Report: Jerkens Winner One in Vermillion Retired
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One in Vermillion wins The H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes at Saratoga Race Course
One in Vermillion, who closed to win the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course this summer, has been retired due to a fetlock injury, according to a report in Daily Racing Form.
Owner Jonathan Kalman told DRF the 3-year-old underwent successful surgery Nov. 6. He had worked two days earlier at Zia Park in New Mexico. No stud deal has yet been finalized, Kalman told DRF.
A California-bred son of Army Mule , One in Vermillion won six of 12 starts and $653,840, running across the country from Santa Anita Park to Saratoga Race Course, and as well as at Turf Paradise, Sunland Park, Canterbury Park, Prairie Meadows and Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort.
The Esteban Martinez trainee's last race came in the Aug. 26 H. Allen Jerkens, which was marred by the fatal breakdown of leader New York Thunder with about a sixteenth of a mile remaining. One in Vermillion won the race with seven furlongs in 1:22.63 under Irad Ortiz Jr.
Earlier this year, One in Vermillion won black-type events in the Lazaro Barrera Stakes at Santa Anita and the Riley Allison Derby at Sunland Park. He was also a multiple black-type winner at age 2.
Bred by Richard Barton Enterprises out of the Any Given Saturday mare Given Star , One in Vermillion was a $26,000 yearling purchase from the Few Acre Farm consignment to the Arizona Thoroughbred Breeders Association's Fall Mixed Sale in 2021.