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Smarty Jones has Sired

Be Smart (dam by Unbridled, 4x4 Mr. Prospector, 4x5 In Reality). $137,200, 2nd Darley Alcibiades S.-G1, maiden special winner at Saratoga (5 1/2f), in 3 starts at 2, 2008. $325,000 Keeneland yearling.

COSMO PIRATE (Storm Cat, 5x4 Secretariat, 5x4 Northern Dancer). $128,179, maiden special winner in Japan (6f in 1:09.4), at 2, 2008.

GO SMARTY GO (Holy Bull). $31,200, maiden special winner by three lengths at Belmont (7f), 4/5 off course record, first time out at 2, 2008.

KEEFER (Seattle Slew, 5x4 Raise a Native, 5x4 Boldnesian). $22,200, maiden special winner at Monmouth (5f), first time out at 2, 2008.

SMART COCO (Mt. Livermore). $18,307, maiden special winner in Ireland (7f), first time out at 2, 2008.

LA EQUIVOCADA (Nureyev, 5x3 Northern Dancer). maiden special winner by 5 lengths 2nd time out at 2, 2008.

Hey Smarty (Dehere, 5x4 Boldnesian). maiden special 2nd (6 1/2f) first time out at 2, 2008.

Rockland (Kris S., 4x4 Mr. Prospector, 5x4 Northern Dancer). maiden special placed at Keeneland (6f Polytrack) first time out at 2, 2008.

Ricoriatoa (Deputy Minister). maiden special placed at Keeneland (7f Polytrack) first time out at 2, 2008.

In 2008, SMARTY JONES has sired six winners and three placed, earning $366,006 through late October, including Be Smart-G12yo.

Smarty Jones remains one of the most captivating champions in American racing history. He is one of just six undefeated Kentucky Derby winners; one of four unbeaten Derby/Preakness winners. His average victory margin through his string of undefeated races was six lengths. He achieved the best Beyer Speed Figures of his crop as a two-year-old and three-year-old. And he retired as the fifth richest American Thoroughbred of all time.

Steve Haskin wrote: "There was nothing about him that wasn't great." Mike Watchmaker said: "He is the one we have been waiting for." Chick Lang, who has seen 60 runnings of the Preakness, called Smarty Jones' Preakness: "One of the best performances I've ever seen."

Smarty Jones' dominating speed and will to win carried him to seven stakes victories and the fastest Thoro-Graph speed figure ever given a three-year-old.

In the Kentucky Derby, he broke from the 13-hole and bulled through traffic then waged a stirring battle before storming home the first undefeated Derby winner since Seattle Slew in 1977.

In the Preakness, he exploded to an 11 and 1/2-length victory in front a record crowd, breaking the margin record that had stood since 1875.

It seemed the entire nation held its breath while Smarty Jones attempted to become the first Triple Crown winner in 26 years. In the Belmont S.-G1 over a sloppy track, he was repeatedly tested by one opponent, then another.

Smarty Jones ran his third quarter in :22.91, the fourth in :23.68. He sped 10 furlongs in 2:00.52­which would have won every Kentucky Derby but four­and still had the lead at the eighth pole. But the fractions and relentless pressure took their toll, and he was passed in the final furlong.

Nine hard races in eight months brought Smarty Jones' career to an end, with eight wins, one second in nine starts, and near-record earnings of $7,613,155. He was voted champion 3-year-old, and runner-up as Horse of the Year.

Smarty Jones is by the prepotent Elusive Quality, a top miler by Gone West whose 75 stakes horses include 2008 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Raven's Pass and 2007 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint winner Maryfield. His dam is a multiple stakes winner, and his next three dams are all stakes mares and stakes producers. Even more crucial, he is a direct descendant of *La Troienne, perhaps the most influential matron in the American Stud Book.

Befitting a champion of his stature, breeders have sent mares of the utmost quality to Smarty Jones every year at stud. The Blood-Horse MarketWatch reports his mares' 2008 CI was 3.31, and 2008 CPI was 4.49. In 2007, the mares' CI was 3.87 and CPI 3.96.

This past year, owners and breeders of Smarty Jones' offspring began seeing returns on their investments. Four of his first five winners were victorious in their career debuts, including wins on dirt and turf. Saratoga star BE SMART-G1 followed up her commanding debut effort with a game second place showing in the Alcibiades S.-G1 over Keeneland's all-weather surface, earning herself a start in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies-G1. Belmont victor GO SMARTY GO also turned heads, winning his first start in near-track record time.