Smarty Jones will win the Triple Crown!
Posted: May 15th, 2004, 6:53 pm
No horse has won the much coveted triple crown since Affirmed in 1978. However, Smarty Jones is only the third horse in history to leave the Preakness with an undefeated record. One of those two, Seattle Slew, won the triple crown in 1977.
As for this, I'm going to say fact. I just saw the Preakness, and Smarty Jones just ripped up the straightstretch going into the finish. It wasn't even close between him and the second horse, Rock Hard Ten. Belmont is only a quarter mile longer than the Kentucky Derby, and I don't think that will be enough distance to worry Smarty Jones. This horse is tough, and he's won all 8 races he's entered, and from what I've heard, it was 8 different distances as well. He'll do it. So Fact.
As for this, I'm going to say fact. I just saw the Preakness, and Smarty Jones just ripped up the straightstretch going into the finish. It wasn't even close between him and the second horse, Rock Hard Ten. Belmont is only a quarter mile longer than the Kentucky Derby, and I don't think that will be enough distance to worry Smarty Jones. This horse is tough, and he's won all 8 races he's entered, and from what I've heard, it was 8 different distances as well. He'll do it. So Fact.