Retirement
The end of his racing career was announced August 2, 2004, due to chronic bruising of his ankle bones. He finished his career with 8 wins and one place in nine starts, earning $2,613,155. He also earned a $5 million bonus from Oaklawn Park. His total earnings were $7,613,155.
Smarty Jones stood at stud at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Kentucky, and at one point occupied the same stall that housed Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew throughout his stud career until his death in 2002. Midway is also famous for once being the home of Nantura Stock Farm, where some of the first of America's great racehorses stood, among them the great Lexington and Glencoe, and where several were born, including Ten Broeck and Longfellow. Smarty Jones' first foals were born in 2006 and began racing in 2008. His best runner to date is Backtalk, winner of the 2009 GIII Bashford Manor Stakes at Churchill Downs and GII Sanford Stakes at Saratoga Racecourse.
He now has an early Kentucky Derby prep at Oaklawn named in his honor, the Smarty Jones Stakes, as well as a Labor Day race at Parx Racing and Casino that was inaugurated in 2010 as a replacement for the Pennsylvania Derby, which moved to the final Saturday in September. In addition, a statue will stand at Parx in his honor. Statue at Parx Bensalem PA For the 2012 breeding season, Smarty Jones was relocated to Northview Stallion Station in Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania after shipping to Uruguay for the Southern Hemisphere season.
- 1st - MAIDEN TWO-YEAR-OLDS, Philadelphia Park, November 9, 2003
- 1st - Pennsylvania Nursery, Philadelphia Park, November 22, 2003
- 1st - Count Fleet Stakes, Aqueduct, January 3, 2004
- 1st - Southwest Stakes, Oaklawn Park, February 28, 2004
- 1st - Rebel Stakes, Oaklawn Park, March 20, 2004
- 1st - Arkansas Derby, Oaklawn Park, April 10, 2004
- 1st - Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, May 1, 2004
- 1st - Preakness Stakes, Pimlico, May 15, 2004
- 2nd - Belmont Stakes, Belmont Park, June 5, 2004
Overall record (Starts-1st-2nd-3rd) - 9-8-1-0
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