The first of the three major Sydney Autumn Carnival meetings held at Royal Randwick took place today with an action packed afternoon of racing lightning up the track for the 2011 David Jones AJC Australian Derby Day.
As expected, Sydneysiders were treated to some champagne…
The AJC Sires Produce Stakes is a Group 1 sprint race for the country’s best two year olds. Worth $300,000 in prize money, the 1400m event is a set weight race with colts and geldings carrying 56.5kg and fillies carrying 54.5kg.
The race is held on one of the biggest race days in Sydney which also includes the Group 1 AJC Australian Derby and the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes.
In 2012 the AJC Sires Produce Stakes will take place on Saturday April 14 at Royal Randwick.
This is the first event greater than 1200m for all two year old horses competing in the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival and is therefore used as a guide to the upcoming Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m), which is held on the final day of the Randwick Autumn Racing Carnival.
The AJC Sires Produce Stakes / Champagne Stakes double is a great achievement which has only been accomplished recently by the following horses; Dance Hero (2004), Hasna (2003), Victory Vein (2002), Viscount (2001) and Assertive Lad (2000). In 2011 the Peter Snowden trained Helmet added his name to that last with two spectacular performances.
Many of the horses that make up the field for the AJC Sires Produce Stakes come from the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill.
| AJC Sires Produce Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | April 14, 2012 |
| Track: | Randwick Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1400m |
| Race Type: | 2YO Set Weight |
| Status: | Group 1 |
| Prize Money: | $300,000 |
The AJC Sires Produce Stakes was first run in 1867 over a one mile distance. First won by Glencoe, the race forms the middle leg of the Australian 2 year old “Triple Crown”, which also consists of the Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) and Champagne Stakes (1600m).
| AJC Sires Produce Stakes Records (From 1930) | |
|---|---|
| Fastest Time: | 1:21.5 – Luskin Star in 1977 |
| Slowest Time: | 1:29.75 – Temeraire in 1947 |
| Most Wins by a Jockey: | 6 wins – R.S Dye (1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000) and G. Moore (1948, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1970) |
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011
AJC Derby |
1st | Helmet | 1 minutes 24.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Uate | ||
| 3rd | Pane In The Glass | ||
| 2010 AJC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Yosei | 1 minute 23.56 seconds |
| 2nd | Skilled | ||
| 3rd | Hinchinbrook | ||
| 2009 AJC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Manhattan Rain | 1 minute 23.52 seconds |
| 2nd | Tickets | ||
| 3rd | Rostova | ||
| 2008 AJC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Sebring | 1 minute 25.99 seconds |
| 2nd | Samantha Miss | ||
| 3rd | Love And Kisses | ||
| 2007 AJC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Camarilla | 1 minute 25.18 seconds |
| 2nd | Meurice | ||
| 3rd | Sashenka | ||
| 2006 AJC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Excites | 1 minute 23.96 seconds |
| 2nd | Down The Wicket | ||
| 3rd | My Middi | ||
| 2005 AJC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Fashions Afield | 1 minute 26.15 seconds |
| 2nd | Mnemosyne | ||
| 3rd | Johnny | ||
| 2004 AJC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Dance Hero | 1 minute 23.15 seconds |
| 2nd | Wager | ||
| 3rd | Fastnet Rock | ||
| 2003 AJC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Hasna | 1 minute 24.79 seconds |
| 2nd | Bushland | ||
| 3rd | Al Jameel | ||
| 2002 AJC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Victory Vein | 1 minute 23.51 seconds |
| 2nd | Choisir | ||
| 3rd | Planchet | ||
| 2001 AJC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Viscount | 1 minute 27.39 seconds |
| 2nd | Royal Courtship | ||
| 3rd | Ha Ha | ||
| 2000 AJC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Assertive Lad | 1 minute 25.64 seconds |
| 2nd | Reenact | ||
| 3rd | Surfboard | ||
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