16 Facts About Smarty Jones

Smarty Jones is a champion Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and came second in the Belmont Stakes.

In 2002, Smarty Jones was sent to Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Florida, to prepare for racing.

Servis thought the horse was dead, but Smarty Jones regained consciousness and was treated by Dr Dan Hanf, who stopped the hemorrhaging and treated him for shock.

Smarty Jones overcame his injuries after three weeks in the hospital and spent more than a month recuperating on the farm.

In January 2004, now racing as a three-year-old, Smarty Jones was given his first major test in the Count Fleet Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York City.

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Smarty Jones won the race by 2¾ lengths, earning $854,800 for the Chapmans along with a bonus of $5 million from Oaklawn Park for sweeping the Rebel Stakes, the Arkansas Derby, and the Kentucky Derby.

On May 15, after appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated, Smarty Jones won the second leg of the Triple Crown with a victory at the 2004 Preakness Stakes by a record margin of 11½ lengths, becoming the first odds-on favorite to win the race since Spectacular Bid in 1979.

Smarty Jones'spopularity increased the attendance of the races by 17,000 people and caused the highest television ratings in 14 years.

Speculation arose that the loss was a result of Elliott allowing Smarty Jones to assume the lead too early when being challenged by several competitors.

Smarty Jones ran the opening mile and a quarter in a time that would have won all but 3 Kentucky Derbys in history and was 8 lengths in front of the show horse.

Smarty Jones carried a record-high $59,000,000 betting pool for the Preakness Stakes, which doubled in amount during the Belmont Stakes.

Smarty Jones finished his career with 8 wins and one place in nine starts, earning $2,613,155.

Smarty Jones stood at stud at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Kentucky, and at one point occupied the same stall that had previously housed Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew.

Smarty Jones' first foals were born in 2006 and began racing in 2008.

Statue at Parx Bensalem PAFor the 2016 breeding season, Smarty Jones was relocated to Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, after shipping to Uruguay for the Southern Hemisphere season.

Smarty Jones had his first grade I winner with Centralinteligence who won the 2013 GI Triple Bend Handicap.