Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2023

Ladbrokes Tip: The Ted Van Heemst Stakes is a key lead-up to the Perth Cup each summer

The C.B. Cox Stakes – now known as the Ted Van Heemst Stakes – is one of the key races of the annual Perth Summer Racing Carnival and takes place at Ascot Racecourse on a Saturday in late December.

Ted Van Heemst Stakes Day runs on the same date as Brisbane’s Group 3 B.J. McLachlan Stakes (1200m).

Run a fortnight later after the Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) – formerly the Kingston Town Classic – the Group 2 Ted Van Heemst Stakes is contested at weight-for-age over 2100m and offers $300,000 in total prize money as of 2023.

It is the sole Group race on the Perth race card at the summer meeting.

The Kingston Town Classic (now Northerly Stakes) – Ted Van Heemst Stakes double was most recently completed by Truly Great (2020) and Regal Power (2021).

The Ted Van Heemst Stakes makes a good lead-up to the Group 2 $1,000,000 Perth Cup (2400m) back at the track in late December or early January and the double was last completed by Delicacy (2015-16).

The latest edition of the Ted Van Heemst Stakes ran on Saturday December 23, 2023 and saw eight-year-old import Numerian ($3.70) make up late ground to charge home and post a tight win. 

2023 Ted Van Heemst Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Numerian 
• 2nd: #3 Maroccchino
• 3rd: #5 Casino Seventeen

In a heart-stopping finish, eight-year-old Numerian, trained by rising star Annabel Neasham, snatched victory in the 2023 Ted Van Heemst Stakes results. Starting at $3.70, the import unleashed a powerful late surge, leaving front-runner Marocchino in his wake to claim a narrow but convincing win. Numerian’s closing speed stole the show, proving age is just a number. 

2023 Ted Van Heemst Stakes Odds

The season’s best Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2023 betting odds will be provided below on the season’s summer stayers so stay tuned for the top Perth racing markets.

Ted Van Heemst Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday December 23, 2023
• Track: Ascot Racecourse
• Distance: 2100m
• Conditions: Weight-for-age
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1914

Ted Van Heemst Stakes Betting

Ted Van Heemst Stakes betting markets are released the week of  the race once the official field of Perth Cup hopefuls is announced.

Proven Perth performers dominate the Ted Van Heemst Stakes betting markets, bookies favouring the best out of the Kingston Town Classic in the lead-up.

Genuine staying types and those with a good Ascot strike-rate sit at the top of the Ted Van Heemst Stakes markets and the favourites have a gun recent record in the race.

The last double-figure CB Cox Stakes winner was God Has Spoken ($14 in 2011) who backed-up with a Perth Cup second next start at a similar price.

Regal Power ($1.65 in 2019 and $1.20 in 2021) and the fellow Grant & Alana Williams-trained Truly Great ($1.45 in 2020) are the latest favourites in Ted Van Heemst Stakes betting to win.

Ted Van Heemst Stakes Field

The summer’s Ted Van Heemst Stakes race field attracts a line-up of mainly WA-trained stayers heading towards a run over the mile and a half back at Ascot in the Perth Cup.

Group 1 winner Delicacy (2015) is a standout Ted Van Heemst Stakes winner when the race was run as the CB Cox Stakes. Photo: Jenny Barnes.

Many of the runners in the Ted Van Heemst Stakes field are graduates from the Kingston Town Classic (now Northerly Stakes) held a fortnight before.

Recent Ted Van Heemst / CB Cox Stakes winners to come out of the Kingston Town include Regal Power (6th in 2019), Galaxy Star (3rd in 2018), Pounamu (2017) who did the double, Delicacy (2nd in 2015), Railway Stakes winner Elite Belle (3rd in 2014), and Ihtsahymn who completed the double in 2013.

In 2019 the Ted Van Heemst Stakes winner Regal Power earlier won the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m).

The following year in 2020 Grant & Alana Williams along with jockey William Pike celebrated back-to-back Ted Van Heemst Stakes wins with their Kingston Town Classic winner Truly Great taking out the event.

Regal Power returned in 2021 to become the latest horse to do the Kingston Town Classic (now Northerly Stakes) – Ted Van Heemst Stakes double.

2023 Ted Van Heemst Stakes Field

The official Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2023 Final Field & Barriers will be published in full below the week of the race so stay tuned to see what Perth stayers making the starting line-up this season.

The 2023 Ted Van Heemst Stakes field features a small but class collection of potential Perth Cup-bound stayers including Five Diamonds runner-up Zoumon from the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott stable.

Ted Van Heemst Stakes Tips

Top Ted Van Heemst Stakes tips include looking for proven stayers with past winning form over the distance, locally-trained hopes with a good Ascot record and the graduates running on well in the Kingston Town Classic the start before.

Runners under $10 in betting have a dominant recent record so tipping an in-form galloper at singles is also a good Ted Van Heemst Stakes tip.

2023 Ted Van Heemst Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2023 tips and Perth racing selections on the staying clash this summer will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the gallopers to back and sack in the lucrative Group 2 W.A. race.

• To Win: #2 Zoumon ($3.10 at time of publish) – BET NOW

While the Ted Van Heemst field might be short on numbers, it’s not lacking in quality, and we’re sticking with the favourite, Zoumon, from the powerhouse Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott stable. This Zoustar five-year-old might be searching for his first win this campaign, but his winter form was nothing short of stellar, with three consecutive Cup victories including completing the Grafton Cup – Caloundra Cup double. He hasn’t been disgraced since then either, finishing second in the Five Diamonds and ninth in the Group 1 Northerly Stakes here at Ascot. That ninth might’ve looked disappointing, but don’t be fooled by the wide barrier 15 he drew. Now, back over a more suitable distance and rock-hard fit, Zoumon is primed to fire. With only five rivals to overcome and the in-form Rachel King in the saddle, he looks almost unstoppable. The odds might not be flashy, but Zoumon ticks all the boxes for a winning run. Back him with confidence!

Ted Van Heemst Stakes Form Guide

The Ted Van Heemst Stakes form guide features all the crucial information punters need to place a wager on the summer staying showdown including the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up form of the runners in the race.

In recent years the CB Cox Stakes / Ted Van Heemst Stakes form has stacked up plenty of times in the Perth Cup the next month as well as in the next year’s Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival features like the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m). The 2012 CB Cox Stakes winner Mr Moet ran second in the 2013 CF Orr Stakes.

The form out of the 2019 Ted Van Heemst Stakes was also franked the following year during Melbourne’s autumn racing carnival with the winner Regal Power going on to take out the 2020 $5 million The All-Star Mile.

The 2021 Ted Van Heemst Stakes form was franked with the runner-up Platoon running third next start in the Perth Cup results.

The Ted Van Heemst Stakes 2023 third place-getter Casino Seventeen went on to frank the form winning the 2024 Perth Cup at his next start while that season’s Ted Van winner Numerian finished fourth in the Perth Cup results on New Year’s Day. 

2023 Ted Van Heemst Stakes Form Guide

A link to a comprehensive Ted Van  Heemst Stakes 2023 Form Guide will be provided for punters below once final acceptances close.

Ted Van Heemst Stakes Results

Galaxy Star (2018) was the last CB Cox / Ted Van Heemst Stakes winning mare.

Ihtsahymn (2013) was the last CB Cox / Ted Van Heemst Stakes winning three-year-old.

Past CB Cox Stakes / Ted Van Heemst Stakes Results

Recent Ted Van Heemst Stakes winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

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