The Smarty Jones winner had shipped to trainer Lonnie Briley's string at Delta Downs to escape bad weather in Hot Springs ...

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 ...

When finishing fifth in last year's Preakness Stakes, the D. Wayne Lukas trainee suffered a fracture in his right front leg ...

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 ...

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