Horse Racing

The Group 2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes is one of the races held on the exciting Super Saturday of Racing at the esteemed Flemington Racecourse in early March during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival.

The Newmarket Handicap (1200m) and the Australian Cup (2000m) are the two elite Group 1 races held at the meeting, while there are a host of other Group status support acts on the card including the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes.

The VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes is a 1400m sprint race four two-year-olds at set weights worth $200,000 in prize money. The young sprinters contesting the Sires Produce Stakes may have previously competed in the most prestigious race for two-year-olds at the carnival, the Group 1 $1.5 million Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) a fortnight earlier at Caulfield.

As the first two-year-old group race at a distance greater than 1200m during the carnival, the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes is commonly won by a quality galloper that has run strongly and proven themselves at the increased distance.

The VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2017 ran on Saturday Saturday March 11, 2017.

2017 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Results

See below for the official 2017 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Results & Finishing Order – the race won off an on speed ride by Linda Meech on Sircconi who held off Aspect in a photo finish.

2017 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Betting Odds

The season’s latest VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2017 odds and betting market links on the two-year-old hopefuls will be found below the week of the race.

2017 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Field

The annual VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes field attracts a smart line-up of promising two-year-olds showing the potential to stay 1400m – 1600m. Runners may be graduates of the Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes field and be Sydney-bound later in the autumn targeting the more lucrative $1 million Group 1 Inglis Sires’ (1400m) at Randwick during April’s ‘The Championships’.

The official 2017 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Field & Barrier Draw is set for release on Wednesday March 8, 2017 and will be published below.

View the full 2017 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Final Field & Barriers below – the race featuring eleven young hopefuls including the clear favourite Eshtiraak drawn the rails and progressive filly Undoubtable Miss.

2017 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Nominations

The VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2017 nominations are taken by Racing Victoria the Monday leading-up to Super Saturday and will be available below.

Check out the official 2017 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes nominations – run this year as the MSS Security Sires’ Produce Stakes – featuring the in-form Eshitiraak for Lindsay Park chasing a fourth win on the trot.

VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes History

The VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes is one of the oldest races held at Flemington, first run in 1862 when Musidora was victorious. It was originally run over 1 mile until 1919 when the race distance was changed to six furlongs. From 1920 the event was held over the increased length of seven furlongs and was converted to 1400m in 1972.

The VRC Sires Produce Stakes’ race was demoted from a Group 1 to a Group 2 event in 2005. The race has previously been known as the Flemington Stakes, Sapling Stakes and the Ascot Vale Stakes.

Recent VRC Sires Produce Stakes Winners