Uni (GB)

Uni posted two wins and two seconds in six starts in France before she was shipped to the United States for the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes. She closed powerfully to finish third in the Belmont Oaks and subsequently finished second in the Grade 2 Lake Placid Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. Uni earned her first graded stakes win in her next start when she reeled in La Coronel to win the Grade 2 Sands Point Stakes at Belmont Park. UNi closed her 3-year-old season with a fourth-place finish in the Grade 1 QUeen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes.

Uni began her 4-year-old campaign with a clear win in the Plenty of Grace Stakes at Aqueduct in April and followed with a hard-fought victory by a head in the Fasig-Tipton De La Rose Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in August. Returning to graded-stakes competition in September in the Grade 3 Noble Damsel Stakes at Belmont Park, Uni rallied from last to first for a dominant 3 ¾-length score.

Trainer Chad Brown shipped Uni to Del Mar for another try against Grade 1 company in the Matriarch Stakes on the Dec. 2 closing day of that Southern California track's Bing Crosby meet. With Joel Rosario remaining in the saddle following the Noble Damsel, Uni set well off of the pace in the one-mile Matriarch before rallying furiously through the stretch. She edged Daddy Is a Legend by a half-length for a breakthrough Grade 1 victory.

After a six-month break Uni returned in June 2019 with a win in the Perfect Sting Stakes. Later that summer she finished third in the Grade 1 Fourstardave at Saratoga before taking aim on the Grade 1 First Lady presented by UK Healthcare at Keeneland. Uni won that race on opening weekend in course-record time to earn a place in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf. Rather than send Uni at a distance beyond her best capabilities, Brown opted to send her to the TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile and she rewarded his faith by defeating males in a dominant performance. Uni rallied from off the pace and outfinished Got Story to earn a career-defining victory.

Uni concluded 2019 by receiving the Eclipse Award as Champion Turf Female. She returned for a 6-year-old campaign in the June 27 Grade 1 Just a Game Stakes at Belmont Park and finished third, and then checked in a disappointing seventh in the Grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga on Aug. 22 over a turf course rated good.

Brown then pointed Uni to the Oct. 3 First Lady Stakes Presented by UK Healthcare for a repeat bid, with another automatic berth to the Breeders’ Cup on the line. She rallied stoutly through the stretch under Rosario to defeat Beau Recall by a length and earn a spot in the starting gate for the Maker’s Mark Filly and Mare Turf.