What Smarty Jones faced in 2004 & what Big Brown faces on Saturday....the difference?

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Smarty was like 9-0-0 at that point?

No Eddington, Rock Hard Ten, or Birdstone.
After being a doubter after the Derby, this
race firmly stated that this horse was
very talented and extraordinarily tough for me.

This was the race that showed Smarty was
a champion.

Just not the belmont champion...or triple crown champion