The former drew a field of 13 3-year-olds, including the colt ranked third on the NTRA poll. G1 Breeders' Futurity winner ...

It came splashing toward the finish line Saturday at Churchill Downs in the form of Smarty Jones. A diminutive, modestly bred colt from Pennsylvania who nearly died last spring, Smarty Jones ...

Trainer Brad Cox has captured three of the last four runnings of Oaklawn Park's Smarty Jones, which begins the Hot Springs track's “Road to the Kentucky Derby.” “It’s been a good race ...

Marcus Swiontek didn’t grow up around horses. He didn’t spend his childhood traveling to riding events. He played golf and other sports offered at Jordan High School. Then came a horse ...

COAL BATTLE wins the 2025 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park Coady Media/Shelby Ridgway COAL BATTLE wins the 2025 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park Coady Media/Kurtis Coady COAL BATTLE wins the ...

Trainer Ron Moquett has run horses in both races, though the Hot Springs native is not bashful about preferring the Arkansas ...

A field of five Kentucky Derby hopefuls face the starter in Southern California, while both the Withers and the Holy Bull ...