First mare in foal to Smarty Jones

Smarty Jones has gotten his first mare in foal  (Michael J. Marten/Horsephotos.com)

Multiple Grade 3 winner Forest Heiress (Forest Wildcat) is the first mare to

be checked in foal to 2004 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness S. (G1) winner

SMARTY JONES, last year's champion three-year-old who fell one length short of

becoming racing's 12th Triple Crown winner in the Belmont S. (G1). Forest

Heiress is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert McNair's Stonerside Farm, which is

located near Paris, Kentucky.

"We're thinking about roses in May," said Bobby Spaulding, manager of

Stonerside Farm. "She was bred on her foal heat and we checked her this morning

(Tuesday) at 12 days."

The six-year-old mare won the Sorority S. (G3) and Valley Stream S. (G3) at

two and delivered her first foal, a colt by 2003 Horse of the Year Mineshaft, in

late January. She was bred one time, on February 10, to Smarty Jones.

As stipulated by the syndicate agreement, Smarty Jones' book will be limited

to 110 mares, plus one Breeders' Cup season. The list includes Grade 1 winners

Fantastic Look (Green Dancer), Heritage of Gold (Gold Legend), La Gueriere (Lord

At War [Arg]), Mandy's Gold (Gilded Time) and Serra Lake (Seattle Slew); and the

dams of Grade 1 winners Cuvee, Exogenous, Tactical Cat, Golden Ballet, Numerous

Times, I Believe in You, Stephen Got Even, Distant Music, Silver Wagon, Volponi

and Bevo. He is also booked to 17 mares that are full or half-sisters to

Grade/Group 1 winners.

Smarty Jones retired in August as the fifth richest racehorse in North

American history, winning eight of nine starts and $7,613,155.

"Smarty Jones has been as professional and proficient in his new career as he

was on the racetrack," said Dan Rosenberg, president of Three Chimneys Farm near

Midway, Kentucky, where Smarty Jones stands. "As of this morning, he's bred 19

mares. He's a great horse and it's great to have him here."