VRC Sires Produce Stakes 2025

Ladbrokes Tip: The Talindert Stakes is the best guide to the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes

The latest edition of the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes took place on Saturday March 8, 2025 at Flemington on Super Saturday and was won by Matt Laurie’s favourite Vinrock ($3.40F) with a stylish two-length victory for the punters. 

2025 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Results

The full 2025 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the race is run and won on 2025.

2025 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner Vinrock heads to Sydney for the 2YO Group 1s next. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #3 Vinrock
• 2nd: #5 Brave Design
• 3rd: #10 Onavuitton

Matt Laurie’s classy I Am Invincible colt Vinrock ($3.40F) backed-up from a big debut win at Pakenham to lead all-the-way and easily account for his rivals with a dominant two-length romp home in the 2025 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes results ahead of a trip north for the Sydney Group 1s.

2025 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Odds

The VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2025 odds on the progressive two-year-olds in the 1400m feature will be provided below once announced so stay tuned for the top Flemington Newmarket Handicap Day racing markets.

The VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes is a Group 2 support act on Newmarket Handicap Day at Flemington Racecourse during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival.

2022 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner Let’srollthedice. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Open only to two-year-olds and run over 1400m at set weights, the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes runs on a Saturday in early to mid-March and takes place at the same meeting as the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) and the recently upgraded Group 1 The All-Star Mile (1600m). 

The race offers a total of $300,000 in prize money including $120,000 to the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner. It was demoted from a Group 1 race to a Group 2 event in 2005 and remains the first two-year-old Group-status race over further than 1200m during the autumn carnival season.

VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday March 8, 2025
• Track: Flemington Racecourse
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: 2YO – Set Weights
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1862

VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Betting

VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes betting markets are released after the final field is taken on the Wednesday before the race.

Two-year-olds with previous winning form often sit high up the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes odds, especially those with form in the Talindert Stakes.

In 2014 Marcado won the Talindert Stakes before his third in the Group 2 back at the track, and the following year Jameka (2015) improved off her Talindert Stakes fourth to win the Sires’ Produce.

The Talindert Stakes – VRC Sires’ Produce double was last achieved by All Too Hard (2012) who went on to win the Group 2 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) in Sydney and run second in the Group 1 Inglis Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) to Pierro at Randwick that campaign.

Let’srollthedice ($3.70 in 2022), Veight ($4.80 in 2023), and Vinrock ($3.40 in 2025) are the last favourites in VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes betting to win.

VRC Sires Produce Stakes Field

The VRC Sires Produce Stakes race field has a capacity of 16 starters and attracts a field of promising young staying types that could be heading towards a mile run during this campaign or next. Juveniles come from a variety of different lead-up races including the Listed Talindert Stakes (1100m) at the track the month before.

Plenty of graduates out of the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes field are eyeing a Sydney run during April’s ‘The Championships’ in the Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick. In 2017 the winner of the Melbourne race Sircconi ran a brave fourth in the Sydney Group 1, but Keepers (1983) was the last to do the double without another run in between.

In 2022 the VRC Sires’ winner Let’srollthedice went on to run third in that year’s ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes, run as the Inglis Sires’.

The 2024 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner Veight was fourth next start in the Inglis Sires’ results.

VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race with the final field of acceptances and barrier draw released on the Wednesday.

2025 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Field

The official VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2025 field of two-year-olds will be published as of Wednesday March 5, 2025, ahead of the important Group 2 clash.

The VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2025 final field features a quality line-up of youngsters led in betting by dual acceptor, last start Blue Diamond third placegetter Tycoon Star.

2025 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Nominations

The early VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2025 nominations close on the Monday leading-up to Newmarket Handicap Day at Flemington with the full list of nominees to be published below.

VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Tips

Taking two-year-olds with previous winning form or off a good Talindert Stakes run down the Flemington straight in February are good VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes tips.

Single-figure fancies in betting have a gun recent record and so taking the favourite is another top VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes betting tip.

2025 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2025 betting tips on the two-year-olds to back and sack in the race will be detailed below heading up to the race so stay tuned.

Open edition of the Sires’ in Melbourne on Saturday and have looked for a bit of value landing on Brave Design at $10 at time of publish as a lightly raced hope with upside. Danny O’Brien’s son of Brave Smash showed plenty of promise in four pre-debut trials before a good run to get his career underway finishing third to Tentyris in the Listed Talindert Stakes at Flemington in mid-February. That form was franked with the winner going on to place second by a narrow margin in the Group 1 Blue Diamond and think it will hold again here. Notable rise in distance from 1100m to the 1400m but think he’ll appreciate the extra metres. Craig Williams is in the saddle and drawn for a run in barrier three. Can surprise.

VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Form Guide

The VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes form guide details all of the essential race information including the trainers, jockeys, barriers and lead-up form of the horses in the race.

The VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes form has stacked up in tougher races in recent years including Jameka (2015) who went on to win the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) during the spring.

The 2014 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner Zululand finished runner-up to Go Indy Go in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick two runs later. In 2013 Shamus Award ran second in the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes and won the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) that October.

The 2020 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes form was franked when the third placegetter Ole Kirk went on to take out that spring’s Group 1 Golden Rose – Caulfield Guineas double.

The 2020 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner Lunar Fox meanwhile made history the following autumn becoming the country’s longest-priced Group 1 winner at 300/1 in the 2021 Australian Guineas.

The 2023 VRC Sires’ form was franked with the winner Veight second that spring in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas results, while the runner-up Apulia went on to win The Valley’s Group 2 Vase before a Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) second later in the year.

The 2024 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner Traffic Warden franked the form with a Golden Slipper fourth and Inglis’ Sires second that prep before returning in the spring to also place second in Sydney’s Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes.

2023 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner Veight heads to Sydney next for the Group 1 Inglis Sires’ at Randwick. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

2025 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Results

Two-year-olds starting under $10 in betting have dominated the VRC Sires Produce Stakes race results in recent years.

Since Running Tall ($10 in 2011) the only other double-figure winners have been Sircconi ($11 in 2017) and La Tene ($12 in 2019).

Notable recent VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes winners include Jameka (2015), All Too Hard (2012), and Shamrocker (2010).

VRC Sires’ Produce Winners

Past VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

Who won the 2025 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes?

The 2025 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes was won by Vinrock at $3.40 favouritism for trainer Matt Laurie with jockey Mark Zahra aboard on 57kg from barrier 5 to win by two lengths in a time of 1:22.94.

When is the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2025?

What is the prize money for the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2025?

$300,000

Where is the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2025?

Flemington Racecourse, 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031.