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Smarty Jones Retires
Smarty Jones (AP Photo/Equi-Photo, Bill Denver)
Smarty Jones' racing career is over. The 3-year-old red chestnut colt whose bid for thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown came up one length short in the Belmont Stakes was retired Monday because of chronic bruising in his hoofs.
"It's tough," trainer John Servis said. "We had a great ride with him. It seemed there was no bottom to him. We made the decision in the best interests of the horse."
Smarty Jones has not raced since the Belmont and was recently syndicated for about $48 million. He will stand at stud at Three Chimneys Farm near Midway, Ky.
In nine career starts, Smarty Jones won eight races and earned $7,563,535, including a $5 million bonus from Oaklawn Park for victories in the Rebel Stakes, Arkansas Derby and Kentucky Derby.
I will miss his racing, he really got the old ticker pumping, isnt he a fabulous looker? WOOF!
Smarty Jones (AP Photo/Equi-Photo, Bill Denver)
Smarty Jones' racing career is over. The 3-year-old red chestnut colt whose bid for thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown came up one length short in the Belmont Stakes was retired Monday because of chronic bruising in his hoofs.
"It's tough," trainer John Servis said. "We had a great ride with him. It seemed there was no bottom to him. We made the decision in the best interests of the horse."
Smarty Jones has not raced since the Belmont and was recently syndicated for about $48 million. He will stand at stud at Three Chimneys Farm near Midway, Ky.
In nine career starts, Smarty Jones won eight races and earned $7,563,535, including a $5 million bonus from Oaklawn Park for victories in the Rebel Stakes, Arkansas Derby and Kentucky Derby.
I will miss his racing, he really got the old ticker pumping, isnt he a fabulous looker? WOOF!
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Thanks for the story, Yaps.
