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SMARTY JONES HORSE SERIES
After running a series of tests, especially an ultrasound, Hogan decided to treat Smarty Jones' injuries and hold off on removing the eye. When Hogan saw him, the eye looked as bad as had been described, she says, but it's her practice to examine her patients before doing surgery. The clinic prepared the operating room and the instruments to remove the horse's eye. The horse was sent to the New Jersey Equine Clinic in Clarksburg, N.J., where Hogan works, as an emergency eye removal patient. Smarty Jones never would have starred in this Cinderella story if it hadn't been for Hogan's passion for horses.Īn equine surgeon, Hogan first saw Smarty Jones last year when he reared up in the starting gate at Philadelphia Park, smashing his skull against an iron bar and causing so much damage that his attending vet, Don Hans, thought Smarty would have to lose an eye. In the Belmont, he far outraced every horse on the track but Birdstone, who beat him by a length and caused his first defeat ever. Smarty Jones is the first racehorse in 27 years to enter the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes unbeaten and remain that way until the third jewel in horse racing's triple crown, the Belmont Stakes. And, so, she became a veterinarian, and because she did, the Horatio Alger of horses, Smarty Jones, had a career. She said a $100,000 turf sprint stakes will be added and that, perhaps by next year, "our hope is to double the purses." That could be possible because the General Assembly allotted a portion of the money going to the so-called bond fund (money once intended to buy bonds to finance track improvements) to the Maryland Million.Patricia Hogan, AG '87, never met a horse she didn't like. If the track surfaces aren't ready, then it will take place at Pimlico, said Cricket Goodall, executive director of the Maryland Horse Breeders Association. In late August, track officials and horsemen will analyze the purse account and decide upon a schedule for the rest of the year. Pimlico will commence live racing July 31 and will race four days a week Thursday through Sunday in August and September (with a break for Timonium). The Maryland Jockey Club and the horsemen have agreed on a racing schedule after the Colonial Downs' meet that ends July 26. "It's an absolutely intolerable and unacceptable situation. "We've heard nothing but complaints about XpressBet," Foreman said. Joe De Francis, president and CEO of the Maryland Jockey Club, called the system "insane." He said negotiations continue between TVG and XpressBet to try to break the impasse.Īlan Foreman, lawyer for the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and board member of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, took aim at XpressBet. When is it going to get resolved? It's not good for Maryland." Having to maintain separate accounts, Franzone said, "is a mess. Franzone said "it's not right to the fan" that TVG and Magna's XpressBet won't accept wagers on all tracks. The state's telephone account-wagering system came under attack at the racing commission meeting. Passero, track superintendent since 1987, resigned May 28, effective in 60 days.
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Magna must not only complete the project on time, but also build first-rate tracks that can tolerate rain and cold weather and will satisfy Maryland horsemen used to the handiwork of John Passero. "If you move these guys and can't get it done, your credibility is going to be zero." "Why take this high-wire approach to this thing?" Franzone said. Commissioners John Franzone and Lou Ulman said Magna executives should put off the project for one year, until they have the permits in hand and can guarantee they can complete the project on time - before forcing horses and workers out of Laurel.