Poor Smarty Jones.

After five weeks of anticipation, the 3rd jewel in the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes race was run. Birdstone, (with 36-1 odds) the horse lying in 2nd place comes on strong and defeats Smarty Jones in the last furlong, denying the world the thrill of a Triple Crown Winner, and adding another year to the 26 years that have elapsed since the last winner.

I don't know if you saw the race, or not, but Smarty Jones' owner is on oxygen and I swear, I was afraid he was going to yank the tubes out of his nose, he jumped so high out of his seat. It was a very close race, but in the end, Smarty just didn't have enough left to defeat Birdstone, who won by a length.

Damned handicappers.