Keep Up with Jones?: ; Preakness Field Couldn't, so It's On to Belmont for Triple Crown Bid

Sunday Gazette-Mail › May 17, 2004

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BALTIMORE - The move came in a flash.

Lion Heart had the lead, Smarty Jones was lurking and jockey Stewart Elliott was waiting for the right moment to go. The Preakness was setting up according to plan.

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Keep Up with Jones?: ; Preakness Field Couldn't, so It's On to Belmont for Triple Crown Bid

Around the far turn, Elliott angled his Kentucky Derby winner to the inside of the pacesetter, and the horses entered the stretch together.

And then the race was over.

With one breathtaking surge, Smarty Jones left the field far behind, his lead building with every powerful stride over the final eighth of a m...

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