The_Very_One_Stakes_(Gulfstream_Park)

The Very One Stakes (Gulfstream Park)

The Very One Stakes (Gulfstream Park)

Horse race

This article is about the thoroughbred horse race held at Gulfstream Park. For the thoroughbred horse race with similar name at Pimlico Race Course, see The Very One Stakes (Pimlico).

The Very One Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years or older run over a distance of 1+3⁄8 miles on the turf held annually in late February or early March at Gulfstream Park, Hallandale Beach, Florida. The event currently carries a purse of $150,000.

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History

The race was inaugurated on 10 May 1987 and was run as The Very One Handicap over a distance of one mile.[1]

The event was named after the winning mare The Very One[2] who won 22 races in her career including the Grade I Santa Barbara Handicap. The event was not held in 1988 and 1989.[3]

The event was upgraded to Grade III in 1996.[3]

The event was predominantly run at 1+3⁄8 miles but was shortened to the current distance of 1+3⁄16 miles in 2016.[3] The distance of the event was returned back to 1+3⁄8 miles in 2022.[3]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1+3⁄16 miles — 1:51.40 Suffused (GB) (2017)
  • 1+3⁄8 miles — 2:11.71 Honey Rider (2005)

Margins:

  • 9+1⁄2 lengths — Bungalow (1992)

Most wins:

  • 2 – Holy Helena (2018, 2019)

Most wins by a jockey

Most wins by a trainer

Most wins by an owner

Winners

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Legend:
  Turf   Dirt

Notes:

  1. held 4 March 1990[3]
  2. held 10 May 1987[3]

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

References

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