He then moved to Calumet Farm near Lexington, Kentucky, for 2016 and stood there through 2018 before moving again, this time to Equistar in Pennsylvania. He next moved to Northview Stallion Station's Pennsylvania division in 2012, where he stood through 2015.

In November 2010, he moved to Ghost Ridge Farm in Pennsylvania, where he stood in 2011. Smarty Jones entered stud in 2005 at Three Chimneys Farm. As Smarty's stud career progressed, Pat Chapman repurchased a number of shares in him to ensure that she would retain control over her beloved horse.

Following the Triple Crown series, the Chapmans retained a 50 percent interest in Smarty Jones (which passed to Pat Chapman's sole ownership after Roy Chapman's death in 2006) the other 50 percent was syndicated at a price yielding a total valuation of US$39 million for the colt. Led the Uruguayan general sire list in 2017.īamba y Bamba (URU), Better Life (USA), Centralinteligence (USA), Smart D N A (USA)įoaled in Pennsylvania, Smarty Jones was bred and owned by Roy and Pat Chapman's Someday Farm.Those who know him well have described him as highly intelligent and with a dominant attitude.Īccording to Jockey Club records, Smarty Jones has sired 31 stakes winners as of J. He had a smooth, efficient stride when racing and preferred cruising on or near the lead. Rated at 128 pounds on the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings for 2004, tops among 3-year-olds worldwide and 2 pounds below the world's highest-rated racehorse, the 4-year-old Ghostzapper.Ī chestnut horse, Smarty Jones is well balanced but fairly ordinary looking and not particularly correct in front, although he has a good shoulder and an excellent hind leg. 2nd Belmont Stakes (USA-G1, 12FD, Belmont)Įclipse Award, American champion 3-year-old male (2004).Won Count Fleet Stakes (USA-L, 8f+70yD, Aqueduct).Won Southwest Stakes (USA-L, 8FD, Oaklawn).

Won Rebel Stakes (USA-L, 8.5FD, Oaklawn).Won Arkansas Derby (USA-G2, 9FD, Oaklawn).Won Preakness Stakes (USA-G1, 9.5FD, Pimlico).Won Kentucky Derby (USA-G1, 10FD, Churchill Downs).Won Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes (USA-R, 7FD, Philadelphia Park).He has not lived up to expectations as a stallion. The colt never returned to the track after bruising at the distal ends of all four cannon bones was discovered prior to a planned start in the Pennsylvania Derby (USA-G2). Whether jockey Stewart Elliott moved too soon or whether the colt became rank because of pressure from other runners whose jockeys seemed to be riding to beat the favorite rather than to win the race, Smarty Jones went to the lead midway down the backstretch and opened up by daylight coming around the final turn but had nothing left to stave off the relentless closing run of Birdstone. Unfortunately, the Belmont Stakes (USA-G1) proved his undoing. After reeling off eight straight wins to begin his career, including the 2004 Kentucky Derby-Presented by Yum! Brands (USA-G1) and the Preakness Stakes (USA-G1), Smarty Jones could probably have run for President of the United States and won.

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