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Ted Van Heemst Stakes

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Location
  
Ascot Racecourse

Race type
  
Thoroughbred

Surface
  
Turf

Inaugurated
  
1914

Distance
  
2,100 metres

Track
  
Left-handed

The Ted Van Heemst Stakes is a Perth Racing Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race held under weight for age conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 2100 metres at Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Australia in December. Prizemoney is A$250,000.

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Race history

The race is considered the main lead up to the Perth Cup held on New Year's Day.

The distance of the race was reduced by 300 meters (2008) to coincide with the shortening of the Perth Cup from 3200 meters to 2400 meters in 2009.

In 2003 the race was run at Belmont Park Racecourse.

In 2016 the race was named to the Ted Van Heemst Stakes in honor of Western Australian Racing Hall of Famer Ted van Heemst.

Race name

  • 1914–1919 - Grandstand Plate
  • 1920–2015 - C B Cox Stakes
  • 2016 - Ted Van Heemst Stakes

    • Race distance

  • 1914–1931 - 1 1⁄2 miles (~2400 metres)
  • 1932–1933 - 1 mile (~1609 metres)
  • 1934–1936 - 1 1⁄2 miles (~2400 metres)
  • 1937 - 1 mile (~1609 metres)
  • 1938–1942 - 1 1⁄2 miles (~2400 metres)
  • 1945–1951 - 1 3⁄8 miles (~2200 metres)
  • 1952–1971 - 1 1⁄2 miles (~2400 metres)
  • 1972–2007 - 2400 metres
  • 2008 onwards - 2100 metres

    • Race grade

  • 1914–1978 - Principal race
  • 1979 onwards - Group 2

    • References

    Ted Van Heemst Stakes Wikipedia
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