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Smarty Jones
Smarty Jones (February 28, 2001) is a champion Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and came second in the Belmont Stakes. He is currently the second-oldest living Kentucky Derby winner, after Silver Charm.
Smarty Jones is a third-generation descendant of Mr. Prospector, and as such Smarty Jones is related to many Triple Crown hopefuls including Funny Cide, Afleet Alex, and Fusaichi Pegasus. Also included in his pedigree are Triple Crown winners Secretariat, Count Fleet, War Admiral, Gallant Fox and Omaha, and Classic race winners Northern Dancer, Foolish Pleasure and Man o' War.
Smarty Jones is the product of Pat and Roy "Chappy" Chapman's winningest horse, the multiple-stakes-winning mare I'll Get Along, and the record-setting sprinter Elusive Quality. He was born in February 2001 at Fairthorne Farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania. His Dosage Index of 3.40 suggested that he might be capable of competing in the classics.
He was named after Milly "Smarty Jones" McNair, the mother of co-owner Pat Chapman. The two shared a birthday, and Mrs. Chapman wanted to honor her late mother. She said the horse was a strong-willed actor from birth and her mother too was a bit of a smart aleck as a child who had gotten the nickname "Smarty."
The Chapmans originally hired Bobby Camac to train Smarty Jones, but in December 2001, Camac and his wife were murdered by Camac's stepson, Wade Russell, who was eventually convicted and sentenced to 28 years in prison. "It was a total shock, numbing," Roy Chapman said. "We didn't know what to do next."
This tragedy, combined with Roy Chapman's failing health, resulted in the Chapmans' decision to disband their small breeding operation, retaining only Smarty Jones and another horse. By 2003, Chapman had sold the Someday Farm property and moved into a smaller home, training only four horses.
In 2002, Smarty Jones was sent to Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Florida, to prepare for racing.
In 2003, the Chapmans selected John Servis as Smarty Jones' trainer. On July 27, 2003, Servis was schooling Smarty Jones at the starting gate when the colt spooked, reared, and smashed his head on the top of the gate. He fell to the ground unconscious, blood pouring from his nostrils. Servis thought the horse was dead, but Smarty Jones regained consciousness and was treated by Dr. Dan Hanf, who stopped the hemorrhaging and treated him for shock. After the bleeding stopped, the colt's head began to swell from the middle of his forehead over to his left eye. Dr. Hanf and assistant trainer Maureen Donnelly kept watch on the horse and kept him at the barn overnight. Hanf had seen the eye before the swelling and was confident the eye itself was not damaged but knew the horse must have sustained a fracture due to the excessive swelling.
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Smarty Jones
Smarty Jones (February 28, 2001) is a champion Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and came second in the Belmont Stakes. He is currently the second-oldest living Kentucky Derby winner, after Silver Charm.
Smarty Jones is a third-generation descendant of Mr. Prospector, and as such Smarty Jones is related to many Triple Crown hopefuls including Funny Cide, Afleet Alex, and Fusaichi Pegasus. Also included in his pedigree are Triple Crown winners Secretariat, Count Fleet, War Admiral, Gallant Fox and Omaha, and Classic race winners Northern Dancer, Foolish Pleasure and Man o' War.
Smarty Jones is the product of Pat and Roy "Chappy" Chapman's winningest horse, the multiple-stakes-winning mare I'll Get Along, and the record-setting sprinter Elusive Quality. He was born in February 2001 at Fairthorne Farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania. His Dosage Index of 3.40 suggested that he might be capable of competing in the classics.
He was named after Milly "Smarty Jones" McNair, the mother of co-owner Pat Chapman. The two shared a birthday, and Mrs. Chapman wanted to honor her late mother. She said the horse was a strong-willed actor from birth and her mother too was a bit of a smart aleck as a child who had gotten the nickname "Smarty."
The Chapmans originally hired Bobby Camac to train Smarty Jones, but in December 2001, Camac and his wife were murdered by Camac's stepson, Wade Russell, who was eventually convicted and sentenced to 28 years in prison. "It was a total shock, numbing," Roy Chapman said. "We didn't know what to do next."
This tragedy, combined with Roy Chapman's failing health, resulted in the Chapmans' decision to disband their small breeding operation, retaining only Smarty Jones and another horse. By 2003, Chapman had sold the Someday Farm property and moved into a smaller home, training only four horses.
In 2002, Smarty Jones was sent to Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Florida, to prepare for racing.
In 2003, the Chapmans selected John Servis as Smarty Jones' trainer. On July 27, 2003, Servis was schooling Smarty Jones at the starting gate when the colt spooked, reared, and smashed his head on the top of the gate. He fell to the ground unconscious, blood pouring from his nostrils. Servis thought the horse was dead, but Smarty Jones regained consciousness and was treated by Dr. Dan Hanf, who stopped the hemorrhaging and treated him for shock. After the bleeding stopped, the colt's head began to swell from the middle of his forehead over to his left eye. Dr. Hanf and assistant trainer Maureen Donnelly kept watch on the horse and kept him at the barn overnight. Hanf had seen the eye before the swelling and was confident the eye itself was not damaged but knew the horse must have sustained a fracture due to the excessive swelling.
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