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Smarty Jones

Owner(s):
Roy Chapman  -  Someday Farm
Trainer:
John C. Servis
Bred:
Pennsylvania (USA) by Someday Farm
Pedigree:
Elusive Quality  -  I'll Get Along  by  Smile
Rating:
 
 
Aug 23 2007
Smarty Jones and Stewart Elliott win the Kentucky Derby
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What the Nation is saying about Smarty Jones...

Can you imagine coming so close to achieving your most incredible dream only to have it snatched away from you by the narrowest of margins? The connections of these ten horses certainly can. I hope you enjoy my Top 10 near misses... Read More
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  • zxswordxz · It is comical to see the comment "pin head rider". The jockey is there for the ride and the horse run. Great horses overcome bad ride. - I wonder who made those comments... · 11 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · The majority of people who work daily with them, i.e. horseman's bookkeeper, correctly gave them that title...These are people who came by their careers the hard way often starting in the lowest rungs of their profession and bypassing most formal education....Horses run, riders are passengers. · 10 days ago ·
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Shortly after D. Wayne Lukas won his first Kentucky Derby with the filly Winning Colors back in 1988, Restless Heart had a top 5 hit on the country music chart called Big Dreams in a Small Town. The lyrics began as follows… “Big dreams in a small town, eighteen and glory bound. Nothing here to tie u...Read More
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  • amino998 · Which mind? · 25 days ago ·
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  • racefansan · Almost. He got post 17. But he keeps Jon Court, and that's a big plus. · 24 days ago ·
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For the third consecutive year, Smarties foals have earned him 5 million in just one year. Not too shabby
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  • Jay S. · SEE!!! I told you! :) · 27 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · Smarty, the one the pedigree EXPERTS said couldn't run the distances · 27 days ago ·
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35 years and counting, Triple Crowns of the past are now just a wonderful, but distant memory.Read More
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  • travel_vic · I saw three of them I am glad to say, many misses too....Thought Swale would have done it. · 28 days ago ·
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  • CauseForConcern · The list is many, but, how about Hansel? · 28 days ago ·
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Proving that you do not need to be old to be a legend, Bodemeister is the subject of today’s Arkansas Derby Legend.Read More
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  • CauseForConcern · Brian, Bodemeister was magnificent in opening people's eyes of his potential. Sorry that I was harping on Curlin. I always look forward to your story. · 44 days ago ·
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  • BrianZipse · Thank you, CauseForConcern. · 44 days ago ·
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The 2013 Kentucky Derby trail travels through Hot Springs, Arkansas, this Saturday for the G2 Rebel Stakes. The $600,000 race is the final prep for the G1 Arkansas Derby next month. There's no shortage of talent as a strong field of 11 competitors will be battling for points towards gaining entry in...Read More
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  • rafirox · Nice, amdaman. · 70 days ago ·
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  • amdaman · Tks · 70 days ago ·
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Let’s take a peek at the excellent history of Rebel Stakes runners to have gone on to win the Derby, Preakness, or Belmont.Read More
  • mikemoss13 · Smarty Jones, with Curlin close behind. The year Smarty was here was just magical!! · 71 days ago ·
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  • AndyScoggin · Great history in the Rebel, not sure that this year's running will produce a Derby Star. · 70 days ago ·
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This year the Swale drew a nearly full field of thirteen despite the fact that there are not any Derby points on the line.Read More
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  • Mary Z. · Long shot: Clearly Now. · 84 days ago ·
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  • Mary Z. · Delayed Ahhhhhhh! I was out. · 84 days ago ·
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Why does the hall of fame keep passing up this Champion? Its a joke really!!
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  • kaitlinefree1 · yeah, but Smarty's only loss came in the Belmont. he also battled back from a life threatening skull fracture. · 84 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · there are many who "sneak" into the limelight...If Canoneros is not in, then this one cannot jump the que · 84 days ago ·
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He is amazing!!! He is closely related to my retired race horse!!!!!! <3
Purple Egg, the gelding named for the way Goodwood Racing partner Sven Johnson's wife looked in a purple sweater while pregnant, looks well on his way to making the starting gate of the 2013 Kentucky Derby.Read More
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  • jasen.mangrum · I've heard that Tampa Bay paddock host Margo Flynn is also involved in the partnership of Purple Egg. · 139 days ago ·
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  • AmbitiousD · Lion Heart seems like one of the hottest sires for this year's sophomore class. I had no idea of the 2 unruly failed starts that led to the Egg being gelded, but if he continues to progress in his talent, I hope we see him healthy and racing for many years to come. · 138 days ago ·
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He's got a colt on the ground named It's Smarty Time he looks really good maybe he will be the Smarty baby we have been waiting for... he is just now a 2 year old and out of a mare named "Time To Trick Em".
Mary Cage, a sixteen-year-old fan of racing, has just joined Horse Racing Nation! I am eager to join this great site for racing, writing about the sport that is my passion.Read More
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  • cpsoren121 · Welcome to the team!! Chicago Dark Horse · 151 days ago ·
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  • AnnaK · After I read this had to read your Miss Fifty story. Both excellent,and so glad you finally got her. Keep up the good work. · 151 days ago ·
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In his quest for the Triple Crown, Smarty Jones touched a nerve in the American psyche that ached for a seemingly impossible dream to come true, for the out-of-control world to suddenly right itself, and for something genuinely good and true to occur. In the end, it turned out, the dream really was ...Read More
  • docbrown · I was the ground level paddock and stretch run video cameraman that Spring at Oaklawn in 2004. We had a lot going on that season since we were celebrating the track's 100th anniversary. We ( the video crew ) weren't that impressed with Smarty's win in the Southwest Stakes at a Mile. It was just a so-so workman like race. But then came the Rebel at a mile and 1/16 and it was as if a voice from the clouds said " I am Smarty Jones and I will win the Kentucky Derby"! When he sucked up the front runners on the turn and turned for home, myself and the main pan-camera man straight up above me had Smarty dead centered in our view finders. Then he re-broke, and I mean RE - BROKE ! My compadre on the pan - camera and myself made unintelligible noises . He shook our cameras and our minds . Then he flew home in about 6 seconds flat for the final 1/16th. I've never seen a more laid-back racehorse in the paddock or post - parade or pre-race warm-ups. But when he approached the gate to load, the ears would come up, the nostrils would flare, and what came out of the front of that gate when the field broke was not the same horse that entered the back of it. He was very, very, special. He was on front pages, editorial pages, nightly TV news , the internet etc., etc. That Spring of 2004 was truly his. I've never seen a horse that wasso popular and loved. · 170 days ago ·
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  • jay s. · Great story docbrown. Thanks for sharing. · 170 days ago ·
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Ohhh boy im not saying hes gonna be great but John servis has a colt named Red Judicata owned by SomeDay Farm sired by smarty jones who servis trained. Let me tell you this colt looks good he won a minor stakes at parx last out by 4lenghts and thats cause jeremy rose eased him up 100 yards from the finish line. He looks great and if he fills out more could be sumtin. Look for him in the Pennsylvania nursey this saturday will be heavy favorite. Just go to blood horse and look at his last race hes 2for3 lifetime. Btw im posting about him here due to he dosent have a profile on here.
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  • doc.jenna · just added him fastalexfan...now you can post under his own name:) · 171 days ago ·
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  • goblin · I saw that race--on the 18th? I agree, Res Judicata looks like he enjoys running; hope he can stretch out over a distance. · 171 days ago ·
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Smarty Jones, 2004 Kentucky and Preakness winner, was retired from racing to stand at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Ky.Read More
I love you smarty jones you are a very good racehorse.Also you have more heart in racing then alot of the other horses out there.:)
Nearing the halfway mark of 2012, who are racing's best of the best? Ashley Tamulonis makes her choices...Read More
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  • TimSmith · She has to enter and win the races though.. its tricky has stats to back up hype...RD need to run in and win 2-4 races depending on which ones to pass IT · 318 days ago ·
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  • Floridaf · Royal Delta has had a light campaign this year. She was fantastic in the Fleur de Lis, but Mott needs to pick it up if he has any hopes of his filly earning another championship. · 318 days ago ·
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What a great horse surrounded by great stories who came heartbreakingly close to the Triple Crown. An emotional campaign with personal significance for me. My father was ill at the time and this was the last Triple Crown season we shared together. The Belmont was the last race he saw (from his hospital bed) and like Smarty Jones, came up short in the end.
Is the Belmont any less special with I'll have Another out? Clocker Molly Jo Rosen says, "Of course not!"Read More

Smarty Jones - Pedigree

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Elusive QualityGone WestMr. Prospector
Secrettame
Touch Of GreatnessHero's Honor
Ivory Wand
I'll Get AlongSmileIn Reality
Sunny Smile
Dont Worry Bout MeFoolish Pleasure
Stolen Base

Smarty Jones - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video06/05/042ndS ElliottBel111 1/2mDBelmont Stakes-G103 MBirdstoneSmarty JonesRoyal Assault2:27.50
View DetailsView Video05/15/041stS ElliottPim121 3/16 mDPreakness Stakes-G103 MSmarty JonesRock Hard TenEddington1:55.59
View DetailsView Video05/01/041stS ElliottCD101 1/4 mDKentucky Derby-G103 MSmarty JonesLion HeartImperialism2:04.06
View DetailsView Video04/10/041stS ElliottOP91 1/8 mDArkansas Derby-G203 MSmarty JonesBorregoPro Prado1:49.41
View DetailsView Video03/20/041stS ElliottOP101 1/16 mD