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Slipper form isn’t always the way for the ATC Sires Produce run at Randwick on Saturday.
It was last year though as King's Legacy made good improvement of that effort. What happens in the 2021 ATC Sires Produce (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday?
2021 ATC Sires Produce: Nominations
2021 ATC SIRES PRODUCE - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The ATC Sires' Produce Stakes is a Group 1 race for two year olds conducted by the Australian Turf Club at Randwick.
The ATC Sires' Produce Stakes was first run in 1867 won by Glencoe.
The ATC Sires' Produce Stakes is run over 1400m under Set Weight conditions but has been run over varying distance including 1200m and 1600m for various reasons.
38 Fillies have won the Sires with the previous filly winner being El Dorado Dreaming in 2018.
Gai Waterhouse has owned the juvenile races in recent times and has 7 winners of the Sires. She won those in the last 21 runnings including 5 in a 7 year stretch. That said Peter Snowden (now with Paul) have taken 5 of the last 10.
It is George Moore and Shane Dye who have the most jockey wins with six.
From when the Championships began in 2014, the Golden Slipper winner did not contest the Sires for whatever reason until Kiamichi in 2019.
17 of the last 26 Sires winners have come through the Golden Slipper however it is only 5 of the last 11.
Silver Slipper-ATC Sires double - 7 times but only twice since the move of Silver Slipper to Autumn. Pierro (2012) is the most recent.
Blue Diamond-ATC Sires double - Pride Of Dubai (2015).
VRC Sires-ATC Sires double - 21 times with the most recent Full On Aces (1981).
Golden Slipper-ATC Sires double - 14 times with the most recent Pierro (2012).
AJC Sires-Champagne Stakes double – 41 times with the most recent winner being King's Legacy (2020).
ATC Sires-BRC Sires double - 4 times with the most recent Luskin Star (1977).
10 of the last 26 winners have been won by the fillies.
Several times the Sires winner produced another Sires winner - most recent colt winner (Snippets-Hasna), most recent filly winner (Camarilla-Guelph).
The 2021 Sires' Produce was worth $1,000,000.
Notable winners include Trident (1886), Furious (1921), Hall Mark (1933), Ajax (1937), Shannon (1944), Tulloch (1957), Fine And Dandy (1959), Wenona Girl (1960), Time And Tide (1963), Eskimo Prince (1964), Baguette (1970), Tontonan (1973), Toy Show (1975), Luskin Star (1977), Snippets (1987), Tierce (1991), Burst (1992), Octagonal (1995), Merlene (1996), Dance Hero (2004), Sebring (2008), Pierro (2012) and Microphone (2019).
The 2020 ATC Sires' Produce Stakes was won by King's Legacy from Prague and Mamaragan.
