Union Avenue Stakes
The Union Avenue is an American ungraded Thoroughbred horse race race run annually at Saratoga Race Course. The race is restricted to fillies and mares 3-years-old and up who were bred in the State of New York. It is raced at a current (2014) distance of six and one half furlongs on the dirt and offers a purse of $100,000 added.
The Union Avenue, inaugurated in 2004, is named for the famed street in Saratoga Springs, New York where the track is located.
Winners of the Union Avenue Stakes
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2015 | Tricky Zippy | 3 | John Velazquez | James A. Jerkens | Newman Racing | 1:15.78 |
| 2014 | Uncle Southern | 4 | Luis Saez | Linda Rice | J and M Racing Stables | 1:17.46 |
| 2013 | Willet | 5 | Joel Rosario | James Iselin | Iselin/Assoulins/Gindi | 1:11.36 |
| 2012 | Risky Rachel | 5 | Javier Castellano | Juan M. Coronel | Sanford Bacon | 1:09.02 |
| 2011 | Lovely Lil | 4 | Ramon A. Dominguez | Michael E. Hushion | Barry K. Schwartz | 1:10.59 |
| 2010 | Meese Rocks | 5 | Jorge F. Chavez | Edward R. Barker | Terranovas | 1:11.46 |
| 2009 | Silvercup Baby | 5 | Javier Castellano | David Jacobson | Bruce Golden | 1:10.28 |
| 2008 | By The Light | 3 | Edgar Prado | Rick Dutrow | Jay Em Ess Stable | 1:10.58 |
| 2007 | Karakorum Starlet | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Jeff Odintz | Karakorum Farm | 1:10.95 |
| 2006 | Gold Like U | 5 | Edgar Prado | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | V. S. Scuderi/Sullivan Lane Stb | 1:10.04 |
| 2005 | Lapis | 5 | Cornelio Velasquez | John O. Hertler | Carolyn Wilson | 1:11.40 |
| 2004 | Sugar Punch | 3 | Edgar Prado | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | IEAH Stables et al. | 1:09.81 |