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 ...

The Mockingbird and Smarty Jones, races seven and 10, respectively, highlight the first Saturday card of 2025. Both are for newly turned 3-year-olds -- the $150,000 Mockingbird for fillies and the ...

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 ...

A field of eight was entered Sunday for the $250,000 Smarty Jones, a 1 1/16-mile event Saturday that begins Oaklawn’s “Road to the Kentucky Derby.” The Smarty Jones will highlight a 10-race ...

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 ...

Coal Front stands at Red River Farms for $2,000 (2025). Describing his feelings about having an early prospect for the May 3 Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs, veteran trainer Lonnie Briley ...

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

Multiple graded winner Fulsome (Into Mischief–Flourish, by Distorted Humor) was represented by his first Kentucky-bred foal ...