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{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = One Count
| image = 
| caption = 
| sire = [[Count Fleet]]
| grandsire = [[Reigh Count]]
| dam = Ace Card
| damsire =  Case Ace
| sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]]
| foaled = 1949
| country = [[United States]]
| color = [[Bay (horse)|Dark Bay]]
| breeder = [[Walter M. Jeffords Sr.]]
| owner =  [[Sarah F. Jeffords]]
| trainer = [[Oscar White]]
| record = 23: 9-3-3
| earnings =  $245,625
| race = [[Jockey Club Gold Cup]] (1952)<br>[[Empire City Gold Cup]] (1952)<br>[[Travers Stakes]] (1952)<p>
'''[[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|U.S. Triple Crown]] wins:'''<br>[[Belmont Stakes]] (1952)</p>
| awards= [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse|U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt]] (1952)<br>[[American Horse of the Year|DRF United States Horse of the Year]] (1952)
| honors =  
| updated= January 8, 2007
}}
'''One Count''' (1949&ndash;1966) was an American [[Eclipse Award|Champion]] [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]]. Owned and [[horse breeding|bred]] by [[Walter M. Jeffords, Sr.]], and raced by his wife, Sarah, he was a son of the 1943 [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|U.S. Triple Crown]] Champion, [[Count Fleet]].

==Racing career==
One Count did not start in the [[Kentucky Derby]], the first race of the U.S. Triple Crown series. However, under future [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] [[jockey]] [[Eddie Arcaro]], he finished third in the [[Preakness Stakes]] then, sent off at 13/1 odds by the [[gambling|bettors]], he won the [[Belmont Stakes]] by 2½ lengths.

En route to being voted [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Male Horse|U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt]] and winning [[Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year|United States Horse of the Year]] honors, One Count also won 1953's [[Jockey Club Gold Cup]] and the [[Travers Stakes]] plus he earned a second in both the [[Withers Stakes|Withers]] and [[Lawrence Realization Stakes]]. In the Horse of the Year poll conducted by the publishers of ''[[Daily Racing Form]]'' he received 19 votes to finish ahead of the two-year-old [[Native Dancer]] (6 votes)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9ZVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j0ENAAAAIBAJ&pg=1078,2616842&dq=one-count+horse-of-the-year&hl=en |title= Name One Count Horse of the Year|publisher=Greensburg Daily Tribune  |date=1952-11-24 |access-date=2012-02-27}}</ref> In a poll by ''Turf and Sport Digest'' magazine he finished second to Native Dancer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KKxaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Yk8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3415,2094278&dq=native-dancer+horse-of-the-year&hl=en |title=Native Dancer Horse of the Year |publisher=St. Petersburg Times |date=1952-12-20 |access-date=2012-02-27}}</ref>

Racing at age four in 1953, One Count had little success. He finished off the board in the [[Suburban Handicap]], won by [[Tom Fool]], and had his best effort in the [[Gallant Fox Handicap]] at [[Aqueduct Racetrack]] where he finished third.

==Stud career==
One Count had only modest success at [[horse breeding|stud]] but did [[Father|sire]] Hasty Queen II, the 1984 Broodmare of the Year in the United States.

==Sire line tree==
{{tree list}}
*'''One Count'''<!--b. 1949--><ref>[https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/SireLineschts/SireLineDAKingFergus.html Darley Arabian Sire Line: King Fergus Branch]</ref><ref>[https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/KingFergus.htm Sire Line: King Fergus]</ref><ref>[https://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/one-count.html American Classic Pedigree: One Count]</ref>
**Sharp Count<!--b. 1959-->
**Water Prince<!--b. 1960-->
***Duck Dance<!--b. 1967-->
**Handsome Boy<!--b. 1963-->
***Arbees Boy<!--b. 1970-->
**Beau Marker<!--b. 1965-->
{{tree list/end}}

==References==
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{{Belmont Stakes Winners}}
{{American Horse of the Year winners}}
[[Category:1949 racehorse births]]
[[Category:1966 racehorse deaths]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Racehorses trained in the United States]]
[[Category:Belmont Stakes winners]]
[[Category:American Champion racehorses]]
[[Category:American Thoroughbred Horse of the Year]]
[[Category:Thoroughbred family 25]]