Sum of the Parts, Smarty's Echo work toward BC

Another contender for the Breeders' Cup was in action Saturday morning at

Keeneland. The horse was Smarty's Echo, runner-up in the Breeders' Futurity on

October 5.

With E.T. Baird, who rode Smarty's Echo in the Breeders' Futurity, aboard,

the colt worked five furlongs in 1:00 4/5. Clockers caught the colt in splits of

:12 1/5, :24 3/5, :37 1/5, 1:00 4/5 and out six furlongs in 1:14 2/5.

Anne P. Smith trains Smarty's Echo, a son of Smarty Jones who is scheduled to

make his next start in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile on November 2.

The Breeders' Futurity marked the third start for Smarty's Echo, who began

his career at Arlington Park with a third and a win. He took the lead entering

the stretch of the Breeders' Futurity and was passed by eventual winner We Miss

Artie, who won by 2 3/4 lengths.

'Every race he's learning, learning, learning," Smith said about Smarty's

Echo. "The owners have goals to try to get a horse there (to the Breeders' Cup),

and I think this horse can compete."

Smith, who is in her second year of training, has horses at Keeneland for the

first time. Her eight runners include Windy Hill's Grade 2 winner Nate's

Mineshaft.

Smith said Smarty's Echo, a graduate of the 2011 Keeneland November Breeding

Stock Sale, is scheduled to work again next Saturday and travel to California

the following day.

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