One And Only
One And Only | |
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Tokyo Yushun (2014) (2014)Kobe Shimbun Hai |
One And Only (Japanese: ワンアンドオンリー, foaled 23 February 2011) is a Japanese
Background
One And Only is a bay horse with a white
He was from the fourth crop of foals sired by Heart's Cry a horse whose wins included the Arima Kinen and the Dubai Sheema Classic. His other foals have included Suave Richard, Admire Rakti, Just A Way and Lys Gracieux.[2] One And Only's dam Virtue showed some racing ability, winning three times from 27 starts in Japan between 2004 and 2008.[3] She was a female-line descendant of the American broodmare Courtly Dee (foaled 1968), making her a relative of Arch, Green Desert and Bayern.[4]
Racing career
2013: two-year-old season
On his racecourse debut One And Only finished unplaced in a contest for previously unraced juveniles at
In the official Japanese rankings for 2013, One And Only was rated the fourth-best juvenile colt (level with Isla Bonita), behind Asia Express Shonan Achieve and Win Full Bloom.[7]
2014: three-year-old season
One And Only was ridden in all of his 2014 starts by
On 1 June One And Only was stepped up in distance for the 81st running of the Japanese Derby over 2400 metres at Tokyo and was made the 4.6/1 third favourite behind Isla Bonita and To The World. The other thirteen runners included Red Reveur (Hanshin Juvenile Fillies), Hagino Hybrid (Kyoto Shimbun Hai) Meiner Frost (Mainichi Hai), Shonan Lagoon (Aoba Sho) and Tagano Grandpa (Falcon Stakes). One An Only settled in fifth place before moving into contention early in the straight and got the better of a sustained struggle with Isla Bonita to win by three quarters of a length with a length and a half back to Meiner Frost in third place. After the race Yokoyama said "The trainer and his staff conditioned him perfectly for the Derby. He was unable to make a good start in the previous race but he broke well today and I was able to race him in striking position. He is still immature compared to his sire, but he was able to win the Derby and I hope that he will continue to develop steadily".[9]
After a break of almost four months One And Only returned to the track on 28 September for the
In the 2014 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, One And Only was given a rating of 119, making the 62nd best horse in the world.[11] In January 2015 One And Only finished second Isla Bonita in the poll to determine the JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt, receiving 109 votes to his rival's 170.[12]
2015–2017: later career
One And Only began his third campaign with a trip to the
Kojiro Hashiguchi retired at the end of 2015 and One And Only was subsequently trained by Shinsuke Hashiguchi. The horse continued to race against top class opposition but never looked likely to win again, finishing unplaced in all six of his starts in 2016 and finishing no better than fifth in eight attempts in the following year.[5]
Stud record
After he was retired from racing at the end of 2017, One And Only began his career as a breeding stallion at the Arrow Stud in Hokkaido.[14]
Pedigree
Sire Heart's Cry (JPN) 2001 |
Sunday Silence (USA) 1986 |
Halo | Hail to Reason
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Cosmah | |||
Wishing Well | Understanding | ||
Mountain Flower | |||
Irish Dance (JPN) 1990 |
Tony Bin (IRE) | Kampala (GB) | |
Severn Bridge (GB) | |||
Buper Dance (USA) | Lyphard | ||
My Bupers | |||
Dam Virtue (JPN) 2002 |
Taiki Shuttle (USA) 1994 |
Devil's Bag | Halo |
Ballade | |||
Welsh Muffin (IRE) | Caerleon (USA) | ||
Muffitys (GB) | |||
Saint Amour (JPN) 1996 |
Danzig (USA) | Northern Dancer (CAN) | |
Pas de Nom | |||
Ambrosine (USA) | Mr. Prospector | ||
Barada (Family: A4)[4] |
- One And Only was inbred 3 × 4 to Halo, meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of his pedigree
References
- ^ a b "One And Only pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ "Heart's Cry progeny". Racing Post. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ^ "Virtue(JPN)". JBIS.
- ^ a b "Medley Mare Number 2 – Family A4". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ a b c "Race Records:Lifetime Starts One and Only(JPN)". JBIS.
- ^ "Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai Stakes result". Racing Post. 21 December 2013.
- ^ "JPN Thoroughbred Rankings 2013". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "Yayoi Sho result". Racing Post. 9 March 2014.
- ^ "One and Only Bests Favorite in Japanese Derby". The Blood-Horse. 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Kobe Shimbun Hai result". Racing Post. 28 September 2014.
- ^ "The 2014 World Thoroughbred Rankings". International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- ^ "Winners of the 2014 JRA Awards announced". Horse Racing in Japan. 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Dubai Sheema Classic result". Racing Post. 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Stallions in Japan 2022".