Coal Front colt tallied a third stakes victory and second in a Kentucky Derby qualifying race Saturday at the Hot Springs, Ark. track ...

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,” Cox said. “I ...

The projected seven-horse Renaissance field includes Perfect Magic and Three Echoes, both unraced since finishing third and ...

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 ...

Jeff Matty was only 13 when Smarty Jones captured the collective heart of the horse racing world by coming within a length of ...

Brisset doesn't expect to have a starter in the $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds Jan. 1 at Oaklawn Park. But the trainer has eight nominees, a number that reflects the type of stock he ...

One year ago, the Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park served as the introduction to the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail for eventual winner Mystik Dan . Eight newly turned 3-year-olds will attempt to ...

Saturday's $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes is the first of four Road to the Kentucky Derby races to be run at Oaklawn Park and will start to tell us which 3-year-olds are worthy of participating in ...

Built looks to build on his Kentucky Derby credentials Saturday in New Orleans; two of December's heros return to Group 1 ...