VRC Sires Produce Stakes
| Group 2 race | |
Nuffield, 1938 winner H.Badger up
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| Location | Flemington Racecourse |
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| Inaugurated | 1862 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | MSS Security (2017) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,400 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Qualification | Two year old |
| Weight | Set weights colts and geldings – 56 1⁄2 kg fillies – 54 1⁄2 kg |
| Purse | $200,000 (2017) |
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.
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.
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