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.
