Grade 1 winner Bell's the One will bypass the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint on Saturday, Nov. 5 at Keeneland, and she will instead go straight to the Fasig-Tipton November Sale, Thoroughbred Daily News reports.
“She had a minor setback that will prevent us from running,” trainer Neil Pessin told the TDN. “I've always said that if she's not 100 percent, we're not going. She could be 95 percent or 99 percent, but we're not taking that chance with her. It's just a timing thing. If we had three more weeks we would probably be able to run, but she has done right by me for five years so I've got to do right by her for this race. But she earned her right to be there.”
Pessin said the 6-year-old Majesticperfection mare remains in light training at his Churchill Downs barn, in part to keep her looking in shape for the sale on Nov. 6.
Owned by Lothenbach Stables, Inc., Bell's the One has won 13 of 27 starts for earnings of $2,000,675. She would have entered the Breeders' Cup on a two-race winning streak at Churchill Downs, taking the Lady Tak Stakes on Aug. 13 and the listed Open Mind Stakes on Sept. 17.
Her accomplished sprinting career has included five graded stakes wins, including the Grade 1 Derby City Distaff Stakes at Churchill Downs in 2021.
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