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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. == Dixie Handicaps == 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 (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. In 1980 as a five-year-old, The Very One had already won six stakes races and came back to defend her title at "Old Hilltop" (Pimlico) in the Dixie. Since she had fared so well that year and won the Dixie Handicap the year prior, she was given a weight allowance of only two pounds (carrying 116 pounds compared to 118). In that race, she was ridden by a different jockey (Hector Pilar) than her regular rider. She performed well but gave up the lead at the wire to place second by a half length to graded stakes winner Marquee Universal. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Very One」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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