Upcoming Stakes for January 24 – 30
The Pegasus World Cup (G1) at Gulfstream Park is the highlight of the weekend’s stakes action, but it is far from the only graded contest taking place. The $9 million extravaganza is joined this year […]
Smarty Jones
Gray Attempt tries two turns in Smarty Jones
Gray Attempt passed his initial stakes test in the December 22 Sugar Bowl at Fair Grounds, dominating the six-furlong event gate to wire, and was flattered when the runner-up and third-place finisher came back to […]
Mourinho Blitzes Smarty Jones Field in Gate-To-Wire Romp
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — For the second time in three days, a West Coast-based horse shipped east to the South and left with 10 Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points. On Monday at Oaklawn Park it […]
Top 5 Bets To Make on Smarty Jones day 2018 card at Oaklawn Park
As you can see from the At-A-Glance statistics below from the first three days (27 races) of the Oaklawn Park meeting, it’s been tough sledding for chalk players with only 22% of favorites winning and […]
How to bet the 2018 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park
The scratch of Navistar in the Smarty Jones Stakes (click for FREE Brisnet.com Ultimate Past Performances) affected favored #4 Mourinho in both similar and adverse ways: It eases the West Coast shipper’s burden on the front […]
Mourinho, Navistar bring notable formlines into Smarty Jones
Oaklawn Park’s series of Kentucky Derby (G1) preps commences with Monday’s $150,000 Smarty Jones, and the shippers are invading Hot Springs for Bob Baffert, Todd Pletcher, and Steve Asmussen. Baffert has historically had success taking […]
Colonelsdarktemper entering Smarty Jones in peak condition
Coming off a career-best performance in the West Virginia Derby (G3) and with two sharp interim works at Churchill Downs, Colonelsdarktemper rates highly in Monday’s $300,000 Smarty Jones (G3) at Parx Racing. A local 1 […]
Elliott to receive Woolf Award
Forever linked to 2004 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness (G1) champion Smarty Jones, jockey Stewart Elliott now has another place in racing history: as the 68th winner of the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, […]
Uncontested, Petrov work for Southwest
Edited Press Release Uncontested and Petrov, the respective one-two finishers of the January 16 Smarty Jones Stakes, worked over Oaklawn Park’s fast track Sunday morning in preparation for their scheduled starts in the $500,000 Southwest […]
Petrov, Uncontested breeze for Southwest; Chief Know It All joins Southwest conversation
Edited Press Release Smarty Jones S. runner-up Petrov breezed four furlongs in :48 over Oaklawn Park’s fast main track on Saturday ahead of an expected rematch with Smarty Jones winner Uncontested in the February 20 […]