Very One Stakes

The Very One Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. A Grade III event open to horses age four and older, it is contested on the turf over a distance of 11 furlongs.

The race is named after The Very One (foaled in 1975), a millionaire American Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned by Helen Polinger and bred by Myrna Firestone and Peter Odell in Kentucky, he is a son 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.

Bet on the Very One Stakes at Off Track Betting

Gulfstream Park Graded Stakes Races

Stakes Race	Grade	Purse
Sugar Swirl Stakes	III	$100,000
Mr. Prospector Handicap	III	$100,000
Old Hat Stakes	III	$100,000
Marshua's River Stakes	III	$100,000
Fort Lauderdale Stakes	III	$100,000
Hal's Hope Handicap	III	$100,000
Forward Gal Stakes	II	$200,000
Holy Bull Stakes	III	$400,000
Donn Handicap	I	$500,000
Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap	I	$300,000
Hutcheson Stakes	II	$150,000
Suwannee River Stakes	III	$150,000
Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship	II	$150,000
Hurricane Bertie Stakes	III	$150,000
Davona Dale Stakes	II	$250,000
Sabin Stakes	III	$100,000
Very One Stakes	III	$100,000
Fountain of Youth Stakes	II	$400,000
Mac Diarmida Stakes	II	$150,000
Canadian Turf Stakes	III	$150,000
Gulfstream Park Handicap	II	$300,000
Swale Stakes	III	$150,000
Herecomesthebride Stakes	III	$150,000
Palm Beach Stakes	III	$150,000
Inside Information Stakes	II	$150,000
Honey Fox Stakes	II	$100,000
Pan American Stakes	II	$150,000
Orchid Stakes	III	$150,000
Florida Derby	I	$1,000,000
Gulfstream Park Oaks	II	$300,000
Appleton Stakes	III	$100,000
Rampart Stakes	III	$150,000
Skip Away Stakes	III	$100,000