United (foaled April 7, 2015, in Kentucky) is an American

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and winner of multiple top-level stakes races for owners Larry and Nanci Roth and their daughter Jaime.

Career

United's first race was on May 27, 2018, at

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, where he came in 5th. On July 4, 2018, he picked up his win first in a Maiden Special Weight race at Woodbine. This was his last win of the season and his last until April 6, 2019, when he won an Allowance Optional Claiming race. He competed in his first stakes race on May 25, 2019, when he came in 2nd place at the 2019

Charles Whittingham Stakes The Charles Whittingham Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for horses age three years old and older over a distance of miles on the turf held annually in late May at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, USA. The event cu ...

. This would be the start of four straight podium finishes at stakes races, as he finished 3rd at the 2019

John Henry Turf Championship Stakes The John Henry Turf Championship Stakes (renamed for John Henry who won it three times) is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the Oak Tree Racing Association's Autumn Meeting at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is ...

, 2nd at the 2019

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and 2nd at the 2019

Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes The Hollywood Turf Cup is a Graded stakes race, Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-years-old or older over a distance of one and one-half miles (12 furlongs) on the Grass, turf track scheduled annually in late November at Del Mar R ...

. He finally captured his first stakes race on February 1, 2020, when he won the Grade-2 2020

San Marcos Stakes The San Marcos Stakes is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late January or early February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to horses aged four and older, it is raced on turf over a distance of one and o ...

. He came into the race as the 4:5 favorite and won by a half-length over Cleopatra's Strike. United earned another stakes win on May 23, 2020, when he won the Grade 2

. He defeated Rockemperor by less than a nose in a photo-finish for the $200,500 cash prize. United grabbed this third Grade-2 stakes win in a row when he won the July 26, 2020,

Eddie Read Stakes The Eddie Read Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older over a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the turf course scheduled annually in late July or early August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, Cali ...

. In the final stretch, United was able to outrun

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and Neptune's Storm for the win. In 2021 United continued excellent form winning the Grade 3 San Luis Rey Stakes in March and repeating as a winner of the

and

Pedigree

References

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