For all his abundant talent, the Smarty Jones story is as much about what one observer simply described as “something else” going on. Smarty Jones won the 2004 Preakness. So it was a gradual increase starting from the Southwest all the way through to the Arkansas Derby,” Servis remembered. The Chapmans, concerned about what might happen if Smarty Jones raced again, opted to retire their Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner. He remembers being with sons Tyler and Blaine as they led Smarty Jones down the track:“People were hollering and screaming.

Source: New York Times April 20, 2023 15:16 UTC