The Very One Stakes (Gulfstream Park)

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.

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 The Very One who won 22 races in her career including the Grade I Santa Barbara Handicap. The event was not held in 1988 and 1989.

The event was upgraded to Grade III in 1996.

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

Records
Speed record:
 * $1 3/8$ miles — 1:51.40 Suffused (GB) (2017)
 * $1 3/16$ miles — 2:11.71 Honey Rider (2005)

Margins:
 * $1 3/8$ lengths — Bungalow (1992)

Most wins:
 * 2 – Holy Helena (2018, 2019)

Most wins by a jockey
 * 5 – Jerry D. Bailey (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 – Stronach Stables (2018, 2019)

Winners
Legend:

Notes: