Horse Racing

Bell’s The One to Skip Breeders’ Cup, Now Prepare For Stars Sale Night


A few weeks ago Bell’s The One (Majesticperfect – Street Mate, by Street Cry {Ire}) launched her career, her coach Neil Pessin set aside a few bucks to bet on the promising juvenile. But in the days leading up to the race, he started rethinking the idea.

Every morning when Bell’s The One was out at a gallop, the young would stop in the middle of the track, somewhere around the sixteenth post, and wouldn’t move. Pessin would have to go to the track, red with frustration, to lead her to the warehouse.

He slashed his bet dramatically the morning of her launch just to see a few hours after she won easily at Arlington, paying $67.80 to win.

That was the last time Pessin had entered the race with full confidence in Bell’s The One. Four years on from her first career win, Bell’s The One is now a five-time rating bet winner with over $2 million in earnings and has raked in her winnings in each of her five seasons on the road. race.

“Every time I lead her, I expect her to win,” says Pessin. “If she gets hit, it’s human error or… well, usually it’s human error. If she runs her race and she shows up, which she usually does, then she’s hard to beat. She gives you 110% each time. I was as confident as anyone in the race when I put the reins on her.”

While Bell’s the One was originally slated to run during the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, Pessin and her ties made the decision on Tuesday to skip the championship meeting.

“She had a small setback that kept us from running,” her coach said. “I always said that if she wasn’t 100 per cent, we wouldn’t go. She could be 95% or 99%, but we don’t take that opportunity with her. It’s just a matter of time. If we had three more weeks we might be able to run, but she’s been right with me for five years so I have to get her right for this race. But she won the right to be there. “

While Bell’s The One won’t make it to the Breeders’ Cup starting gate, she’ll be in the spotlight over the next few weeks for the Fasig-Tipton ‘Night of the Stars’ sale. Until then, she will stay at Pessin’s barn at Churchill Downs.

“She is still in light training,” explains Pessin. “We wanted to keep her routine the same. She will work out just to keep her looking good. She is doing very well. She was six then seven and she got better and better every year. “

Bell’s The One, the most easily achieved horse of Pessin’s training career, has been a fixture at the conditioning depot at Churchill Downs over the years. While the 6-year-old mare has grown out of most of the stubborn tendencies she had as a child, Pessin said there was never a question of who ran the stables.

“Oh, she’s the queen,” he said. “She told us what to do. She told me how to train her and when to let her run. She can get, at least, 50 mints a day. But that is amazing.”

Pessin chose Bell’s The One for Bob Lothenbach’s Lothenbach at the July 2017 Fasig-Tipton Sale. Attracted to hybrid Bret Jones for her athleticism and cat-walking manners, they took it home. daughter Majesticperfect for $155,000.

“We thought it was a pretty good deal at the time, but it turned out she was even more athletic than she aspired to be,” Pessin said. “She’s always shown her ability from the very first day we worked for her.”

Undefeated in three starts including winning the bet on two and GII winner Raven Run S. in third, Bell’s The One had its exceptional win in fourth with a final win. ending with the previous image GISW Serengeti Empress (alternate) in the GI Derby City Distaff S. 2020 on the Kentucky Derby card.

This achievement not only marks the first level I victory for Bell’s the One, but also for her trainer, who runs a stable with about 15 horses.

“Winning that race was incredibly gratifying for me, it was for her,” Pessin said. “I don’t really care about all that. I don’t care if I get an award or get patted on the back. I am interested in horses. When she won, I felt gratified because it showed what quality she has and what a good mare she is.”

Bell’s The One added two more ranking points to her record in fifth place in the GII Honorable Miss H. in Saratoga and the GII Thoroughbred Club of America S. This year, the 6-year-old came in second in the competition. GI Madison S. and most recently won two lucrative stock contests at Churchill Downs.

While the Bell’s The One fan club has grown over the years, Pessin says that two of the mare’s biggest admirers are her jockey Corey Lanerie, who has joined all but 27 times started her career, and her owner is Bob Lothenbach.

“I can’t tell you how great Bob trained,” says Pessin. “He doesn’t interfere with what we do every day or the races we choose. He just loves sports and he is a great owner. He also cares about the horses.”

When Bell’s The One returns to Fasig-Tipton, where her story began in 2017, for the ‘Night of the Stars’ Sale, she’ll be selling as Hips 267 with Taylor Made Sales.

While the millionaire’s stellar race record speaks volumes, Fasig-Tipton’s Boyd Browning says mares pedigree will be equally appealing to buyers. Her damn Street Mate (Street Cry {Ire}) was bred by successful breeder Edward Evans and her production record boasts six winners out of many races including including GIII Knickerbocker S. victor King Cause (Creative cause).

“I think Bell’s The One is truly a one-of-a-kind pedigree,” Browning said. “It really reflects the breeding program that was so important to Ned Evans. She judged that the type of horse Ned wanted to raise was a Grade I horse, durable, steadfast, and with a heart. “

“Bell’s The One has all the ingredients to be a successful producer,” he continued. “She tries every time. She has a pedigree. She has heart. She has the speed, but she also has the class in her pedigree that will allow her deceased people to carry that speed some distance. She is just a huge prospect capable of producing great racehorses for the next generation. “

While she’ll soon be an important addition to someone’s broodmare band, Bell’s The One will be greatly missed by returning to the Pessin barn and her empty stall overlooking Longfield Avenue in Churchill Down will go unnoticed.

“When Bell leaves the barn, there will be a huge hole,” Pessin admitted. “It will not be a hole that will be filled. It will just be a void for a while. I will miss walking down to the barn and playing with her and feeding her mint. I’ll remember taking her there, knowing you’ll win the race. It’s a special feeling, just to have her here. “

Pessin may soon part ways with the most successful horse he’s ever trained so far, but one thing he’s sure of.

“I would go see her wherever she went,” he said. “Whatever farm she’s on, I’ll be there. If she goes to Japan, I will go to Japan. They will have to be ready for me to come. And if she threw away the athleticism she has for her ponies, I think she would be a great model.”

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