Equistar Farm News Today

Twenty years ago, Pennsylvania-breds Smarty Jones quest for the Triple Crown captivated Philadelphia and the nation.

The 147th running of the Kentucky Derby is Saturday.Smarty Jones, one of the most popular winners, was born in Pennsylvania and is now on a farm in the Susquehanna Valley."Normally when hes done his grain, hell start hollering to go out. He has me trained pretty well," Rodney Eckenrode said.So Eckenrode dutifully takes Smarty out to the paddock for some fresh air and exercise at Equistar Farm in northern Lebanon County."He is Pennsylvanias greatest thoroughbred," Eckenrode said.Smarty Jone...