United Nations Stakes

United Nations Stakes

Grade I race
Location	Monmouth Park Racetrack Oceanport, New Jersey, USA
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	Handicap
Purse	$500,000 (2015)

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 $500,000. Until 2007, it was known as the United Nations Handicap.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 United Nations Stakes automatically qualified for the Breeders' Cup Turf.

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. In 2014, it will be in its 61st running.

Records

Time record:

• ​1 ³⁄₈ miles - 2:10.97 : Presious Passion (2009) (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)

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
2015	Big Blue Kitten	7	Joe Bravo	Chad C. Brown	Ken & 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

* With Anticipation finished first in 2001 but was disqualified following a Stewards' Inquiry. The horse came back to win the race in 2002 in track record time.

See also

• United Nations Stakes top three finishers and starters
• Ten Things You Should Know About the United Nations Stakes at Hello Race Fans