The in form Chris Waller-trained Tangled spearheads nominations for the 2017 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Tangled has won his past two outings and will no doubt be well fancied when contesting the 2017 BRC Sires’ Produce at Eagle Farm on .
He is presently second favourite at $5.00 for the BRC Sires’ Produce (1400m) behind New Zealand filly Melody Belle .
2017 BRC Sires’: Nominations and All In Market
2017 BRC SIRES’ PRODUCE STAKES: RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The BRC Sires' Produce Stakes is a Group 2 race for two-year-olds conducted by the Brisbane Racing Club during the Queensland racing carnival.
The Sires Produce Stakes has a long history going back to 1882 and was held spasmodically until it became a permanent fixture on the racing calendar as the Queensland Turf Club Sires’ Produce Stakes in 1916.
The title changed in 2010 with the merger of the QTC with the Brisbane Turf Club to form the Brisbane Racing Club.
Eagle Farm has been the traditional home of the Sires’ Produce Stakes. The distance from its inception until 2012 was 1400 metres.
In 2013 the race was transferred to Doomben and shortened to 1350m but will return to Eagle Farm and 1400m in 2017.
The BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes is run under set weight conditions with colts and gelding s carrying 57kg and fillies 55kg.
The BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes was awarded Group 2 status in 1980 and was promoted to Group One in 1987. It reverted to Group 2 in 2006.
It was not held during the war years from 1942-45 and was lost due to adverse weather in 1988 and 1999.
The 2017 BRC Sires Produce Stakes will be run over 1400 metres at Eagle Farm on Saturday May 27 for prizemoney of $250,000.
The QTC Sires Produce Stakes is a Group 2 race for two-year-olds held late May at Eagle Farm racecourse in Brisbane, Queensland. The race is run over a distance of 1350 metres and worth $250,000 in prizemoney. The 2016 QTC Sires Produce Stakes was won by Attention from Dreams Aplenty with Nikitas third.
The BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes is a natural progression for two-year-olds who previously contested the G2 Champagne Classic over 1200m at Doomben earlier in the carnival and for those set to rise to 1600 metres in the G1 JJ Atkins at Eagle Farm in June.
The Champagne Classic/Sires’produce Stakes double has been completed three times by Lovely Jubly (2002), Virage De Fortune (2005), Pressday (2010) and Sizzling (2012).
The Sires Produce Stakes/JJ Atkins (TJ Smith) double has been won 12 times by Romantic Dream (1976), Luskin Star (1977), Zephyr Zip (1979), Royal Paree (1980), Flotilla (1987), Slight Chance (1992), Mahogany (1993), Anthems (1996), Juanmo (2001), Lovely Jubly (2002), Pressday (2010) and Sizzling (2012).
Other notable winers of the QTC/BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes include Lough Neagh, Spear Chief, Prince Morvi, Tulloch, Fine And Dandy, Rajah, Charlton Boy, Karaman, Vite Cheval, Red Anchor, True Version, Shame, Al Mansour, Dracula, Danleigh, Shoot Out, Hot Snitzel, and Zoustar.
The 2016 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes was won by Attention from Dreams Aplenty and Nikitas.
Tommy Smith (Sea Sovereign; Tulloch; Rajah; Merry Minstrel; Zahedi) and Eric Kirwan (Kiwanis; Prince Gauntlet; Heroic Isle; Zephyr Zip; Star Of The Knight) each trained five winners of the QTC Sires’ Produce Stakes.
WHEN IS THE 2017 BRC SIRES’ PRODUCE STAKES?
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WHERE: Eagle Farm Racecourse
