^ "Parx Racing Release 2021 Stakes Schedule".^ "SMARTY JONES STAKES - MULTIPLE TRACKS". ![]() Mark Zollars, Bob Wagner, and Cathy Wagner In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Parx Racing did not schedule the event. Originally the distance of the event was set as 1 mile and 70 yards but was extended in 2016 to the current distance of 1 + 1⁄ 16 miles. The event is named in honor of the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, and hometown Pennsylvania hero Smarty Jones. ![]() The race was inaugurated in 2010 with an attractive purse offered of $300,000 as a preparatory race for the Grade I Pennsylvania Derby where the winner was given automatic entry. The event currently carries a purse of $300,000. The Smarty Jones Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three years olds, over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt track held annually in early September at Parx Casino and Racing racetrack in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. ![]() with allowances & 2 lbs added for stakes winnersįirst three finishers received automatic entry to Grade I Pennsylvania Derby Horse race Smarty Jones Stakes Grade III raceġ24 lbs.
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