Oaklawn’s $300,000 Smarty Jones Stakes to be run Monday
At 0h02, on December 31, 2023 • By OAKLAWN PARK
A field of nine is entered Friday in Oaklawn’s $300,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds to be run Monday.
Lengthened from one mile to 1 1/16-miles since last season, The Smarty Jones offers 21 total points (10-5-3-2-1, respectively) to the top five finishers toward starting eligibility for the Kentucky Derby.
Entered, from the rail out, were: Informed Patriot for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, Catching Freedom (Brad Cox), Lagynos (Asmussen), Mystik Dan (Kenny McPeek), Mo Winning (Robertino Diodoro), Gettysburg Address (Cox), Just Steel (D. Wayne Lukas), Chaperone (Ron Moquett) and Fidget (Cox).
Just Steel exits a victory in the $225,500 Ed Brown Stakes at 6 ½ furlongs Nov. 25 at Churchill Downs. Informed Patriot and Gettysburg Address finished third and fourth, respectively, in the $200,000 G3-Street Sense Stakes Oct. 29 at Churchill Downs. Mo Winning was a supplemental nominee.
Probable post time for the Smarty Jones, the ninth of 10 races, is 5:14 p.m. Racing begins at 1:30 p.m.
