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  • Smarty Jones
24
Apr
  • Edward Bowen
  • National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
  • Smarty Jones

Smarty Jones leads new Hall of Fame inductees

  • The Biz / 2 years
  • 23
  • 4 min read

Pennsylvania-bred Smarty Jones heads up the list of seven inductees to the national racing Hall of Fame.

28
Feb
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Smarty Jones

Documentary focuses on improbable Smarty Jones journey

  • Press Release / 2 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

With Smarty Jones now a finalist for the national racing Hall of Fame, a free documentary chronicles his improbable tale.

27
Feb
  • Graham Motion
  • John Servis
  • Maryland horse racing
  • National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Smarty Jones

“Nothing I ever imagined”: Motion, Smarty Hall of Fame finalists

  • Emily White / 2 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Reflections from Hall of Fame finalist Graham Motion and John Servis, who trained another Hall candidate in Smarty Jones.

20
Apr
  • John Servis
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Smarty Jones

BackTracks: Smarty Jones’s magical ride

  • Jennifer Kelly / 4 years
  • 2
  • 10 min read

In a new BackTracks: PA-bred Smarty Jones was a serious racehorse, but there was more to his popularity than that.

Anna's Bandit
17
Sep
  • Anna's Bandit
  • Clubman
  • Fiber Sonde
  • Great Notion
  • Jump Start
  • mid-Atlantic breeding
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Not for Love
  • Smarty Jones

On breeding: In with the… old?

  • George Adams / 7 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

While the stallion and breeding business often focuses on what’s new and shiny, several regional sires are striking a blow for the tried and true.

29
Aug
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Smarty Jones

Smarty Jones to make Parx Racing appearance Monday

  • Press Release / 7 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Smarty Jones – dual classic winner in 2004 – will return to his home track of Parx Racing for a Labor Day celebration also featuring several stakes.

15
May
  • Gary Stevens
  • John Servis
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Preakness Memories
  • Smarty Jones
  • Triple Crown

Preakness Memories: Smarty Jones and the almost Triple

  • Chelsea Lowman / 7 years
  • 1
  • 8 min read

Our Preakness Memories series reaches back to tell the stories of past Preakness winners. Here, 2004 winner Smarty Jones.

Laurel Park
03
May
  • Julian Pimentel
  • Laurel Park
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Parx Racing
  • Smarty Jones
  • Win Win Win

Win Win Win, Smarty Jones, and more: The week in social media

  • Chelsea Lowman / 8 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Win Win Win readies for the Derby, Smarty Jones redux, and more, in the week in social media.

15
May
  • Black-Eyed Susan S.
  • John Servis
  • Joint Return
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Smarty Jones

Rooting interests: ‘Joint’ Returns Servis to Pimlico

  • Doug McCoy / 12 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

A decade ago, John Servis and Smarty Jones were the toast of Baltimore. Servis will be back Friday, when Joint Return runs in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.

26
Sep
  • Bullsbay
  • Jump Start
  • Not for Love
  • Partner's Hero
  • Polish Numbers
  • Smart Strike
  • Smarty Jones
  • Street Magician
  • Two Punch

Fasig-Tipton sale by the numbers

  • The Biz / 13 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

The annual Fasig-Tipton yearling sale takes place on Monday — and The Racing Biz has crunched the numbers.

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