There’s a new bell of the ball in northeastern Colorado Springs.

“Belle” is the recently erected 5,000-pound steel sculpture of a Percheron draft horse by world-renowned Scottish sculptor Andy Scott. She now towers 15 feet high in Norwood Development Group’s new Percheron, a planned community at East Woodmen Road and Banning Lewis Parkway.

Scott, who now lives in Los Angeles, is known for his enormous and iconic horse sculptures; he’s created about two dozen around the globe. People might know him best for “The Kelpies” in Falkirk, Scotland, a pair of 100-feet tall, 300-ton horse heads. The largest equine sculpture in the world has attracted millions of visitors every year since its debut in 2014.

“People always assume I must have grown up with horses, but that’s not the case,” Scott sa

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