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==Stud career== The end of his racing career was announced on August 2, 2004, due to chronic bruising of his ankle bones. Smarty Jones finished his career with 8 wins and one place in nine starts, earning $2,613,155. He also earned a $5 million bonus from Oaklawn Park. His total earnings were $7,613,155. Smarty Jones stood at stud at [[Three Chimneys Farm]] in [[Midway, Kentucky]], and at one point occupied the same stall that had previously housed Triple Crown winner [[Seattle Slew]].<ref>http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/farm-management/farm-management-09-20-08.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211075357/http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/farm-management/farm-management-09-20-08.aspx|date=December 11, 2021}} "Derby winners, down on the farm" [[Thoroughbred Times]], Rosenberg, Dan (at thoroughbredtimes.com)</ref> Smarty Jones' first foals were born in 2006 and began racing in 2008. He now stands at Rodney Eckenrode's Equistar Farm near Annville, Pa. and has sired numerous stakes winners, many graded, including Grade I winner Centralinteligence (bred by Pat Chapman, breeder/owner of Smarty Jones), Singapore Derby winning filly Better Life, Japanese record setter Keiai Gerbera, Panama Champion Smart DNA, Uruguayan Champion 2 years Bamba y Bamba and Backtalk, winner of the 2009 GIII [[Bashford Manor Stakes]] at Churchill Downs and GII [[Sanford Stakes]] at Saratoga Racecourse and a stallion at Bridlewood in Florida, to name a few. He now has an early Kentucky Derby prep at Oaklawn named in his honor, the Smarty Jones Stakes, as well as a [[Labor Day]] race at Parx Racing and Casino that was inaugurated in 2010 as a replacement for the [[Pennsylvania Derby]], which moved to the final Saturday in September. In addition, a statue will stand at Parx in his honor. [http://slotfanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=116&d=1348711840 Statue at Parx Bensalem PA] For the 2016 breeding season, Smarty Jones was relocated to Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, after shipping to Uruguay for the Southern Hemisphere season.<ref>[http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/61411/smarty-jones-to-shuttle-to-uruguay#ixzz1K1t6EPxm Smarty Jones to shuttle to Uruguay]</ref><ref>[http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/61411/smarty-jones-to-shuttle-to-uruguay#ixzz1K1slwUrq Racing record]</ref> Smarty Jones had his first grade I winner with Centralinteligence who won the 2013 GI Triple Bend Handicap. Nasa won the Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes in 2014, the same race his sire Smarty Jones won in 2003.
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