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The VRC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) is a Group 2 race held at Flemington Racecourse in March on Newmarket Handicap Day.
The Group 2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes is one of the races held on Newmarket Handicap Day at the esteemed Flemington Racecourse in early-mid March during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival.
The Newmarket Handicap (1200m) is now the sole Group 1 race 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 $300,000 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 $2 million Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) a fortnight earlier at Caulfield.
Traffic Warden (8th in 2024) was the last Blue Diamond graduate to come out and win the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes.
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 2022 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes form was franked with the winner Let’srollthedice racing a next-up third in Sydney’s Group 1 Inglis Sires’ (1400m).
The 2023 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes was marred by fall of jockeys Jamie Kah and Craig Williams from their respective mounts Flyball (minor abrasions) and Dubenenko (minor lacerations on both forelimbs) 400m after the start.
The VRC Sires’ 2023 form was franked with the winner Veight running fourth in Sydney’s Group 1 ATC Sires’ that year as well as finishing second in the spring’s Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m). Apulia meanwhile was runner-up in that year’s VRC Sires’ results and returned in the spring to win the Group 2 Moonee Valley Vase before a second in the Group 1 VRC Derby (2500m) that Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2024 ran on Saturday March 9, 2024 at Flemington Racecourse and was won in style by the progressive James Cummings-trained son of Street Boss Traffic Warden ($5).
2024 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes | |
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Date: | Saturday March 9, 2024 |
Track: | Flemington Racecourse |
Distance: | 1400m |
Conditions: | 2YO Open – Set Weights |
Status: | Group 2 |
Prize Money: | $300,000 |
Inaugurated: | 1862 |
The Godolphin-raced Street Boss colt Traffic Warden ($5) relished a drop in grade and rise in distance improving on his Blue Diamond eighth to fly home by nearly two lengths in the 2024 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes results at Flemington thanks to another gun ride by the in-form Jamie Kah.
Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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1 | 3 | TRAFFIC WARDEN | James Cummings | Ms Jamie Kah | 14 | 57kg | $5 | |||
2 | 1 | RUE DE ROYALE (NZ) | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | Blake Shinn | 1.75L | 2 | 57kg | $3.70F | ||
3 | 9 | BOSUSTOW | Annabel Neasham | Jye McNeil | 2.75L | 7 | 57kg | $7 | ||
4 | 6 | PERU | Michael Moroney | Rhys McLeod | 5L | 9 | 57kg | $31 | ||
5 | 13 | FLYER | Jason Warren | Luke Currie | 5.1L | 5 | 55kg | $21 | ||
6 | 5 | VIANARRA | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | John Allen | 5.3L | 11 | 57kg | $41 | ||
7 | 4 | AARDVARK | Leon & Troy Corstens | Damian Lane | 6.05L | 4 | 57kg | $4.40 | ||
8 | 7 | EVAPORATE (NZ) | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Michael Dee | 6.25L | 8 | 57kg | $9 | ||
9 | 16 | LA BELLA BONDI | Benjamin Smith | Fred Kersley | 7.5L | 3 | 55kg | $71 | ||
10 | 17e | PUISSANCE POWER | John Leek (Jnr) | Connor Murtagh | 8.75L | 6 | 57kg | $201 | ||
11 | 11 | PONTE ARCOBALENO | Ben Brisbourne | Declan Bates | 8.85L | 12 | 57kg | $101 | ||
12 | 8 | UNTAPPED | Greg Eurell | Daniel Moor | 10.1L | 13 | 57kg | $21 | ||
13 | 12 | SHAALUTE | Liam Howley | Jason Maskiell | 12.35L | 10 | 57kg | $26 | ||
14 | 10 | CHEERS | John McArdle | Jamie Mott | 16.6L | 1 | 57kg | $41 | ||
14 | ALTERMATUM | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | Harry Coffey | 0 | ||||||
2 | STAY FOCUSED | Phillip Stokes | Mark Zahra | 0 | ||||||
15 | SHE SMASHES | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | Ms Carleen Hefel | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The season’s latest VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2024 odds and betting market links on the two-year-old hopefuls will be found below the week of the race with prices provided by Ladbrokes.com.au.
Let’srollthedice ($3.70 in 2022) and Veight ($4.80 in 2023) are the latest favourites in VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes betting to salute for the punters.
Stay tuned for our insider VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2024 Tips on the Newmarket Handicap Day Group 2 this autumn.
The Sires’ Produce Stakes in Melbourne throws a wide open race, and Aardvark emerges as a potential upsetter. Trained by Leon & Troy Corstens, this well-bred Capitalist colt is building momentum at the right time. After a promising third-place finish on debut at Caulfield last year, he returned with a dominant win in the Listed Talindert Stakes here last month. While the step up to 1400m is significant, his fresh victory over 1100m suggests he has the stamina for the challenge. Look for Aardvark to make a strong showing in this open race.
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 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 2024 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Field & Barrier Draw is set for release on Wednesday March 6, 2024 and will be published below.
The 2024 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes final field is now out with markets led by the Tony & Calvin McEvoy-trained Rue De Royale racing third-up from a good gate.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | 42×20 | RUE DE ROYALE (NZ) | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | Blake Shinn | 2 | 57kg | 77 | ||
2 | 125 | STAY FOCUSED | Phillip Stokes | Mark Zahra | 6 | 57kg | 77 | ||
3 | 2138 | TRAFFIC WARDEN | James Cummings | Ms Jamie Kah | 17 | 57kg | 74 | ||
4 | 3×1 | AARDVARK | Leon & Troy Corstens | Damian Lane | 4 | 57kg | 72 | ||
5 | 74320 | VIANARRA | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | John Allen | 13 | 57kg | |||
6 | 91 | PERU | Michael Moroney | Rhys McLeod | 11 | 57kg | 63 | ||
7 | 42 | EVAPORATE (NZ) | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Michael Dee | 10 | 57kg | 62 | ||
8 | 48 | UNTAPPED | Greg Eurell | Daniel Moor | 15 | 57kg | 62 | ||
9 | 62 | BOSUSTOW | Annabel Neasham | Jye McNeil | 9 | 57kg | 61 | ||
10 | 4 | CHEERS | John McArdle | Jamie Mott | 1 | 57kg | 61 | ||
11 | PONTE ARCOBALENO | Ben Brisbourne | Declan Bates | 14 | 57kg | ||||
12 | 0 | SHAALUTE | Liam Howley | Jason Maskiell | 12 | 57kg | 60 | ||
13 | 10 | FLYER | Jason Warren | Luke Currie | 5 | 55kg | 64 | ||
14 | 3×53 | ALTERMATUM | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | Harry Coffey | 8 | 55kg | 62 | ||
15 | 31 | SHE SMASHES | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | Ms Carleen Hefel | 16 | 55kg | 63 | ||
16 | 4 | LA BELLA BONDI | Benjamin Smith | Fred Kersley | 3 | 55kg | 60 | ||
17e | 0x | PUISSANCE POWER | John Leek (Jnr) | Connor Murtagh | 7 | 57kg | 59 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2024 nominations are taken by Racing Victoria the Monday leading-up to Super Saturday and will be available below.
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 (1600m) 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.
There was a race fall just 400m from the start in the 2023 VRC Sires’ with Jamie Kah’s mount Flyball falling and subsequently knocking fellow hoop Craig Williams from his mount Dubenenko. Both horses escaped with only minor injuries.
Notable VRC Sires Produce Stakes winners from recent years include All Too Hard (2012) and a subsequent Caulfield Cup winning mare in Jameka (2015).
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2024 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Traffic Warden | 1 minute 25.00 seconds |
2nd | Rue De Royale | ||
3rd | Bosustow | ||
2023 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Veight | 1 minute 23.06 seconds |
2nd | Apulia | ||
3rd | Amur | ||
2022 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Let’srollthedice | 1 minute 24.25 seconds |
2nd | Man In The Mirror | ||
3rd | Yaki Ishi | ||
2021 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Lightsaber | 1 minute 23.62 seconds |
2nd | Saif | ||
3rd | Micro | ||
2020 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Lunar Fox | 1 minute 24.29 seconds |
2nd | Larimer Street | ||
3rd | Ole Kirk | ||
2019 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | La Tene | 1 minute 22.92 seconds |
2nd | Dalasan | ||
3rd | Fling | ||
2018 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Not A Single Cent | 1 minute 23.40 seconds |
2nd | Seberate | ||
3rd | Akkadian | ||
2017 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Sircconi | 1 minute 22.7 seconds |
2nd | Aspect | ||
3rd | Feng Chu | ||
2016 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Seaburge | 1 minute 23.7 seconds |
2nd | Detective | ||
3rd | Revolving Door | ||
2015 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Jameka | 1 minute 24.6 seconds |
2nd | Lazumba | ||
3rd | Sampeah | ||
2014 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Zululand | 1 minute 24.3 seconds |
2nd | Awesome Rock | ||
3rd | Marcado | ||
2013 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Twilight Royale | 1 minute 23.35 seconds |
2nd | Shamus Award | ||
3rd | Great Esteem | ||
2012 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | All Too Hard | 1 minute 22.5 seconds |
2nd | Pronto Pronto | ||
3rd | Road Trippin | ||
2011 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Running Tall | 1 minute 24.2 seconds |
2nd | Decircles | ||
3rd | Grand Britannia | ||
2010 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Shamrocker | 1 minute 23.54 seconds |
2nd | Willow Creek | ||
3rd | Yosei | ||
2009 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Rostova | 1 minute 23.4 seconds |
2nd | Bombay Sling | ||
3rd | Gathering | ||
2008 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Von Costa De Hero | 1 minute 23.7 seconds |
2nd | Carnero | ||
3rd | Burgeis | ||
2007 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Incumbent | 1 minute 22.8 seconds |
2nd | Marching | ||
3rd | Below Zero | ||
2006 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | De Lago Mist | 1 minute 22.4 seconds |
2nd | Ulfah | ||
3rd | Danever | ||
2005 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Danger Looms | 1 minute 22.8 seconds |
2nd | Under The Floor | ||
3rd | Ferocity | ||
2004 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Barely A Moment | 1 minute 24.2 seconds |
2nd | Big Poppa Pump | ||
3rd | Kylikwong | ||
2003 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Winestock | 1 minute 23.6 seconds |
2nd | Fresh Boy | ||
3rd | Hammerbeam | ||
2002 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Pillaging | 1 minute 22.2 seconds |
2nd | Delago Brom | ||
3rd | Tom Coureuse | ||
2001 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Spectatorial | 1 minute 25.3 seconds |
2nd | Tuscanos | ||
3rd | Valkyrian | ||
2000 VRC Sires Produce Stakes |
1st | Preserve | 1 minute 23.5 seconds |
2nd | Ponton Flyer | ||
3rd | Happy Morning |
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