Smarty Jones Stakes (Parx Racing)
Smarty Jones Stakes may refer to: * Smarty Jones Stakes (Oaklawn Park), a thoroughbred horse race at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas * Smarty Jones Stakes (Parx) The Smarty Jones Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three years olds, over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt track held annually in early September at Parx Casino and Racing racetrack in Bensalem, Penns ...

Smarty Jones Stakes (Oaklawn Park)
The Smarty Jones Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds contested on dirt at a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) run annually in mid-January at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The Smarty Jones is worth $150,000. History Named for the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Smarty Jones, the inaugural race was held on January 21, 2008. It is the first in a series of races – including the Southwest Stakes, Rebel Stakes, and Arkansas Derby – held at Oaklawn that are commonly used as preps for the Kentucky Derby. Note that a second Smarty Jones Stakes, a Grade 3 race for 3-year-olds run at a distance of 1 and 1/16 miles, was created in 2010 and is held at Parx in late August or during Labor Day weekend. Since 2013 the event is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby with qualification points given to the first four placegetters. Records Speed record: * 1:36.32 – Uncontested (2017) Speed record: * lengths - ...
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