Smarty Jones won a little sympathy Saturday night, July 24, as Patricia Hogan, VMD, Dipl. ACVS, board-certified veterinary surgeon, recounted the tale of how the Pennsylvania-bred colt reared up in the starting gate of Philadelphia Park last year and slammed his head into an iron bar, suffering multiple fractures around his left eye. The tale of Smarty Jones' severe injury was told at the

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