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.