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Sires' Produce Stakes (VRC)

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Location
  
Flemington Racecourse

Race type
  
Thoroughbred

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
1,400 m

Inaugurated
  
1862

Sponsor
  
MSS Security (2017)

Qualification
  
Two year old

Purse
  
200,000 USD (2017)

Sires' Produce Stakes (VRC)

The Sires' Produce Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds, run at set weights, over a distance of 1400 metres, at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in March during the VRC Autumn Racing Carnival. The total prize money is A$200,000.

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Race History

The race has had several changes in grade, name and in distance. Among the past winners of this race are two of the very best performers in the history of the Australian turf in Tulloch in 1957 and Vain in 1969.

Race distance

  • In 1862–63 - 1 mile (~1600 metres)
  • 1864–1919 - 6 furlongs (~1200 metres)
  • 1920–1972 - 7 furlongs (~1400 metres)
  • 1973 onwards - 1400 metres
  • Race grade

  • 1862–1979 - Principal Race
  • 1979–2005 - Group 1
  • 2005 onwards - Group 2
  • Race name

  • 1866–67 - Flemington Stakes
  • 1868 - Sapling Stakes
  • 1873 - Ascot Vale Stakes
  • References

    Sires' Produce Stakes (VRC) Wikipedia