The Very One Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and

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that are four years or older run over a distance of miles on the turf held annually in late February or early March at

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. The event currently carries a purse of $150,000.

History

The race was inaugurated on 10 May 1987 and was run as The Very One Handicap over a distance of one mile. The event was named after the winning mare

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who won 22 races in her career including the

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Santa Barbara Handicap The Santa Barbara Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A Graded stakes race, Grade III event open to Filly, fillies and Mare (horse), mares, age four and older, it is co ...

. The event was not held in 1988 and 1989. The event was upgraded to Grade III in 1996. The event was predominantly run at miles but was shortened to the current distance of miles in 2016. The distance of the event was returned back to miles in 2022.

Records

Speed record: * miles — 1:51.40 Suffused ( GB) (2017) * miles — 2:11.71 Honey Rider (2005) Margins: * lengths — Bungalow (1992) Most wins: * 2 – Holy Helena (2018, 2019) Most wins by a

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* 5 –

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(1990, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002) Most wins by a trainer * 7 – Christophe Clement (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2015) Most wins by an owner * 2 – Juddmonte Farms (2013, 2017) * 2 –

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(2018, 2019)

Winners

''Legend:''

''Notes:''

External links

2020–21 Gulfstream Park Media Guide

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

External links

References