Celebrity stallion Smarty Jones will relocate from Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky to Ghost Ridge Farms in Pennsylvania for the 2011 breeding season.

Smarty Jones retired amid much fanfare after winning the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, however, his stud career failed to take off in Kentucky.  His first-season fee was set at $100,000 but he was advertised for $10,000 in 2010.

His oldest runners are rising six year-olds and he has sired 89 winners from 137 starters.

Smarty Jones (Elusive Quality – I’ll Get Along by Smile) won eight races in nine starts and, apart from the two legs of the Triple Crown, he also won the G2 Arkansas Derby and Listed Rebel Stakes, Southwest Stakes and Count Fleet Stakes.  His only loss came in the G1 Belmont Stakes when he was beaten a length by Birdstone.

Smarty Jones was a Pennsylvania homebred for Pat Chapman and her late husband Roy.  The Chapman family still own half of the 60 shares in the high-profile horse and have decided to take him back home to Ghost Ridge Farms.  His new base also stands former Australian shuttlers Honour and Glory and E Dubai.  

While at Three Chimneys, Smarty Jones was a featured attraction for the farm’s more than 25,000 visitors a year and occupied the stall of 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew.

“It’s nearly a full time job keeping up with Smarty’s many, many fans and he’s one of the main attractions on our daily public tours,” Three Chimneys owner Robert Clay said.  “Ghost Ridge is looking forward to giving those fans an opportunity to reconnect with Smarty.”