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VRC Sires' Produce Stakes

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TRAFFIC WARDEN winning the Sires' Produce Stakes at Flemington in Australia.
TRAFFIC WARDEN winning the Sires' Produce Stakes at Flemington in Australia. Picture: Racing Photos

The VRC Sires' Produce Stakes is Group 2 race for two-year-olds conducted by the Victoria Racing Club at Flemington and is one of Australia's oldest races for juveniles.

The VRC Sires' Produce Stakes had several changes in name and in distance since it was first run in 1862 as the Flemington Stakes.

The VRC Sires' Produce Stakes was known as the Flemington Stakes until 1867 and from 1868-1873 was named the Sapling Stakes. It was also briefly known as the Ascot Vale Stakes from 1869 to 1873.

There is no sex restriction and set weights for colts/geldings and fillies have applied to the VRC Sires' Produce Stakes since 1870.

The original distance was one mile but the race only had two runnings at this distance before it was reduced to six furlongs.

The VRC Sires' Produce Stakes was run over six furlongs from 1864 to 1919 except for two years in 1870 and 1871 when it was run over five furlongs.

The VRC Sires' Produce Stakes has been run over seven furlongs/1400m since 1920.

The VRC Sires' Produce was a Group One race from 1979 to 2004 and has been Group 2 since 2005.

The VRC Sires' Produce Stakes is traditionally run during the autumn as Melbourne's first two-year-old Group race of the season beyond 1200m.

The VRC Sires' Produce Stakes has been run at Flemington every year with the exception of 2007 when it was transferred to Caulfield.

Six two-year-olds have won the VRC Sires' Produce Stakes/Golden Slipper Stakes double - Pago Pago (1963), Storm Queen (1966), Vain (1969), Full On Aces (1981), and Canny Lad (1990).

Three two-year-olds have won the Blue Diamond Stakes/VRC Sires' Produce Stakes double – Tolerance (1971), Lord Dudley (1975) and Street Café (1984).

There have been 20 winners of the VRC Sires' Produce Stakes and AJC/ATC Sires' Produce Stakes but none since Full On Aces in 1981.

There have been 21 winners of the VRC Sires' Produce Stakes and Champagne Stakes but none since Vain in 1969.

Lunar Fox won the Sires and then 12 months later took the Australian Guineas as the biggest priced G1 winner in Australian Racing history – 300-1.

The VRC Sires' Produce Stakes has been won by 16 fillies since 1960.

The race was worth $300,000 in 2024.

Notable winners of the VRC Sires' Produce Stakes include Newminster, Sweet Nell, Wolaroi, Mollison, Young Idea, Hua, High Caste, True Course, Tulloch, Travel Boy, Wenona Girl, Pago Pago, Citius, Storm Queen, Vain, Dual Choice, Century,

Imagele, Lord Dudley, Desirable, Mighty Kingdom, Full On Aces, Grosvenor, True Version, Kaapstad, Canny Lad, Blevic, Testa Rossa, Barely A Moment, Shamrocker, All Too Hard, Jameka and Veight.

The 2024 VRC Sires' Produce Stakes was won by Traffic Warden from Rue De Royale and Busustow.


Racing and Sports

Previous VRC Sires' Produce Stakes Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
TRAFFIC WARDEN (AUS) 2C
STREET BOSS (USA) - EFFICIENTLY (AUS) EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS)
JAMIE KAH 57.0 JAMES CUMMINGS 14
VEIGHT (AUS) 2C
GRUNT (NZ) - NEENA ROCK (AUS) FASTNET ROCK (AUS)
DAMIAN LANE 57.0 T & C MCEVOY 4
LET'SROLLTHEDICE (AUS) 2C
DUNDEEL (NZ) - HANNAH IN A HURRY (AUS) MORE THAN READY (USA)
DAMIAN LANE 57.0 DANNY O'BRIEN 7
LIGHTSABER (AUS) 2C
ZOUSTAR (AUS) - DREAM CIRQUE (AUS) DREAM AHEAD (USA)
L NOLEN 57.0 PETER G MOODY 3
LUNAR FOX (AUS) 2C
FOXWEDGE (AUS) - GRANT'S MOON (USA) MALIBU MOON (USA)
B PREBBLE 56.5 TERRY & KARINA O'SULLIVAN 3
LA TENE (AUS) 2F
HELMET (AUS) - CELTS (AUS) LONHRO (AUS)
D DUNN 54.5 JAMES CUMMINGS 8
NOT A SINGLE CENT (AUS) 2C
NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS) - BUSKING (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS)
M J ZAHRA 56.5 AARON PURCELL 1
SIRCCONI (AUS) 2C
NICCONI (AUS) - ON CREDIT (NZ) VIKING RULER (AUS)
LINDA MEECH 56.5 PETER J MORGAN 5
SEABURGE (AUS) 2C
SEBRING (AUS) - POLSKA (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS)
M J ZAHRA 56.5 DAVID HAYES & TOM DABERNIG 1
JAMEKA (AUS) 2F
MYBOYCHARLIE (IRE) - MINE GAME (AUS) GENERAL NEDIYM (AUS)
NICHOLAS HALL 54.5 CIARON MAHER 12
ZULULAND (AUS) 2C
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - DREAM PLAY (USA) HENNESSY (USA)
S BASTER 56.5 D A HAYES 5
TWILIGHT ROYALE (AUS) 2F
TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - ROYAL SEASON (AUS) ROYAL ACADEMY (USA)
M RODD 54.5 BJORN BAKER 9
ALL TOO HARD (AUS) 2C
CASINO PRINCE (AUS) - HELSINGE (AUS) DESERT SUN (GB)
D DUNN 56.5 MICHAEL & WAYNE & JOHN HAWKES 7
RUNNING TALL (AUS) 2G
STRATUM (AUS) - FLEETING TOUCH (USA) TOUCH GOLD (USA)
B MELHAM 55.5 DANNY O'BRIEN 3
SHAMROCKER (NZ) 2F
O'REILLY (NZ) - BOHEMIAN BLUES (NZ) BLUES TRAVELLER (IRE)
G BOSS 53.5 DANNY O'BRIEN 9
ROSTOVA (AUS) 2F
TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - SPACE TALK (AUS) ANABAA (USA)
STEVEN KING 53.5 S J RICHARDS 5
VON COSTA DE HERO (AUS) 2C
ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) - PIAVONIC (AUS) SCENIC (IRE)
CRAIG WILLIAMS 55.5 D A HAYES 2
INCUMBENT (AUS) 2C
CHOISIR (AUS) - CHALONNE (AUS) RUBITON (AUS)
DAMIEN OLIVER 55.5 GRAEME ROGERSON 4
DE LAGO MIST (AUS) 2F
ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) - IN THE MIST (AUS) SOUTHERN APPEAL (USA)
P GATT 53.0 D A HAYES 7
DANGER LOOMS (AUS) 2C
DANGEROUS (AUS) - DIAMONDS FOREVER (AUS) AT TALAQ (USA)
B RAWILLER 55.5 JOHN MCARDLE 11
BARELY A MOMENT (AUS) 2C
GILDED TIME (USA) - LADY DANNA (AUS) DANEHILL (USA)
G CHILDS 55.5 TONY MCEVOY 4
WINESTOCK (AUS) 2G
EL MOXIE (USA) - PHILHAL (AUS) AKAABER (USA)
B PREBBLE 55.5 TERRY O'SULLIVAN 9
HELENE PILLAGING (AUS) 2G
MARAUDING (NZ) - PREVIEW (AUS) KENMARE (FR)
P PAYNE 55.5 D L FREEDMAN 2
SPECTATORIAL (AUS) 2C
SPECTRUM (IRE) - REIGN OF HONOUR (NZ) MILITARY PLUME (NZ)
P PAYNE 55.5 MATHEW ELLERTON 14
PRESERVE (AUS) 2F
CANNY LAD (AUS) - PEACH (AUS) VAIN (AUS)
N WILSON 53.0 JOHN HAWKES 1

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