One for All (USA)
1966 – July 1, 1995
Northern Dancer (CAN) x Quill (USA), by Princequillo (IRE)
Family 5-g
1966 – July 1, 1995
Northern Dancer (CAN) x Quill (USA), by Princequillo (IRE)
Family 5-g
One for All showed nothing while being trained over dirt as a youngster, but after being tried on turf, he ran like a different horse. He won the 1970 Sunset Handicap, rated as a Grade 1 event when the Graded system for North American races was inaugurated in 1973, and earned a championship in Canada In 1971. Nonetheless, he lacked the turn of foot seen in world-class turf horses and was not one of Northern Dancer’s better sons at stud, although he was a useful sire.
Race record
42 starts, 13 wins, 7 seconds, 5 thirds, US$349,205 (includes Canadian earnings)
1969:
1970:
1971:
Honors
Canadian champion turf horse (1971)
Assessments
Rated at 115 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American turf runners of 1969, 15 pounds below divisional champion Hawaii.
Rated at 121 pounds on the Canadian Free Handicap for turf horses, 5 pounds below highweighted Vent du Nord.
Rated at 119 pounds on the Daily Racing Form’s Free Handicap for American turf runners of 1970, 13 pounds below divisional champion and co-Horse of the Year Fort Marcy.
Rated at 118 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American turf horses of 1971, 8 pounds below highweighted Drumtop (a mare).
Highweighted at 128 pounds on the Canadian Free Handicap for turf horses of 1971, 5 pounds above second-rated Gleaming.
As an individual
A bay horse, One for All stood 15.1 hands. He was tough and honest but was a one-paced stayer as a racehorse and was late-maturing, traits that did not endear him to the Kentucky stallion market. He lacked his sire’s tactical speed and raced best when allowed to settle early before making a long, sustained bid through the stretch.
As a stallion
According to records compiled by The Jockey Club, One for All sired 281 winners (55.9%) and 30 stakes winners (6.0%) from 503 named foals.
Notable progeny
Agent Double (USA), Bring Out the Band (USA), The Very One (USA)
Notable progeny of daughters
Hodges Bay (USA), Technology (USA), Try Something New (USA)
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, One for All was bred by Jonabell Farm and E. V. Benjamin III and raced in the silks of Jonabell owner John A. Bell III. He was trained by Horatio Luro, with the assistance of F. H. Merrill during the horse’s 5-year-old season. He entered stud in Kentucky in 1972 at Jonabell Farm, where he was pensioned in 1993. He was euthanized July 1, 1995, due to an intestinal torsion.
Pedigree notes
One for All is outcrossed through five generations. He is a half brother to multiple Grade/Group 1 winner Caucasus (by Northern Dancer’s champion son Nijinsky II), whose victories included the 1975 Irish St. Leger (IRE-G1), and to 1982 Musidora Stakes (ENG-G3) winner Last Feather (by Vaguely Noble), dam of multiple listed stakes winners Ruznama (by Forty Niner) and Precious Feather (by Gone West), second dam of 2010 American champion 2-year-old filly Awesome Feather, and third dam of 2013 Gran Premio Provincia de Buenos Aires (ARG-G1) winner Bajista and multiple Argentine Group 2 winner Belarusa. One for All is also a half brother to First Feather (by First Landing), dam of 1971 American champion turf horse Run the Gantlet (by Tom Rolfe), 1972 Everglades Stakes winner Head of the River (by Crewman), multiple Grade 3 winner Music of Time (by Northern Dancer), and listed stakes winner Lightning Leap (by Nijinsky II); second dam of 1986 Man o’ War Stakes (USA-G1) winner Dance of Life and English Group 2 winner English Spring; and third dam of South African Group 2 winner Moroccan and Grade/Group 3 winners Espinosa, Fragrant Hill, and Timeless Answer. In addition, One for All is a half brother to Euryanthe (by Nijinsky II), dam of 1992 Stephen Foster Handicap (USA-G2) winner Barkerville (by Mr. Prospector; a sire of some importance in Chile), 1982 Prix d’Aumale (FR-G3) winner Air Distingue (by Sir Ivor), and 1983 Prix d’Aumale (FR-G3) winner Eastern Dawn (by Damascus); second dam of 1995 Dubai Poule d’Essai des Poulains (French Two Thousand Guineas, FR-G1) winner Vettori and multiple Grade 2 winner Hero’s Tribute; and third dam of 2007 Uruguayan champion 3-year-old filly Ancona. Finally, One for All is a half brother to Shill (by Buckpasser), dam of 1976 Japanese champion 2-year-old male Maruzensky and third dam of Japanese Group 3 winner Let’s Go Kirishima, and to Twill (by Swaps), second dam of 1986 Arlington Classic Stakes (USA-G1) winner Sumptious.
One for All and his siblings are out of 1958 American champion 2-year-old filly Quill, whose full sister to Quilting is the dam of multiple juvenile stakes winner Hunka Papa (by Dr. Fager) and the second dam of 1990 Donn Handicap (USA-G1) winner Primal. Quill is a half sister to 1961 Narragansett Special Handicap winner Count Amber (by Ambiorix) and to 1956 Frizette Stakes winner Capelet (by Bolero), dam of 1963 Hopeful Stakes winner Traffic (by Traffic Judge) and second dam of 1975 Santa Barbara Handicap (USA-G1) winner Gay Style, 1992 Oak Leaf Stakes (USA-G1) winner Zoonaqua, and Grade 3 winner Royal Suite. Capelet is also the third dam of 1993 Panamanian Horse of the Year El Catedratico; 1983 Alabama Stakes (USA-G1) winner Spit Curl; Group 2 winners Air Marshall, Secret Haunt, and Tokai Trick; and Grade/Group 3 winners Break Bread, Diver, Elegance, and Smart Style. Returning to Quill, she is also a half sister to stakes winner Sorceress (by Slide Rule) and to Noble Touch (by Crafty Admiral), second dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Island Charm and third dam of 1983 Demoiselle Stakes (USA-G1) winner Qualique and French Group 2 winner Nerio.
Quill and her siblings are out of the winning Count Fleet mare Quick Touch, whose dam Alms (by 1931 Whitney Stakes winner St. Brideaux) won the 1939 Pimlico Oaks and is a half sister to 1931 American Horse of the Year Twenty Grand (by St. Brideaux’s sire St. Germans). The next dam in One for All’s tail-female line, Bonus (by the Persimmon horse All Gold), is a stakes-placed half sister to 1930 Clark Handicap winner Stars and Bars (by Pennant) and Canadian stakes winner Token (by Pennant). Produced from Remembrance (by Hamburg or Broomstick), Bonus is also a half sister to Wendy (by Peter Pan), dam of 1929 Gazelle Stakes winner March Hare (by Mad Hatter), multiple stakes winner Elf (by Chicle), and juvenile stakes winner Zelide (by Mad Hatter); to Memento (by Pennant), dam of 1931 New Orleans Handicap winner Jimmy Moran (by Lucky Hour), 1937 Rockingham Park Handicap winner Memory Book (by St. Germans), and stakes winner Bring Back (by Memory Lane); and to to Afterthought (by Mad Hatter), dam of claiming stakes winner Reminding (by St. Germans).
Fun facts
Last updated: September 4, 2021
Race record
42 starts, 13 wins, 7 seconds, 5 thirds, US$349,205 (includes Canadian earnings)
1969:
- Won Laurel Turf Cup Handicap (USA, 12FT, Laurel)
- 2nd Canadian International Championship (CAN, 13FT, Woodbine)
- 3rd Leonard Richards Stakes (USA, 8.5FT, Delaware Park)
- 3rd Kent Stakes (USA, 8FT, Delaware Park)
- 3rd Jockey Club Cup Handicap (CAN, 10FT, Woodbine)
- Also set a new course record of 1:45-1/4 for about 8F+70y at Suffolk Downs
1970:
- Won Sunset Handicap (USA, 16FT, Hollywood)
- Won Pan American Handicap (USA, 12FT, Gulfstream Park)
- 2nd Bougainvillea Handicap (first division) (USA, 9.5FT, Hialeah)
- 2nd Sussex Turf Handicap (first division) (USA, 11FT, Delaware Park)
1971:
- Won Canadian International Championship (CAN, 13FT, Woodbine)
- Won Niagara Handicap (CAN, 11FT, Fort Erie)
- 2nd Sussex Turf Handicap (USA, 11FT, Delaware Park)
- 3rd Pan American Handicap (USA, 12FT, Gulfstream Park)
Honors
Canadian champion turf horse (1971)
Assessments
Rated at 115 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American turf runners of 1969, 15 pounds below divisional champion Hawaii.
Rated at 121 pounds on the Canadian Free Handicap for turf horses, 5 pounds below highweighted Vent du Nord.
Rated at 119 pounds on the Daily Racing Form’s Free Handicap for American turf runners of 1970, 13 pounds below divisional champion and co-Horse of the Year Fort Marcy.
Rated at 118 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American turf horses of 1971, 8 pounds below highweighted Drumtop (a mare).
Highweighted at 128 pounds on the Canadian Free Handicap for turf horses of 1971, 5 pounds above second-rated Gleaming.
As an individual
A bay horse, One for All stood 15.1 hands. He was tough and honest but was a one-paced stayer as a racehorse and was late-maturing, traits that did not endear him to the Kentucky stallion market. He lacked his sire’s tactical speed and raced best when allowed to settle early before making a long, sustained bid through the stretch.
As a stallion
According to records compiled by The Jockey Club, One for All sired 281 winners (55.9%) and 30 stakes winners (6.0%) from 503 named foals.
Notable progeny
Agent Double (USA), Bring Out the Band (USA), The Very One (USA)
Notable progeny of daughters
Hodges Bay (USA), Technology (USA), Try Something New (USA)
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, One for All was bred by Jonabell Farm and E. V. Benjamin III and raced in the silks of Jonabell owner John A. Bell III. He was trained by Horatio Luro, with the assistance of F. H. Merrill during the horse’s 5-year-old season. He entered stud in Kentucky in 1972 at Jonabell Farm, where he was pensioned in 1993. He was euthanized July 1, 1995, due to an intestinal torsion.
Pedigree notes
One for All is outcrossed through five generations. He is a half brother to multiple Grade/Group 1 winner Caucasus (by Northern Dancer’s champion son Nijinsky II), whose victories included the 1975 Irish St. Leger (IRE-G1), and to 1982 Musidora Stakes (ENG-G3) winner Last Feather (by Vaguely Noble), dam of multiple listed stakes winners Ruznama (by Forty Niner) and Precious Feather (by Gone West), second dam of 2010 American champion 2-year-old filly Awesome Feather, and third dam of 2013 Gran Premio Provincia de Buenos Aires (ARG-G1) winner Bajista and multiple Argentine Group 2 winner Belarusa. One for All is also a half brother to First Feather (by First Landing), dam of 1971 American champion turf horse Run the Gantlet (by Tom Rolfe), 1972 Everglades Stakes winner Head of the River (by Crewman), multiple Grade 3 winner Music of Time (by Northern Dancer), and listed stakes winner Lightning Leap (by Nijinsky II); second dam of 1986 Man o’ War Stakes (USA-G1) winner Dance of Life and English Group 2 winner English Spring; and third dam of South African Group 2 winner Moroccan and Grade/Group 3 winners Espinosa, Fragrant Hill, and Timeless Answer. In addition, One for All is a half brother to Euryanthe (by Nijinsky II), dam of 1992 Stephen Foster Handicap (USA-G2) winner Barkerville (by Mr. Prospector; a sire of some importance in Chile), 1982 Prix d’Aumale (FR-G3) winner Air Distingue (by Sir Ivor), and 1983 Prix d’Aumale (FR-G3) winner Eastern Dawn (by Damascus); second dam of 1995 Dubai Poule d’Essai des Poulains (French Two Thousand Guineas, FR-G1) winner Vettori and multiple Grade 2 winner Hero’s Tribute; and third dam of 2007 Uruguayan champion 3-year-old filly Ancona. Finally, One for All is a half brother to Shill (by Buckpasser), dam of 1976 Japanese champion 2-year-old male Maruzensky and third dam of Japanese Group 3 winner Let’s Go Kirishima, and to Twill (by Swaps), second dam of 1986 Arlington Classic Stakes (USA-G1) winner Sumptious.
One for All and his siblings are out of 1958 American champion 2-year-old filly Quill, whose full sister to Quilting is the dam of multiple juvenile stakes winner Hunka Papa (by Dr. Fager) and the second dam of 1990 Donn Handicap (USA-G1) winner Primal. Quill is a half sister to 1961 Narragansett Special Handicap winner Count Amber (by Ambiorix) and to 1956 Frizette Stakes winner Capelet (by Bolero), dam of 1963 Hopeful Stakes winner Traffic (by Traffic Judge) and second dam of 1975 Santa Barbara Handicap (USA-G1) winner Gay Style, 1992 Oak Leaf Stakes (USA-G1) winner Zoonaqua, and Grade 3 winner Royal Suite. Capelet is also the third dam of 1993 Panamanian Horse of the Year El Catedratico; 1983 Alabama Stakes (USA-G1) winner Spit Curl; Group 2 winners Air Marshall, Secret Haunt, and Tokai Trick; and Grade/Group 3 winners Break Bread, Diver, Elegance, and Smart Style. Returning to Quill, she is also a half sister to stakes winner Sorceress (by Slide Rule) and to Noble Touch (by Crafty Admiral), second dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Island Charm and third dam of 1983 Demoiselle Stakes (USA-G1) winner Qualique and French Group 2 winner Nerio.
Quill and her siblings are out of the winning Count Fleet mare Quick Touch, whose dam Alms (by 1931 Whitney Stakes winner St. Brideaux) won the 1939 Pimlico Oaks and is a half sister to 1931 American Horse of the Year Twenty Grand (by St. Brideaux’s sire St. Germans). The next dam in One for All’s tail-female line, Bonus (by the Persimmon horse All Gold), is a stakes-placed half sister to 1930 Clark Handicap winner Stars and Bars (by Pennant) and Canadian stakes winner Token (by Pennant). Produced from Remembrance (by Hamburg or Broomstick), Bonus is also a half sister to Wendy (by Peter Pan), dam of 1929 Gazelle Stakes winner March Hare (by Mad Hatter), multiple stakes winner Elf (by Chicle), and juvenile stakes winner Zelide (by Mad Hatter); to Memento (by Pennant), dam of 1931 New Orleans Handicap winner Jimmy Moran (by Lucky Hour), 1937 Rockingham Park Handicap winner Memory Book (by St. Germans), and stakes winner Bring Back (by Memory Lane); and to to Afterthought (by Mad Hatter), dam of claiming stakes winner Reminding (by St. Germans).
Fun facts
- Although One for All raced in the name of John Bell III, he was actually syndicated in 16 shares at a valuation of US$240,000 when he was still a suckling, and Bell (who held six shares) leased him from the syndicate for racing purposes.
- One for All may have had the dubious distinction of being the lightest topweight in a major handicap in the modern era. When Fiddle Isle, who had been assigned 132 pounds, was withdrawn from the 1970 Sunset Handicap, One for All, with 114 pounds, was left as the field’s highweight.
- One for All was sent to France for the 1971 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, finishing ninth, but recovered well enough from the trip to win the Canadian International Championship in his next outing.
- In human terms, One for All (1971 Canadian champion turf horse) and Run the Gantlet (1971 American champion turf horse) were uncle and nephew as Run the Gantlet was produced from One for All’s half sister First Feather.
Last updated: September 4, 2021