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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 $750000. 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.