United Nations Stakes
Grade I race | |
Location |
Monmouth Park Racetrack Oceanport, New Jersey, USA |
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Inaugurated | 1953 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | Monmouth Park Racetrack |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 3⁄8 miles (11 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds & up |
Weight | Allowance |
Purse | $300,000 added (since 2016)[1] |
The United Nations Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in July at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey. The race is open to horses, age three and up, going one and three-eighths miles on the turf. A Grade I event, it currently offers a purse of $300,000, plus entry and starter fees. Prior to 2004, it was run as a handicap with weights by the track handicapper; it is now run under allowance conditions.
Founded in 1953 at the Atlantic City Race Course in Mays Landing, New Jersey, the race was set at a distance of 1 3⁄16 miles until 1999 when it was changed to 1 3⁄8 miles. The first edition was won in track record time by the Chilean bred, Iceberg II, who was trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Horatio Luro and ridden by Jorge Contreras.
From 1990 through 1997, it was known as the Caesars International. No race was held in 1998 and in 1999, it was shifted to Monmouth Park.
Records
Time record:
- 1 3⁄8 miles - 2:10.81 : Bigger Picture (2017) (Monmouth track record at this distance)
- 1 3⁄16 miles - 1:52.00 : Steinlen (1990)
Most wins:
- 2 - Round Table (1957, 1959)
- 2 - Mongo (1962, 1963)
- 2 - Noble Dancer (1978, 1979)
- 2 - Manila (1986, 1987)
- 2 - Sandpit (1995, 1996)
- 2 - English Channel (2006, 2007)
- 2 - Presious Passion (2008, 2009)
- 2 - Big Blue Kitten (2013, 2015)
Most wins by a jockey
- 4 - Jorge Velasquez (1969, 1970, 1973, 1974)
- 4 - Jose A. Santos (1986, 1988, 1990, 1993)
- 4 - Joe Bravo (2012, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 6 - MacKenzie Miller (1966, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1981, 1984)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Rokeby Stables (1970, 1971, 1981, 1984)
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Bigger Picture | 6 | Joe Bravo | Michael J. Maker | Three Diamonds Farm | 2:10.81 |
2016 | World Approval | 4 | Florent Geroux | Mark Casse | Live Oak Plantation | 2:14.66 |
2015 | Big Blue Kitten | 7 | Joe Bravo | Chad C. Brown | Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey | 2:11.82 |
2014 | Main Sequence (GB) | 5 | Rajiv Maragh | H. Graham Motion | Flaxman Holdings | 2:14.23 |
2013 | Big Blue Kitten | 5 | Joe Bravo | Chad C. Brown | Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey | 2:11.98 |
2012 | Turbo Compressor | 4 | Joe Bravo | Todd Pletcher | P and G Stable/Off the Hook | 2:12.88 |
2011 | Teaks North | 4 | Eddie Castro | Justin Sallusto | Jules Boutelle | 2:13.28 |
2010 | Chinchon | 5 | Garrett Gomez | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Darpat S. L. Stables | 2:11.77 |
2009 | Presious Passion | 6 | Elvis Trujillo | Mary Hartmann | Pat and Frank Generazio | 2:10.97 |
2008 | Presious Passion | 5 | Eddie Castro | Mary Hartmann | Pat and Frank Generazio | 2:13.88 |
2007 | English Channel | 5 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | James T. Scatuorchio | 2:12.89 |
2006 | English Channel | 4 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | James T. Scatuorchio | 2:13.24 |
2005 | Better Talk Now | 6 | Ramon Dominguez | H. Graham Motion | Bushwood Stables LLC | 2:20.57 |
2004 | Request for Parole | 5 | Edgar Prado | Stanley M. Hough | Jeri & Sam Knighton | 2:13.37 |
2003 | Balto Star | 5 | Jose Velez, Jr. | Todd A. Pletcher | Anstu Stables | 2:12.78 |
2002 | With Anticipation | 7 | Pat Day | Jonathan Sheppard | Augustin Stable | 2:12.81 |
2001* | Senure | 5 | Robbie Davis | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 2:13.56 |
2000 | Down the Aisle | 7 | Robbie Davis | William I. Mott | Charles H. Deters | 2:13.63 |
1999 | Yagli | 6 | Jerry Bailey | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 2:16.02 |
1998 | no race | 0 | no race | no race | no race | 0:00.00 |
1997 | Influent | 6 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Howard M. Tesher | Turfinpaddock Farm | 1:53.60 |
1996 | Sandpit | 7 | Corey Nakatani | Richard E. Mandella | Sierra Thoroughbreds | 1:55.60 |
1995 | Sandpit | 6 | Corey Nakatani | Richard E. Mandella | Sierra Thoroughbreds | 1:57.20 |
1994 | Lure | 5 | Mike E. Smith | C. R. McGaughey III | Claiborne Farm/Gamely Corp. | 1:52.60 |
1993 | Star of Cozzene | 5 | Jose A. Santos | Mark Hennig | Team Valor | 1:53.20 |
1992 | Sky Classic | 5 | Pat Day | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:52.20 |
1991 | Exbourne | 5 | Chris McCarron | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farm | 1:52.60 |
1990 | Steinlen | 7 | Jose A. Santos | D. Wayne Lukas | Daniel Wildenstein | 1:52.00 |
1989 | Yankee Affair | 7 | Pat Day | Henry L. Carroll | Jujugen Stable | 1:53.20 |
1988 | Equalize | 6 | Jose A. Santos | Angel Penna, Sr. | Alejandro Menditeguy | 1:53.60 |
1987 | Manila | 4 | Jacinto Vasquez | LeRoy Jolley | Bradley M. Shannon | 1:58.80 |
1986 | Manila | 3 | Jose A. Santos | LeRoy Jolley | Bradley M. Shannon | 1:52.60 |
1985 | Ends Well | 4 | Michael Morgan | Robert J. Reinacher, Jr. | Greentree Stable | 1:54.60 |
1984 | Hero's Honor | 4 | Jerry Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 1:54.00 |
1983 | Acaroid | 5 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Jan H. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 1:53.40 |
1982 | Naskra's Breeze | 5 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Philip G. Johnson | Broadmoor Stable | 1:55.60 |
1981 | Key To Content | 4 | George Martens | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 1:52.80 |
1980 | Lyphard's Wish | 4 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Angel Penna, Sr. | Daniel Wildenstein | 1:53.80 |
1979 | Noble Dancer | 7 | Jacinto Vasquez | Thomas J. Kelly | Haakon Fretheim | 1:56.40 |
1978 | Noble Dancer | 6 | Steve Cauthen | Thomas J. Kelly | Haakon Fretheim | 1:56.40 |
1977 | Bemo | 7 | Don Brumfield | John W. Murphy | Hickory Tree Stable | 1:54.00 |
1976 | Intrepid Hero | 4 | Sandy Hawley | John W. Russell | Ogden Mills Phipps | 1:53.40 |
1975 | Royal Glint | 5 | Jorge Tejeira | Gordon R. Potter | Dan Lasater | 1:57.00 |
1974 | Halo | 5 | Jorge Velasquez | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stable | 1:56.80 |
1973 | Tentam | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | MacKenzie Miller | E. P. Taylor | 1:54.60 |
1972 | Acclimatization | 4 | Carlos Barrera | Maurice Zilber | Nelson Bunker Hunt | 1:54.00 |
1971 | Run The Gantlet | 3 | Robert Woodhouse | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stables | 2:02.00 |
1970 | Fort Marcy | 6 | Jorge Velasquez | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stables | 1:56.00 |
1969 | Hawaii | 5 | Jorge Velasquez | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stable | 2:00.60 |
1968 | Dr. Fager | 4 | Braulio Baeza | John A. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 1:55.20 |
1967 | Flit-to | 4 | Hedley Woodhouse | James P. Conway | Robert Lehman | 1:54.00 |
1966 | Assagai | 3 | Larry Adams | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stable | 1:58.60 |
1965 | Parka | 7 | Walter Blum | Warren A. Croll, Jr. | Pelican Stable | 1:54.40 |
1964 | Western Warrior | 5 | Heliodoro Gustines | John A. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 1:57.80 |
1963 | Mongo | 4 | Wayne Chambers | Frank A. Bonsal | Marion duPont Scott | 1:54.40 |
1962 | Mongo | 3 | Charlie Burr | Frank A. Bonsal | Marion duPont Scott | 1:56.60 |
1961 | Oink | 4 | Larry Gilligan | Steve Ippolito | Jack Hogan | 1:56.00 |
1960 | T. V. Lark | 3 | Johnny Sellers | Paul K. Parker | Preston W. Madden | 1:57.00 |
1959 | Round Table | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | William Molter | Claiborne Farm/Kerr Stable | 1:55.20 |
1958 | Clem | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | William W. Stephens | Adele L. Rand | 1:54.60 |
1957 | Round Table | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | William Molter | Claiborne Farm/Kerr Stable | 1:56.20 |
1956 | Career Boy | 3 | Sam Boulmetis, Sr. | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 1:56.20 |
1955 | Blue Choir | 4 | Bill Hartack | Buster Lilly | Harry L. Nathenson | 2:00.00 |
1954 | Closed Door | 5 | Bill Hartack | Sidney Jacobs | Jaclyn Stable | 1:57.00 |
1953 | Iceberg II | 5 | Jorge Contreras | Horatio Luro | W. Arnold Hanger | 1:55.80 |
See also
References
- ↑ "United Nations Stakes Profile". Equibase. Retrieved 8 July 2017.