VRC Sires Produce Stakes

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
Date:	Saturday March 11, 2017
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Conditions:	2YO Open – Set Weights
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200, 000
Inaugurated:	1862

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.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	8	SIRCCONI	Peter Morgan	Ms Linda Meech	–	5	56.5kg	$11
2	1	ASPECT	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	0.1L	8	56.5kg	$7
3	6	FENG CHU	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Joao Moreira	1.35L	3	56.5kg	$19
4	7	TOGA PICTA	John O’Shea	Ben Melham	1.45L	6	56.5kg	$8.50
5	4	ACE HIGH	David Payne	Damian Lane	2.7L	2	56.5kg	$26
6	3	ESHTIRAAK	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Damien Oliver	2.9L	1	56.5kg	$2.45F
7	2	COLESBERG	David Payne	Hugh Bowman	4.15L	4	56.5kg	$9.50
8	9	BLACK SAIL (NZ)	Ciaron Maher	Luke Nolen	6.9L	7	56.5kg	$18
9	5	GROUNDBREAK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	7.2L	9	56.5kg	$10
10	10	YUE FEI	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Mark Zahra	8.7L	10	56.5kg	$41
–	11	UNDOUBTABLE MISS	Robbie Griffiths	Ryan Maloney	–	0	–	–

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.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	1×79	ASPECT	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	9	56.5kg	74
2	16	COLESBERG	David Payne	Hugh Bowman	5	56.5kg	68
3	3111	ESHTIRAAK	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Damien Oliver	1	56.5kg	71
4	2×65	ACE HIGH	David Payne	Damian Lane	2	56.5kg	65
5	2×4	GROUNDBREAK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	10	56.5kg	64
6	47×43	FENG CHU	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Joao Moreira	3	56.5kg	63
7	1	TOGA PICTA	John O’Shea	Ben Melham	7	56.5kg	63
8	6×2	SIRCCONI	Peter Morgan	Ms Linda Meech	6	56.5kg	62
9	4	BLACK SAIL (NZ)	Ciaron Maher	Luke Nolen	8	56.5kg	61
10	3	YUE FEI	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Mark Zahra	11	56.5kg	61
11	22	UNDOUBTABLE MISS	Robbie Griffiths	Ryan Maloney	4	54.5kg	62

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.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp. Rating
1	2×65	ACE HIGH	C	2	David Payne	65
2	1×79	ASPECT	C	2	Tony McEvoy	74
3	4	BLACK SAIL (NZ)	C	2	Ciaron Maher	61
4	16	COLESBERG	G	2	David Payne	68
5	27	COPPERGATE	C	2	Tony McEvoy	64
6	3111	ESHTIRAAK	C	2	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	71
7	47×43	FENG CHU	C	2	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	63
8	2×4	GROUNDBREAK	C	2	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	64
9	31	JUSTICE GLORY	F	2	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	66
10	6×2	SIRCCONI	C	2	Peter Morgan	62
11	1	TOGA PICTA	C	2	John O’Shea	63
12	22	UNDOUBTABLE MISS	F	2	Robbie Griffiths	62
13	4	VALIANT SPIRIT	G	2	Daniel Williams	–
14	3	YUE FEI	C	2	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	61