# Ellerslie Sires Produce Stakes

The Ellerslie Sires Produce Stakes, currently known as the Sistema Stakes, is a Group One horse race for Thoroughbred two-year-olds held at Ellerslie Racecourse.
Run over 1200 metres on Champions Day in March, it is regarded as one of New Zealand's best two-year-old races along with the Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes (1400 m) at Awapuni, Palmerston North.
The race has also been called the Diamond Stakes or Auckland Diamond Stakes.

## Recent results

| Year | Winner | Wgt | Sex | Sire | Dam | Jockey | Trainer(s) | Owner(s) | Time | Second | Third |
| 2025 | Return To Conquer (Aus) | 57 | c | Snitzel (Aus) | Vaujany (Aus) | Blake Shinn | Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson | Te Akau 2024 Stallion Breeding Syndicate | 1:11.44 (soft) | Landlock 57 | To Cap It All 55 |
| 2024 | Velocious | 55 | f | Written Tycoon (Aus) | Parmalove (Aus) | Samantha Spratt | Stephen Marsh | Go Racing Burrata Syndicate | 1:11.88 (good) | Archaic Smile 55 | Captured By Love 55 |
| 2023 | Ulanova | 55 | f | Santos | The Fairy's Kiss | Craig Grylls | Stephen Marsh | Gandharvi Pty Ltd, Telluride Agency & D W Wallace | 1:11.27 (soft) | Tulsi 55 | To Catch A Thief 57 |
| 2022 | Lickety Split | 54.5 | f | Turn Me Loose | She's Slinky | Matthew Cameron | Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman | M Delahunty, D & T Hawkins, Mrs C A & N D Hewson, J & M Kilkenny | 1:10.44 (dead) | Dynastic 56.5 | Maven Belle 54.5 |
| 2021 | Sword Of State | 56.5 | c | Snitzel (Aus) | In The Vanguard (Aus) | Opie Bosson | Jamie Richards | Te Akau 2020 Four Colts Breeding Syndicate | 1:09.55 (dead) | On The Bubbles 56.5 | Bonny Lass 54.5 |
| 2020 | Cool Aza Beel | 56.5 | c | Savabeel (Aus) | Cool ‘n’ Sassy (Aus) | Opie Bosson | Jamie Richards | Te Akau Sassy Beel Syndicate | 1:10.46 (good) | Vernazza 54.5 | Kelly Renee 54.5 |
| 2019 | Yourdeel | 56.5 | g | Dundeel | Miss Zapper (Aus) | Opie Bosson | Jamie Richards | | 1:12.61 (heavy) | Aalaalune 54.5 | Aretha 54.5 |
| 2018 | Sword Of Osman | 56.5 | g | Savabeel | Bunyah (Ire) | Opie Bosson | Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards | Te Akau Great Sword Syndicate | 1:09.79 (good) | Avantage (AUS) 54.5 | Spanish Whisper (AUS) 54.5 |
| 2017 | Summer Passage (AUS) | 56.5 | c | Snitzel (Aus) | Subsequent (Aus) | Blake Shinn | Lance O'Sullivan & Andrew Scott | Hermitage Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd | 1:10.48 (dead) | Star Treasure 56.5 | Gold Fever 54.5 |
| 2016 | Heroic Valour (AUS) | 56.5 | c | Fastnet Rock (Aus) | Myrrh (NZ) | Jonathan Riddell | Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards | Te Akau 2015 Breeding Syndicate | 1:09.80 (good) | Wyndspelle 56.5 | O'Rachael (AUS) 54.5 |
| 2015 | Dal Cielo | 56.5 | c | Per Incanto (USA) | Cent From Heaven | Opie Bosson | Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman | | 1:10.66 (good) | Battle Time 56.5 | Rocanto 56.5 |
| 2014 | Vespa | 56.5 | c | Elusive City (USA) | Miss Avalon (Ire) | Mark Du Plessis | Johno Benner | | 1:11.70 (good) | O’Marilyn (AUS) 54.5 | Platinum Balos (AUS) 54.5 |
| 2013 | Ruud Awakening (AUS) | 54.5 | f | Bernardini (USA) | Dawn Almighty (Aus) | Opie Bosson | Stephen Marsh | | 1:08.78 (good) | Bounding (AUS) 54.5 | Al Strada 56.5 |
| 2012 | Warhorse | 56.5 | c | General Nediym (Aus) | Rathlin Island (Aus) | Opie Bosson | Jason Bridgman, Matamata | Tang Weng Fei | 1:11.84 (dead) | Rollout The Carpet (AUS) 54.5 (relegated from 1st) | Silk Pins 54.5 |
| 2011 | Anabandana (AUS) | 54.5 | f | Anabaa (USA) | Great Notice (USA) | Opie Bosson | Don Sellwood | Chris Grace | 1:08.35 (good) | Fort Lincoln (AUS) 56 | Chateauneuf Dupape 56 |
| 2010 | Banchee | 54.5 | f | Oratorio (Ire) | Miss Jessie Jay | Leith Innes | John Sargent | Sir Peter Vela | 1:09.72 (good) | Cellarmaster 56 | Jimmy Choux 56 |
| 2009 | Kaaptan | 56 | g | Kaapstad | Fanny Black | Craig Grylls (a) | Stephen McKee, Ardmore | Trevor McKee | 1:12.34 (dead) | Seven Schillings 54.5 | Corsage 54.5 |
| 2008 | Fully Fledged | 56 | c | Align (Aus) | Fledged | Leith Innes | Murray Baker, Cambridge | A J Sutherland, A C Timpson & P J Walker | 1:11.41 (dead) | Raid 54.5 | Il Quello Veloce 54.5 |
| 2007 | Alamosa | 56 | c | O'Reilly | Lodore Mystic | Gavin Mckeon | Peter McKay | | 1:10.39 (good) | El Cuento (AUS) 56 | Satinka 54.5 |
| 2006 | Jokers Wild | 56 | c | Black Minnaloushe (USA) | Miss Rory (Aus) | Michael Coleman | Mike and Paul Moroney | John Carter, Garry Christini & Barbara Paterson | 1:09.57 (good) | Chant 54.5 | Italia 54.5 |
| 2005 | Mi Jubilee | 54 | f | Howbaddouwantit (USA) | Mi Steel | David Walker | Stephen Crutchley, Wanganui | G J Lambert | 1:08.98 (firm) | Darci Brahma 55.5 | Wahid 55.5 |
| 2004 | Iflooxcouldkill | 54 | f | Daggers Drawn | Hear's Hoping | Leith Innes | Paul O'Sullivan | M & N Carroll, K Devine, A J & C Sutherland | 1:14.06 (soft) | Egyptian Ra | Velasco |
| 2003 | Maroofity | 55.5 | g | Maroof (USA) | Howkudai | Lance O'Sullivan | Mark Walker | | 1:12.72 (slow) | Alastro (Aus) 56 | Sarah Vee (Aus) 56 |
| 2002 April | Grout | 55.5 | g | Gold Brose (Aus) | Kaapstad Glamour | Michael Walker | Alan Sharrock | Ron and Noel Stanley | 1:25.71 (dead, 1400m) | Danceinthesun 56 | Pulitzer 56 |
| 2001 | Kapiston | 54.5 | f | Lake Coniston (Ire) | Kapetoile | Michael Coleman | Mike Moroney & Andrew Scott | | 1:23.28 (good, 1400m) | San Luis (Aus) 54 | Flying Babe (Aus) 56 |
| 2000 | Winged Foot | 55.5 | c | Maroof (USA) | Ricamo | Gary Grylls | Robert Priscott, Te Awamutu | J C Clayton, J R Hughes, T W Jarvis & B K Osmand | 1:23.84 (easy, 1400m) | Hey Pronto 55.5 | Ma Victoire 54.5 |
In 2023 the first horse past the winning post, Tokyo Tycoon, was disqualified due to a post-race positive result to meloxicam.