![]() Gold Rod, 1936 winner Jack Pratt | |
Class | Group 2 |
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Location | Flemington Racecourse |
Inaugurated | 1862 |
Race type | Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | MSS Security (2023) |
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 | $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.