Re: Smarty Jones Retires (486 Views)
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Silver Charm (IP Logged)
Date: August 03, 2004 08:21AM
Agree, disagree, agree, disagree. Boy I'm all over the place. The fast racing and hard campaign was too much to come back from this year, not a problem. Run him next year and you enhance that resume. Think Silver Charm. Rested after the Belmont had a great four year old year.
But the rich Mr. Prospector pedigree made Smarty a very valuable commodity in the eyes of some very smart people (R. Clay and company) so they jumped in with both hands full of cash. Now things get hairy.
Run next year stubb your toe and wave bye bye to the demand for him as a Stallion.
Also as I pointed in a post that was a tribute to the deceased Free House. Where do think Smarty would have stacked up in crop that included Silver Charm, Free House, Captain Bodgit, Touch Gold, Behrens and Deputy Commander on his good days.
He might be lucky to hit the Board.