VRC Sires Produce Stakes

The VRC Sires Produce Stakes is a Group 2 race for two-year-olds held each year in March at Flemington racecourse in Melbourne during the Melbourne autumn racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 1400 metres under set weight conditions and has prizemoney of $300,000. The 2011 VRC Sires Produce Stakes was won by Running Tall from Decircles with Grand Britannia third.

The VRC Sires Produce Stakes takes place on the Victoria Racing Club's premier race day of the autumn, Super Saturday of Racing at Flemington, headlined by two $1,000,000 races, the Gr1 Newmarket Handicap and the Gr1 Australian Cup.

VRC Sires Produce Stakes info
Date:	Saturday 10th March 2012
Track:	Flemington racecourse, Melbourne
Distance:	1400 metres
Race Type:	2yo - Set Weights
Status:	Group 2
Prizemoney:	$300,000
2011 Winner:	Running Tall

The VRC Sires Produce Stakes is a classic event for two-year-olds that gives young horses their first test at greater than 1200m in a group race during the autumn. Youngsters who have previously contested the Gr1 Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield a couple of weeks earlier are best suited to tackle this event.

The race suits horses who run on strongly in the Blue Diamond which indicates the extra distance of this race may be of benefit and the VRC Sires Produce Stakes is typically won by an above average galloper.

The Sydney autumn racing carnival can often be on the agenda for 2yo gallopers tackling this event and Von Costa De Hero (2008) managed to run second in the Gr1 Golden Slipper Stakes at Rosehill in April after winning this race.

Willow Creek (2nd in 2010) won the Gr2 Magic Night Stakes at Rosehill after running second in this race while Yosei (3rd in 2010) went on to take out the Gr1 AJC Sires Produce Stakes at Randwick after finishing third in this event.

Running Tall (2011) ran seventh in the Blue Diamond Stakes over 1200m at Caulfield prior to scoring in this event and recent VRC Sires Produce Stakes winners include Shamrocker (2010) and Rostova (2009).

2011 VRC Sires Produce Stakes result
1. $11.00 Running Tall 55.5 B Melham
2. $81.00 Decircles 55.5 D Dunn
3. $8.50 Grand Britannia 55.5 D Oliver

Then followed:
4. $3.80 Masthead 55.5 Craig Williams
5. $26.00 Cash For Matt 55.5 D Nikolic
6. $101.00 Minute By Minute 55.5 S W Arnold
7. $151.00 Isopach 55.5 C Newitt
8. $5.00 Delago's Lad 55.5 Chris Symons

Margins: 2 len, len
Time: 1:24.24

Other group races on Super Saturday of Racing at Flemington include the Gr2 Kewney Stakes, Gr2 Blamey Stakes, Gr3 Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes & Gr3 Matron Stakes.

VRC Sires Produce Stakes recent winners & placegetters
Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Time
2011	Running Tall	Decircles	Grand Britannia	1:24.2
2010	Shamrocker	Willow Creek	Yosei	1:23.5
2009	Rostova	Bombay Sling	Gathering	1:23.4
2008	Von Costa De Hero	Carnero	Burgeis	1:23.7
2007	Incumbent	Marching	Below Zero	1:22.8
2006	De Lago Mist	Ulfah	Danever	1:22.4
2005	Danger Looms	Under The Floor	Ferocity	1:22.8
2004	Barely A Moment	Big Poppa Pump	Kylikwong	1:24.2
2003	Winestock	Fresh Boy	Hammerbeam	1:23.6
2002	Pillaging	Delago Brom	Tom Coureuse	1:22.2
2001	Spectatorial	Tuscanos	Valkyrian	1:25.3
2000	Preserve	Ponton Flyer	Happy Morning	1:23.5
1999	Testa Rossa	Dangerous	Downing Street	1:24.5
1998	Coup De Grace	Special Edition	Admired	1:26.1
1997	Millward	Cornwall Queen	Evader	1:23.1
1996	My Duke	Zeya	Clang	1:23.1
1995	Lochrae	Donar	Flying Spur	1:23.7
1994	Blevic	Delsole	Racer's Edge	1:24.5
1993	Price Of Rancho	Taps	Staff Sergeant	1:23.1
1992	King Marauding	Just Juan	Apopka	1:23.7
1991	Not Related	Diddy Do It	Umatilla	1:23.8
1990	Canny Lad	Century Pike	Draw Card	1:24.5
1989	Rechabite	Ice Solid	Macwind	1:26.0
1988	Wonder Dancer	Vitalic	Glowing Tribute	1:23.7