Horsename: | Jewel's Reward |
Sire: | Jet Jewel |
Grandsire: | Jet Pilot |
Dam: | Belle Jeep |
Damsire: | War Jeep |
Sex: | Stallion |
Foaled: | 1955 |
Country: | United States |
Colour: | Bay |
Breeder: | Maine Chance Farm |
Owner: | Maine Chance Farm |
Trainer: | 1) Ivan H. Parke 2) William Molter |
Record: | 22: 7-5-2 |
Earnings: | US$448,592 |
Race: | Champagne Stakes (1956) Cowdin Stakes (1956) Pimlico Futurity Stakes (1956) Washington Park Futurity Stakes (1956) Tremont Stakes (1956) Wood Memorial Stakes (1957) |
Awards: | TSD & TRA American Two-Year-Old Colt (1957) |
Jewel's Reward (March 10, 1955 – September 16, 1959) was a Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. He was voted the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt of 1957 by the Thoroughbred Racing Association and Turf & Sports Digest magazine. The rival Daily Racing Form poll was topped by Nadir.[1] Owned by the Maine Chance Farm of "Cosmetics Queen" Elizabeth Arden, Jewel's Reward was trained by National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee Ivan Parke.[2]
Following his championship year, in which he won more money than any other two-year-old in history,[3] at age three Jewel's Reward was ranked a top contender for the U.S. Triple Crown series after winning the Wood Memorial Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.[4] However, an injury during a workout hampered the colt [5] and after being sent off as the betting favorite, he ran fourth in the Kentucky Derby[6] and seventh in the Preakness Stakes.[7] Later that year, Jewel's Reward was sent to race in California, where he was trained by Bill Molter.
Returned to the East Coast, in August 1959 the four-year-old Jewel's Reward came down with colic and died on September 16 in his barn at Belmont Park.[8]