam, winning the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup, and Cox Plate in 1954. He also won the 1955 Caulfield Cup and came second in the 1955 Melbourne Cup.
Rising Fast
Front cover of the 1954 VRC Melbourne Cup racebook
Starters of the 1954 Melbourne Cup showing the winner, Rising Fast
1954 VRC Melbourne Cup racebook