VRC Sires Produce Stakes

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 7, 2026 at Flemington on Super Saturday and saw 40/1 shot Grinzinger Heart show plenty of fight to hold on and deny the odds-on favourite Zambales in an exciting upset. 

2026 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Results

The full 2026 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the race is run and won on Saturday, March 7, 2026.

The progressive Ben Brisbourne-trained Toronado filly Grinzinger Heart ($41) was huge when given a brave front-running ride by Craig Williams to hold on and deny the odds-on favourite Zambales in an upset 2026 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes result that saw her trainer secure his maiden stakes win.

2026 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Odds

The VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2026 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.

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.

2026 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2026 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.

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

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 7, 2026
• 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.

Grinzinger Heart (4th in 2026) was the last Talindert Stakes graduate to go on and win the VRC Sires’ in an upset at $41!

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 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.

Vinrock (2025) was the last horse to complete the interstate VRC Sires’ – Inglis Sires’ double.

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

2026 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Field

The official VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2026 field of two-year-olds will be published as of Wednesday March 5, 2025, ahead of the important Group 2 clash.

The VRC Sires’ 2026 final field features a dozen promising two-year-olds including the Clayton Douglas-trained filly Leopard Shark chasing a hat-trick and Blue Diamond fourth placed colt Zambales to be ridden by returning star hoop Mark Zahra.

Flemington R6 - Darley Sires' Produce Stakes (G2)

Final Race time: 

	Entrant	Last 6	Sex	Barrier	Weight
	1. Zambales J: Mark Zahra T: Anthony & Sam Freedman	224	C	2	57kg
	2. Eurocanto J: Jamie Mott T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes	1x60	C	6	57kg
	3. Diameter J: Ben Melham T: Chris Waller	5x3	C	9	57kg
	4. Hydrobomb J: Daniel Stackhouse T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes	2	C	5	57kg
	5. Dr Hook J: Hugh Bowman T: M, W & J Hawkes	5x7	C	1	57kg
	6. Inner Gold J: Ben Allen T: Ciaron Maher	5	C	7	57kg
	7. Leopard Shark J: Jye Mcneil T: Clayton Douglas	3611	F	10	55kg
	8. Almost An Angel (11)  Scratched:
	9. Expensive Taste J: Luke Currie T: Tony & Calvin Mcevoy	33	F	3	55kg
	10. Grinzinger Heart J: Craig Williams T: Ben Brisbourne	4	F	4	55kg
	11. Refuse To Curtsy J: John Allen T: Thomas Carberry	7	F	8	55kg
	12. Regal Ambition (8)  Scratched:

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2026 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Nominations

The early VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2026 nominations close on the Monday leading-up to Newmarket Handicap Day at Flemington with the full list of nominees to be published below.

2026 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes nominations extended until 10:00am (AEDT) – 03/03/2026

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.

2026 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2026 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2026 VRC SIRES’ PRODUCE STAKES FORM GUIDE

Past 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), La Tene ($12 in 2019) and Grinzinger Heart ($41 in 2026).

Notable recent VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes winners include subsequent ATC Sires’ champ Vinrock (2025), Jameka (2015), All Too Hard (2012), and Shamrocker (2010).

Grinzinger Heart (2026) was the last VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes winning filly.

Recent VRC Sires’ Produce Winners

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

Year	Winner	Runner-Up	Third	Time
2026	Grizinger Heart	Zambales	Expensive Taste	1:22.77
2025	Vinrock	Brave Design	Onavuitton	1:22.94
2024	Traffic Warden	Rue De Royale	Bosustow	1:25.00
2023	Veight	Apulia	Amur	1:23.0
2022	Let’srollthedice	Man In The Mirror	Yaki Ishi	1:24.2
2021	Lightsaber	Saif	Micro	1:23.6
2020	Lunar Fox	Larimer Street	Ole Kirk	1:24.2
2019	La Tene	Dalasan	Fling	1:22.9
2018	Not A Single Cent	Seberate	Akkadian	1:23.4
2017	Sircconi	Aspect	Feng Chu	1:22.7
2016	Seaburge	Detective	Revolving Door	1:23.7
2015	Jameka	Lazumba	Sampeah	1:24.6
2014	Zululand	Awesome Rock	Marcado	1:24.3
2013	Twilight Royale	Shamus Award	Great Esteem	1:23.3
2012	All Too Hard	Pronto Pronto	Road Trippin	1:22.5
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

FAQ

Who won the 2026 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes?

The 2026 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes was won in an upset by two-year-old Toronado filly Grinzinger Heart at $41 for trainer Ben Brisbourne with jockey Craig Williams aboard on 55kg from barrier 4 to narrowly salute by 0.06 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:22.77.

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 2026?

Saturday, March 7, 2026

What is the prize money for the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2026?

$300,000

Where is the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2026?

Flemington Racecourse, 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031.

How do I bet on the 2026 VRC Sires' Produce Stakes?

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Which horse will win the 2026 VRC Sires' Produce Stakes?

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