{"id":484169,"date":"2026-10-03T19:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/484169\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T19:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:34:11","slug":"thieves-steal-80k-bronze-statue-of-kentucky-derby-winner-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/484169\/","title":{"rendered":"Thieves steal $80K bronze statue of Kentucky Derby winner in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thieves steal $80K bronze statue of Kentucky Derby winner in California<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/057347bd-ee22-46aa-90df-94bdc367f28a_1770245193.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Jennifer Osting\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A bronze statue honoring a Kentucky Derby winner has been stolen in Sacramento, California. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The nearly 7-foot statue of champion thoroughbred Ben Ali was taken from its pedestal after sitting in the area for more than 20 years due to the area&#8217;s connection to horse racing. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The Sacramento Police Department is now investigating the theft of the statue, which is valued at about $80,000, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sacramento\/news\/bronze-statue-kentucky-derby-winner-stolen-sacramento\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to WLKY&#8217;s CBS affiliate KOVR.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Ben Ali won the Run for the Roses in 1886, and his story is tied to the history of the Sacramento area. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The horse was associated with Rancho Del Paso, a large ranch that once covered about 44,000 acres in the area and became known for raising thoroughbred racehorses. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Ben Ali&#8217;s statue was installed along Del Paso Boulevard in 2007 using grant money and funding from the city. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Now, only a bronze hoof remains where it once stood. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">The city said replacing the statue could be difficult because it currently doesn&#8217;t have the funds to do so. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thieves steal $80K bronze statue of Kentucky Derby winner in California SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 A bronze statue honoring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-484169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}