Surface: | Turf |
Class: | Group 2 |
Horse Race: | Sires' Produce Stakes (VRC) |
Location: | Flemington Racecourse |
Inaugurated: | 1862 |
Race Type: | Thoroughbred |
Sponsor: | MSS Security (2023) |
Distance: | 1,400 metres |
Qualification: | Two year old |
Weight: | Set weights colts and geldings - kg fillies - kg |
Purse: | $300,000 (2023) |
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.[1] The total prize money is A$300,000.
The race has had several changes in grade, name and in distance.[1] 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.