{"id":486424,"date":"2026-10-06T03:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T03:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/486424\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T03:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T03:03:08","slug":"statue-of-kentucky-derby-winning-horse-ben-ali-stolen-in-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/486424\/","title":{"rendered":"Statue of Kentucky Derby winning horse Ben Ali stolen in Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A statue of Ben Ali, the winning horse of the 12th Kentucky Derby, was stolen in California, according to a statement from the Sacramento Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A spokesperson told The Courier Journal that it received a report of a stolen bronze horse sculpture on Del Paso Boulevard Sept. 30. Located near the intersection of Del Paso Boulevard and Winnipeg Street, the statue was cut from its pedestal, and only a bronze hoof remains, <a data-ylk=\"slk:CBS Sacramento reported;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sacramento\/news\/bronze-statue-kentucky-derby-winner-stolen-sacramento\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">CBS Sacramento reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ben Ali, born in Kentucky in 1883, spent most of his life in Sacramento, according to a 2008 report from The Sacramento Bee. During his 42-race career, his wins include the 1885 Hopeful Stakes and the 1886 Kentucky Derby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Sacramento Bee reported that the city installed a &#8220;near-lifesize statue&#8221; of Ben Ali in 2007 as part of a public arts project. According to a <a data-ylk=\"slk:report from CBS Sacramento;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sacramento\/news\/bronze-statue-kentucky-derby-winner-stolen-sacramento\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">report from CBS Sacramento<\/a>, the nearly 7-foot statue is now valued at around $80,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More news: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Investors buy part of historic Hermitage Farm site, including Barn8;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/story\/news\/local\/oldham\/2026\/10\/05\/investors-acquire-part-of-hermitage-farm-including-barn8-restaurant\/92103067007\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Investors buy part of historic Hermitage Farm site, including Barn8<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The Sacramento Police Department encourages any witnesses with information regarding this investigation to contact our department,&#8221; a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The case remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Statue of Kentucky Derby winning horse Ben Ali stolen in Sacramento;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/story\/news\/local\/louisville\/2026\/10\/05\/statue-of-kentucky-derby-winning-horse-stolen-in-sacramento\/92107278007\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Statue of Kentucky Derby winning horse Ben Ali stolen in Sacramento<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A statue of Ben Ali, the winning horse of the 12th Kentucky Derby, was stolen in California, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-486424","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\/486424","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=486424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}