The Very One
| The Very One | |
|---|---|
| Sire | One For All |
| Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
| Dam | Veruschka |
| Damsire | Venture |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1975 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Myrna Firestone and Peter Odell |
| Owner | Helen Polinger |
| Trainer | Stephen A. DiMauro |
| Record | 71: 22-12-80 |
| Earnings | $1,030,120 |
| Major wins | |
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Santa Barbara Handicap (1981) Dixie Handicap (1979) Sheepshead Bay Handicap (1980) Long Island Handicap (1980) Chrysanthemum Handicap (1980 & 1981) Santa Ana Handicap (1980) Anne Arundel Handicap (1978) Black Helen Handicap (1980) Queen Charlotte Handicap (1980) Violet Handicap (1980) Eatontown Handicap (1979) Parlo Handicap (1980) |
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| Honours | |
| named The Very One Stakes in her honor at Pimlico Race Course | |
| Last updated on June 3, 2011 | |
The Very One (1975–1992) was a millionaire American Thoroughbred racehorse mare. Owned by Helen Polinger and bred by Myrna Firestone and Peter Odell in Kentucky, she is a daughter 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 Venture.
Trained by Stephen A. DiMauro, The Very One is best known for her grade two score in the 1979 Dixie Handicap at Pimlico Race Course. After winning twelve graded stakes races in 1978 and 1979, she won the grade one Santa Barbara Handicap at Santa Anita Park in 1981 at age six.
The Very One was stabled and trained in Maryland and was owned by Olney native Helen Polinger. After two years of racing, it was determined by her owner and trainer, Monti "Sonny" Sims [Dimauro trained her later in her career], that The Very One was a turf specialist. Mrs. Polinger was raised in Maryland and had always wanted to run a horse in the Preakness Stakes. This was her chance to do the next best thing: run a horse in the Dixie Handicap. The Dixie is Maryland's top race on the turf, run on Preakness day immediately prior to the Preakness Stakes.
In May 1979 at age four, The Very One competed in the $125,000 Grade II Dixie Handicap at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the only female in the field of nine and was given an eight-pound weight allowance (carrying 108 pounds) because of her gender. She was ridden by Charlie Cooke and pulled away to win by two lengths over two graded stakes winning five-year-olds in That's a Nice and Fluorescent Light. She set a new stakes record and track record for a mile and a half on the turf at 2:28 3/5. It was the fastest time run in 28 years at that distance.
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