One and Only

2021-01-26 | By jpkeiba | Filed in: (Turf G1 wins)1, colt,stallion(male), Derby Horse, Turf.

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All G1 races + grade-races in which he finished third or higher

Y D/M	Track	Race	No.	Pl.
2013 21/12	Hanshin T2000	Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai Stakes (G3)	1	1	G
2014 09/03	Nakayama T2000	Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho (G2)	11	2	G
2014 20/04	Nakayama T2000	Satsuki Sho (G1)	1	4	◆
2014 01/06	Tokyo T2400	Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) (G1)	2	1	◆
2014 28/09	Hanshin T2400	Kobe Shimbun Hai (G2)	10	1	G
2014 26/10	Kyoto T3000	Kikuka Sho (G1)	15	9	◆
2014 30/11	Tokyo T2400	Japan Cup (G1)	10	7	◆
2014 28/12	Nakayama T2500	Arima Kinen (G1)	3	13	◆
2015 28/03	Meydan T2410	Dubai Sheema Classic (G1)	6	3	G
2015 28/06	Hanshin T2200	Takarazuka Kinen (G1)	7	11	◆
2015 01/11	Tokyo T2000	Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1)	11	16	◆
2015 29/11	Tokyo T2400	Japan Cup (G1)	3	7	◆
2015 27/12	Nakayama T2500	Arima Kinen (G1)	8	9	◆
2016 26/03	Meydan T2410	Dubai Sheema Classic (G1)	5	5	G
2016 26/06	Hanshin T2200	Takarazuka Kinen (G1)	4	14	◆
2016 27/11	Tokyo T2400	Japan Cup (G1)	7	8	◆
2017 30/04	Kyoto T3200	Tenno Sho (Spring) (G1)	14	11	◆
2017 29/10	Tokyo T2000	Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1)	8	17	◆
2017 26/11	Tokyo T2400	Japan Cup (G1)	15	16	◆

In the Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai Stakes, he won by 1+1/4 lengths.
It was his first grade-race win.
In the Satsuki Sho, the first classic race, he was 4th favorite.
He showed the fastest finishing-kick, but he lost to Isla Bonita and finished 4th.
In the Tokyo Yushun, the second classic race, he was 3rd favorite.
Isla Bonita and One and Only competed in the home stretch.
One and Only won by 3/4 lengths.
It was his first G1 win.
It was a long-awaited victory of Derby for his trainer, who had finished second four times before.
(Dance in the Dark / Heart’s Cry / Reach the Crown / Rose Kingdam)
(Heart’s Cry is the sire of One and Only.)
In the Kobe Shimbun Hai, he was 1st favorite and finished 1st.
In the Kikuka Sho, the final classic race, he was 1st favorite.
He finished 9th.
Then he retired without ever winning a single race.

The weakest Derby Horse

He has a record of 23 straight losses as a Derby horse.
He’s often mentioned as one of the weakest Derby horse.
As of 2021, here are the other horses that are often mentioned as the weakest Derby horses.
They are the glorious Derby horses.
Please keep in mind that some people may feel that I am defaming them.

↓If you don’t mind, just scroll down for a while.

OPEC Horse won the Derby in 1980.
He’s lost 32 in a row since then.
Winner’s Circle won the Derby in 1989 and the JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt (1989).
He was injured and retired with a record of three wins in eleven starts.
The only turf race he ever won was the Derby.
Tayasu Tsuyoshi won the Derby in 1995.
He ran three races after the Derby and retired because of his injuries.
Even though the track conditions were the same for the Oaks and the Derby that year, his time in the Derby was 0.6 seconds slower than the time of Dance Partner, who won the Oaks, so some people made fun of him as a weaker Derby horse than the Oaks horse.
Agnes Flight won the Derby in 2000.
He won a fierce battle with Air Shakur, giving Jockey Kawachi his first Derby.
He didn’t win after that.
It’s often said he’s a horse to be remembered rather than recorded.
Other names that come up are Logi Universe and Makahiki.

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