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Smarty Jones has his final Belmont Stakes workout under Stewart Elliot on Friday morning at Philadelphia Park. The Triple Crown hopeful breezed seven furlongs in 1:29.20.
BENSALEM, Pa. - Smarty Jones, who will attempt to become the sport's 12th Triple Crown winner in the Belmont Stakes on June 5, completed his serious training for that race with a seven-furlong workout early Friday morning at Philadelphia Park.
Smarty Jones was given an official time of 1:29.20, but he appeared to go a bit faster. The fractions reported were 26.60 seconds, 39.20, 51.20, 1:03.20, and 1:16.20. Clockers reported him galloping out one mile in 1:44.40.