The Union Avenue is an American ungraded

Graded stakes race

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 Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 race run annually at Saratoga Race Course

Saratoga Race Course

Saratoga Race Course is a Thoroughbred horse racing track in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. It opened on August 3, 1863, and is the oldest organized sporting venue of any kind in the United States. It is typically open for racing from late July through early September.-History:John...

. The race is restricted to fillies

Filly

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 and mare

Mare

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s 3-years-old and up who were bred in the State of New York

New York

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. It is raced at a distance of six furlong

Furlong

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s on the dirt and offers a purse of $70,000 added.

The Union Avenue, inaugurated in 2004, is named for the famed street in Saratoga Springs, New York

Saratoga Springs, New York

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 where the track is located.

Winners of the Union Avenue Stakes

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Lovely Lil	4	Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez is an Eclipse Award-winning champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	Michael E. Hushion	Barry K. Schwartz	1:10.59
2010	Meese Rocks	5	Jorge F. Chavez Jorge F. Chavez Jorge F. Chavez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Chavez began his career in horse racing in 1982 in his native Peru and by 1987 was his country's leading rider. In April 1988 he emigrated to the United States where he raced with a great deal of success at Florida race tracks...	Edward R. Barker	Terranovas	1:11.46
2009	Silvercup Baby	5	Javier Castellano Javier Castellano Javier Castellano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit.In...	David Jacobson David Jacobson David Jacobson is an American screenwriter and film director from Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California. His film Down in the Valley was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.-Feature films:* ...	Bruce Golden	1:10.28
2008	By The Light	3	Edgar Prado	Rick Dutrow Rick Dutrow Richard E. "Rick" Dutrow, Jr. is an American thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Known as Rick, his brother Anthony Dutrow is also a trainer. Their father, Richard E. Dutrow, Sr., was one of Maryland racing's "Big Four" who dominated racing in that state during the 1960s and '70s and who helped...	Jay Em Ess Stable	1:10.58
2007	Karakorum Starlet	4	Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...	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 Cornelio Velásquez Cornelio H. Velásquez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen by trainer Carlos Salazar Guardia in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school...	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