Bell's the One

Bell’s the One opened her career with four straight wins, showing her versatility by winning races on the all-weather track at Arlington Park, dirt, and turf. During the winning streak she scored by a half-length in the Letellier Memorial Stakes in her final start at two and by a half-length again in her 3-year-old bow on the grass in the Allen Black Cat LaCombe Memorial Stakes in March 2019.

The Majesticperfection filly made her graded stakes debut in the Grade 1 Central Bank Ashland Stakes and was unaplaced. She finished second in the Grade 2 Eight Belles Stakes presented by Derby City Gaming on the Longines Kentucky Oaks undercard.

Bell’s the One tested Grade 1 competition again in the Acorn Stakes June 8 at Belmont Park but faded to seventh. After running second to rising star Covfefe in the Dogwood Stakes at Churchill Downs in September, Bell’s the One earned a breakthrough graded stakes win when she closed from last to first to win the Grade 2 Lexus Raven Run Stakes by 1 ¼ lengths Oct. 19 at Keeneland. She was unplaced in the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes in the final start of her 3-year-old season.

After running a troubled seventh on grass in the Mardi Gras Stakes at Fair Grounds in her 4-year-old bow, Bell's the One returned to the main track May 30 for the Grade 3 Winning Colors Stakes at Churchill Downs and closed from well off the pace to reel in Break Even and Mia Mischief for a dominant victory.

Bell’s the One was compromised by a slow pace in her next start when third in the Grade 1 Madison Stakes July 11 at Keeneland. She more than made amends in her next start when she closed powerfully to catch 2019 Longines Kentucky Oaks winner Serengeti Empress in the final jump to win the Grade 1 Derby City Distaff Presented by Derby City Gaming by a nose Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs. She followed with a third-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint Nov. 7 at Keeneland.

After finishing second and fourth in her first two starts of the year, both in Grade 1 stakes, Bell's the One earned her first stakes win of 2021 in the Roxelana Overnight Stakes at Churchill on June 19, 2021. She took charge in the stretch and held off favored Sconsin for the victory. The next start after that, Bell's the One picked up another graded stakes win with a last-to-first score in the Grade 2 Honorable Miss Stakes at Saratoga on July 28. She dueled late with Lake Avenue before prevailing by a neck under Corey Lanerie.

Bell's the One narrowly missed in the Open Mind Stakes next out at Churchill Downs, but bounced back with a come-from-behind victory in the Grade 2 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes at Keeneland on Oct. 9. She earned a spot in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Del Mar on Nov. 6 with that win.

The connections of Bell's the One elected not to send her to the 2021 Breeders' Cup. Instead, she competed locally in the Dream Supreme Stakes at Churchill on Nov. 13. She surged in the last eighth to a one-length victory, her fourth win of the season.

Given a freshening after a seven-race campaign as a 5-year-old, Bell’s the One made her 6-year-old bow in the Grade 1 Madison Stakes April 9, 2022, at Keeneland. She rallied from last to take the lead in the stretch but could not hold off the late charge of Just One Time in a game second-place finish.

Following a fourth-place finish in the Grade 1 Derby City Distaff on May 7 and a third-place finish in the Grade 3 Chicago Stakes on June 25, Bell's the One got back into the winner's circle on Aug. 13 at Churchill Downs in the Tady Tak Stakes. Her next outing produced another win at Churchill Downs when she defeated two rivals in the $300,000 Open Mind Stakes on Sept. 17.