Jewel's Reward Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bloodhorse.com/eclipsewinners/pdf/History_Charts.pdf The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts
  2. http://www.pedigreequery.com/jewels+reward Jewel's Reward's pedigree
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tyYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tuoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4305,3476930&dq=jewel's-reward&hl=en Miami News - November 24, 1957
  4. https://archive.today/20130131194335/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/928576252.html?dids=928576252:928576252&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+20,+1958&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Jewel's+Reward+Captures+Wood+Memorial+At+Belmont&pqatl=google Hartford Courant - April 20, 1958
  5. https://www.nytimes.com/1958/05/01/archives/jewels-reward-and-jets-alibi-injured-in-workouts-for-derby.html New York Times - May 1, 1958
  6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_2ssAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eMsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6888,478317&dq=tim-tam+derby&hl=en Spartansburg, South Carolina Herald-Journal - May 1, 1958
  7. https://archive.today/20120715042813/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/482365922.html?dids=482365922:482365922&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+18,+1958&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=TIM+TAM+WINS+PREAKNESS;+SILKY+RUNS+EIGHTH&pqatl=google Los Angeles Times - May 18, 1958
  8. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rvoeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2UUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2386,1236954&dq=jewel's-reward&hl=en The Bowling Green, Kentucky Park City Daily News - September 18, 1959