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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-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.

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’ Produce Stakes 2023 ran on Saturday March 11, 2023 at Flemington Racecourse and was won in dominant fashion by the Tony & Calvin McEvoy-trained favourite Veight ($4.80F). 

2023 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 11, 2023
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Conditions:	2YO Open – Set Weights
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000
Inaugurated:	1862

2023 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Results

• 1st: #7 Veight ($4.80F)
• 2nd: #8 Apulia
• 3rd: #1 Amur

Tony & Calvin McEvoy’s impressive six-length Pakenham winner on debut Veight ($4.80F) franked that form making it a perfect two-from-two start to his career with a dominant two-length success for the punters in a dramatic 2023 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes result on Newmarket Handicap Day ahead of a trip to Sydney for the Group 1 Inglis Sires’ on April 1st. Just 400m from the start jockeys Jamie Kah (Flyball) and Craig Williams (Dubenenko) fell from their mounts before being sent to hospital with a concussion and suspected fractured collarbone respectively.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	7	VEIGHT	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Damian Lane		4	57kg		$4.80F
	2	8	APULIA	Ben & JD Hayes	Mark Zahra	2L	5	57kg		$61
	3	1	AMUR	James Cummings	Ben Melham	3.25L	9	57kg		$21
	4	5	FISTSOFFURY	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	4L	1	57kg		$12
	5	4	TOM KITTEN	James Cummings	Blake Shinn	5.75L	6	57kg		$12
	6	3	GANBARE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Jordan Childs	6.05L	7	57kg		$7
	7	9	ALSONSO	Leon & Troy Corstens	Jamie Mott	6.8L	10	57kg		$26
	8	6	FREAKOFNATURE	Jason Warren	Blaike McDougall	6.9L	12	57kg		$7.50
	9	13	PORTOROSA	Annabel Neasham	Sam Clipperton	8.9L	8	55kg		$11
	10	2	THE SPIRIT OF ZERO	Yassy Nishitani	Craig Newitt	10.4L	3	57kg		$41
	11	12	SASSY BOOM	Danny O’Brien	John Allen	10.7L	11	55kg		$10
	F	10	FLYBALL	Henry Dwyer	Ms Jamie Kah		2	57kg		$41
	LR	11	DUBENENKO	Chris Bieg	Craig Williams		13	55kg		$5.50

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Betting Odds

The season’s latest VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2023 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.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 VRC SIRES’ PRODUCE STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2023 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 VRC SIRES’ PRODUCE STAKES FORM GUIDE

2023 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2023 Tips on the Newmarket Handicap Day Group 2 this autumn.

• To Win: #11 Dubenenko ($4.20 at time of publish) 

Going with the Chris Bieg-trained Russian Revolution filly who is the best tried having start number six on Saturday. Two back she broke her maiden status in Adelaide before making the starting line-up in Melbourne’s Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes. She went around at 100/1 in that and was huge finishing sixth just over two lengths beaten. Back in grade for this, is fit third-up, looks like she’ll run further and can surprise a few again.

2023 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 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 2023 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Field & Barrier Draw is set for release on Wednesday March 8, 2023 and will be published below.

The VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2023 final field features a quality line-up of two-year-olds including Blue Diamond graduate Dubenenko and the tony & Calvin McEvoy-trained favourite Veight coming off a six-length winning debut at Pakenham.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	119	AMUR	James Cummings	Ben Melham	9	57kg		72
2	211	THE SPIRIT OF ZERO	Yassy Nishitani	Craig Newitt	3	57kg		69
3	178	GANBARE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Jordan Childs	7	57kg		64
4	41	TOM KITTEN	James Cummings	Blake Shinn	6	57kg		66
5	12	FISTSOFFURY	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	1	57kg		63
6	1	FREAKOFNATURE	Jason Warren	Blaike McDougall	12	57kg		66
7	1	VEIGHT	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Damian Lane	4	57kg		64
8	24	APULIA	Ben & JD Hayes	Mark Zahra	5	57kg		61
9	6	ALSONSO	Leon & Troy Corstens	Jamie Mott	10	57kg
10	6	FLYBALL	Henry Dwyer	Ms Jamie Kah	2	57kg
11	463×16	DUBENENKO	Chris Bieg	Craig Williams	13	55kg		65
12	0x1	SASSY BOOM	Danny O’Brien	John Allen	11	55kg		67
13	39	PORTOROSA	Annabel Neasham	Sam Clipperton	8	55kg		63

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Nominations

The VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2023 nominations are taken by Racing Victoria the Monday leading-up to Super Saturday and will be available below.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	211	THE SPIRIT OF ZERO	G	2	Yassy Nishitani	1	57kg		69
2	119	AMUR	C	2	James Cummings	2	57kg		72
3	0x1	SASSY BOOM	F	2	Danny O’Brien	3	55kg		67
4	1	FREAKOFNATURE	C	2	Jason Warren	4	57kg		66
5	463×16	DUBENENKO	F	2	Chris Bieg	5	55kg		65
6	178	GANBARE	C	2	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	6	57kg		64
7	41	TOM KITTEN	C	2	James Cummings	7	57kg		66
8	12	FISTSOFFURY	C	2	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	8	57kg		63
9	4×326	MAKE A CALL	C	2	Peter & Paul Snowden	9	57kg		62
10	1	VEIGHT	C	2	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	10	57kg		64
11	39	PORTOROSA	F	2	Annabel Neasham	11	55kg		63
12	24	APULIA	C	2	Ben & JD Hayes	12	57kg		61
13	6	ALSONSO	C	2	Leon & Troy Corstens	13	57kg
14		EXCEED PERFECTION	C	2	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	14=	57kg
15	6	FLYBALL	G	2	Henry Dwyer	14=	57kg
16	8	MOREDREAM	G	2	Chris Bieg	14=	57kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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 (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).

Recent VRC Sires Produce Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
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