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Held annually in late December as a key lead-up to the Perth Cup, the 2018 Ted Van Heemst Stakes is a 2100m staying event at Ascot Racecourse formerly known as the C.B. Cox Stakes before being renamed in 2016.

Worth a lucrative $400,000 in prize money, the Group 2 event attracts good staying horses that are suited to the weight-for-age conditions. The Ted Van Heemst Stakes is the ideal lead-up race to the Group 2 $500,000 Perth Cup (2400m) held around a fortnight later either on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day at the end of the Perth Summer Racing Carnival.

The 2018 Ted Van Heemst Stakes runs on Saturday December 22, 2018.

Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2018
Date:	Saturday December 22, 2018
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	2100m
Race Type:	Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$400,000

2018 Ted Van Heemst Stakes Results

• 1st: #7 Galaxy Star
• 2nd: #2 Gatting
• 3rd: #9 Perfect Jewel

Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight
1	7	GALAXY STAR	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	–	5	57kg
2	2	GATTING	Darren Mcauliffe	Damian Lane	1.5L	1	59kg
3	9	PERFECT JEWEL	Grant & Alana Williams	Chris Parnham	2.5L	2	56kg
4	5	PRIZE CATCH	Lindsey Smith	Glenn Smith	5.25L	3	59kg
5	3	STAR EXHIBIT	Adam Durrant	Joseph Azzopardi	5.5L	7	59kg
6	4	DARK MUSKET	Graeme Ballantyne	Shaun O’Donnell	5.5L	6	59kg
7	6	PRYING TOM	Sharon Miller	Alan Kennedy	7.25L	4	59kg

2018 Ted Van Heemst Stakes Odds

The latest Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2018 odds – formerly the CB Cox Stakes – will be listed below with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au for you to back your top Ted Van Heemst Stakes betting tips at the right price this summer.

2018 Ted Van Heemst Stakes Field

The Ted Van Heemst / CB Cox Stakes field traditionally features the best locally-trained stayers targeting the popular Perth Cup. Horses in the Ted Van Heemst Stakes field come out of summer lead-up races including the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) in early December or the previous Saturday’s Group 3 A.J. Scahill Stakes (1400m) over a notably shorter distance.

The 2018 Ted Van Heemst Stakes field & barriers will be provided here the week of the race once officially announced by Perth Racing.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	221x111x32	MATERIAL MAN	Justin Warwick	Ms Lucy Warwick	1	59kg	–	112
2	544431×124	GATTING	Darren Mcauliffe	Damian Lane	2	59kg	–	108
3	x9L54x7770	STAR EXHIBIT	Adam Durrant	Joseph Azzopardi	9	59kg	–	102
4	21×7730379	DARK MUSKET	Graeme Ballantyne	Shaun O’Donnell	8	59kg	–	82
5	1×81185154	PRIZE CATCH	Lindsey Smith	Glenn Smith	4	59kg	–	93
6	2441111×65	PRYING TOM	Sharon Miller	Alan Kennedy	5	59kg	–	88
7	x2111x2113	GALAXY STAR	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	7	57kg	–	110
8	22×3332283	ELEGANT BLAST	Justin Warwick	Mitchell Pateman	6	57kg	–	82
9	11414×6848	PERFECT JEWEL	Grant & Alana Williams	Chris Parnham	3	56kg	–	88

Ted Van Heemst / CB Cox Stakes History

Inaugurated in 1914 as the Grandstand Plate, the Ted Van Heemst Stakes was renamed in 2016 in honour of Western Australian Racing Hall of Famer Ted Van Heemst and was previously known as the CB Cox Stakes from 1920-2015.

The race was previously contested over 2400m, but was reduced in 2009 after the Perth Cup distance was also cut from a traditional two-mile cup distance (3200m) to the mile and a half (2400m).

The Ted Van Heemst Stakes has held Group 2 status since 1979 and has been won by a number of notable stayers including Eurythmic (1920) who went on to win a host of interstate Group 1 races including the Caulfield Cup (1920), that year’s Melbourne Cup winner Piping Lane (1972), the reigning Cox Plate champion at the time Battle Heights (1974) and more recently Delicacy (2015) who won the following January’s Peth Cup.

Recent C.B. Cox Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Ted Van Heemst Stakes	1st	Galaxy Star	2 minutes 12.54 seconds
	2nd	Gatting
	3rd	Perfect Jewel
2017 Ted Van Heemst Stakes	1st	Pounamu	2 minutes 16.76 seconds
	2nd	Material Man
	3rd	Zarantz
2016 Ted Van Heemst Stakes	1st	Perfect Reflection	2 minutes 14.13 seconds
	2nd	Fathoms Of Gold
	3rd	Ihtsahymn
2015 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	Delicacy	2 minutes 14.3 seconds
	2nd	Black Heart Bart
	3rd	Bass Strait
2014 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	Elite Belle	2 minutes 14.85 seconds
	2nd	Red Blast
	3rd	Bass Strait
2013 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	Ihtsahymn	2 minutes 11.17 seconds
	2nd	Kincaple
	3rd	Rohan
2012 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	Mr Moet	2 minutes 12.13 seconds
	2nd	Chester Road
	3rd	Ranger
2011 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	God Has Spoken	2 minutes 9.84 seconds
	2nd	Kincaple
	3rd	Ranger
2010 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	Colour Correct	2 minutes 7.7 seconds
	2nd	Admiring
	3rd	Big Ted
2009 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	Lords Ransom	2 minutes 8.82 seconds
	2nd	Largo Lad
	3rd	Dante’s Banquet
2008 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	Gilded Venom	2 minutes 8.7 seconds
	2nd	Annenkov
	3rd	The Fuzz
2007 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	Cats Fun	2 minutes 30.5 seconds
	2nd	Westerly Breeze
	3rd	Guyno
2006 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	Daka’s Gem (DH)	2 minutes 32.5 seconds
	2nd	Scenic Shot (DH)
	3rd	Ramiro
2005 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	Early Express	2 minutes 29.4 seconds
	2nd	Blevvo
	3rd	Bon Argent
2004 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	Free At Last	2 minutes 30.9 seconds
	2nd	Laetare
	3rd	Black Tom
2003 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	Celtus	2 minutes 32.6 seconds
	2nd	Higgins Gold
	3rd	Free At Last
2002 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	Bold Mirage	2 minutes 32.3 seconds
	2nd	Tumeric
	3rd	Alibi Bay
2001 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	Never Blue	2 minutes 32.3 seconds
	2nd	Finito
	3rd	Lottila Bay
2000 C.B. Cox Stakes	1st	Old Money	2 minutes 30.8 seconds
	2nd	Lottila Bay
	3rd	Grand Turismo