The Very One Stakes
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The Very One Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race
run annually at Pimlico Race Course
in Baltimore, Maryland. Open to fillies and mares three-years-old and up, it is contested over a distance of five furlongs on turf
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The Very One Stakes is run on the third Friday of May each year on the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
under card. The race is run on the "Filly Friday" of Preakness Stakes weekend. The race was not run between the years of 1994 through 2000. The first year the race was run in 1993 it was run at 1-1/16 miles on the main track at "Old Hilltop" on a dirt surface, since that time it has been run a a distance of five furlongs and on the turf.
The Very One Stakes attracts female turf sprinters. It was named in honor of The Very One
, one of the best race mares in training during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Purchased out of the 1977 two year-old in training sale at Timonium for only $22,000, she went on to become a millionaire racing in 71 Starts with a record of 22 wins, 12 second place finishes and 18 third place finishes and earnings of $1,030,120. Her most famous wins came in the grade one Santa Barbara Handicap
in California and the grade two Dixie Stakes at Pimlico Race Course
in Baltimore, Maryland over the best turf males in the country in 1979.
Most wins by a jockey
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Most wins by a trainer
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Most wins by a owner:
Thoroughbred horse race
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run annually at Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Olde Ben Pimlico's Tavern in London...
in Baltimore, Maryland. Open to fillies and mares three-years-old and up, it is contested over a distance of five furlongs on turf
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The Very One Stakes is run on the third Friday of May each year on the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The race is open to three-year-old fillies willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt and currently offers a purse of $250,000...
under card. The race is run on the "Filly Friday" of Preakness Stakes weekend. The race was not run between the years of 1994 through 2000. The first year the race was run in 1993 it was run at 1-1/16 miles on the main track at "Old Hilltop" on a dirt surface, since that time it has been run a a distance of five furlongs and on the turf.
The Very One Stakes attracts female turf sprinters. It was named in honor of The Very One
The Very One
The Very One is a millionaire American Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned by Helen Polinger and bred by Myrna Firestone and Peter Odell in Kentucky, he is a son of One For All who in turn was sired by Hall of Famer and prominent sire Northern Dancer. He was out of the mare Veruschka sired by...
, one of the best race mares in training during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Purchased out of the 1977 two year-old in training sale at Timonium for only $22,000, she went on to become a millionaire racing in 71 Starts with a record of 22 wins, 12 second place finishes and 18 third place finishes and earnings of $1,030,120. Her most famous wins came in the grade one Santa Barbara Handicap
Santa Barbara Handicap
The Santa Barbara Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A Grade II event open to fillies and mares, age four and older, it is contested of turf over a distance of one and a quarter miles.Inaugurated in 1935, through...
in California and the grade two Dixie Stakes at Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Olde Ben Pimlico's Tavern in London...
in Baltimore, Maryland over the best turf males in the country in 1979.
Records
Speed record:- 5 furlongs - :55.60 - Unbridled Sidney (2007)
Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
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- 2 - Ramon Dominguez (2001 & 2002)
- 2 - Edgar Prado (1993 & 2005)
Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
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- 2 - Kathleen DeMasi (2002 & 2004)
Most wins by a owner:
- 2 - Darley Stables (2003 & 2009)
Winners of The Very One Stakes since 1993
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance |
Time |
Purse |
Grade |
| 2011 | Suzzona | 7 | Julian Pimentel | Benjamin Feliciano | Sandy Valley Farms | 5 fur. | 1:00.41 | $75,000 | |
| 2010 | Starfish Bay | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Gainesway Stable | 5 fur. | :56.56 | $70,000 | |
| 2009 | Criticism | 5 | Edgar Prado | Tom Albertrani Tom Albertrani Thomas "Tom" Albertrani is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He began his career as a jockey then spent a number of years as an assistant to trainer Bill Mott. In 1995 Albertrani was hired as an assistant to head trainer Saeed bin Suroor at the prominent international Godolphin Racing... |
Darley Stables | 5 fur. | :56.00 | $75,000 | |
| 2008 | All Giving | 4 | Erick Rodriguez | Flint Stites | Catherine J. Smith | 5 fur. | :57.46 | $75,000 | |
| 2007 | Unbridled Sidney | 6 | Calvin Borel Calvin Borel Calvin H. Borel is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing and rode the victorious mount in the 2007 Kentucky Derby, the 2009 Kentucky Derby and the 2010 Kentucky Derby... |
Ronny Werner | Norrine & Douglas Devenport | 5 fur. | :55.60 | $75,000 | |
| 2006 | Gilded Gold | 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... |
Alan E. Goldberg Alan E. Goldberg Alan E. Goldberg is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer. He began his career as a professional trainer in the early 1970s, serving as an apprentice to Walter Kelley from a base at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack. In 1974 he went out on his own and in 1989 trained Safely Kept to American... |
Bobby Flay & R.Masterson | 5 fur. | :57.20 | $75,000 | |
| 2005 | Gabianna | 5 | Horacio Karamanos | Jorge Prado | William S. Farish & W.Kilroy | 5 fur. | :59.60 | $75,000 | |
| 2004 | Go Go Baby Go | 5 | Ryan Fogelsonger Ryan Fogelsonger Ryan Fogelsonger is an American Champion jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Based in Maryland, Fogelsonger began riding in 2002 but was late getting started, earning his first win on May 1 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland... |
Kathleen DeMasi | Joseph Boff & Connie Burke | 5 fur. | :56.00 | $75,000 | |
| 2003 | Forest Heiress | 4 | Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991... |
William I. Mott | Darley Stables | 5 fur. | :57.60 | $75,000 | |
| 2002 | Merry Princess | 6 | Ramon Dominguez | Kathleen DeMasi | Not Found | 5 fur. | :56.60 | $50,000 | |
| 2001 | Confessional | 5 | Ramon Dominguez | H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion is an American horse trainer, notable for his work with 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Better Talk Now. Motion started out training and winning with his own Thoroughbred horses at age 29, his first win was with Bounding Daisy in March 1993 at Laurel Park... |
Pin Oak Stable | 5 fur. | :56.40 | $75,000 | |
| 1994 | - 2000 No Races | - | No Races | No Races | No Races | no races | 0:00.00 | no races | |
| 1993 | Logan's Mist | 5 | Edgar Prado | Francis P. Campitelli | Fran & Jessie Campitelli | 1-1/16 | 1:42.80 | $29,000 | |
See also
- The Very One Stakes top three finishersThe Very One Stakes top three finishersThis is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the The Very One Stakes, an American stakes race for filles and mares three year-olds and up at 5 furlongs on the turf held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland...
- Pimlico Race CoursePimlico Race CoursePimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Olde Ben Pimlico's Tavern in London...
- List of graded stakes at Pimlico Race Course