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M ■ , r Pedigree of jewel s Reward Unusual Sire Is Jet Jewel And Dam Belle Jeep * Former Retired as Maiden While Mare Never Raced; Balanced Inbreeding Noted Jewels Reward lias the most interesting and unusual pedigree in todays Kentucky-Derby. Although by a sire, Jet Jewel, who retired a maiden and out of an unraced mare. Belle Jeep, whose dam. Model Beauty, was unplaced in her only two starts, he has a rich Derby heritage. Not only that but he is the product of balanced inbreeding to outstanding equine personalities, and a fine blend of proven foreign and domestic bloodlines. Considering his Derby connections first. Jewels Reward is a tail-male grandson of the Derby-winning Jet Pilot, by Blenheim H., also sire of the, Derby-winning Whirlaway. Also appearing in Jewels Rewards paternal pedigree is Sir Gallahad m.. sire of threeJDerby winners; Equipoise, Derby favorite until scratched a few hours before post time, and Blue Larkspur, the beaten 1929 Derby favorite. On his maternal" side. Jewels Reward also carries the blood of Blenheim H., Sir Gallahad m., and Blue Larkspur as well as that of War Admiral, the 1937 Derby winner. - Interlacing of Powerful Names One has only to study Jewels Rewards pedigree to appreciate the planning that went into it. As both the sire and dam had failed to distinguish themselves on the race track and were too young to have proved themselves in production, their mating was decided upon in the hope that by "doubling up" the influential names in their respective pedigrees, the genetic jprce of the "family" would produce an individ- ► ■ — ual superior to either of the parents. While admittedly a Iongshot, it was, under the circumstances, worth the gamble — and it worked. There is considerable interlacing of powerful names in Jewels Rewards pedigree in the first four generations. In the third remove, half of the blood on the tail-male side is identical with the tail-female line, except that Black Curl and Minerva do not furnish their respective daughters the same pedigree. Additionally, Myrtlewood and Alyearn, matrons who appear in the third cross, are both by Blue Larkspur. There is even more inbreeding on the paternal side, for Black Curl, the dam of Black Wave, the dam of Jet Pilot, the sire of Jet Jewel, and Myrtlewood, the dam of Crepe Myrtle, the dam of Jet Jewel, are both daughters of the famous imported mare Frizeur, herself a daughter of the matriarchial Frizette. Thus, Jet Jewels sire and dam both trace in tail female to the family founding Frizette — a confluence of influential blood which could account for Jet Jewel outbreeding himself in Jewels Reward. Jewels Reward is inbred to Blenheim II. twice in the third remove, twice to Sir Gallahad III. in. the fourth remove, twice to Blue Larkspur in the fourth remove and to the half sisters Myrtlewood and Black Curl in the third and fourth remove. Another "side" to Jewels Rewards pedigree shows several lines to the American line-founding Domino. Blue Larkspur was a Domino-line -sire, and Pennant, sire of j Equipoise, sire of Crepe Myrtle, is also a i Domino-line sire. Crepe Myrtle, herself, is inbred to Peter Pan, a grandson of Domino. Unquestionably, to any pundit. Jewels Rewards pedigree is most intriguing, embodying, as it does, repeated inbreeding to notable names and, except in the case of Frizeur, discreetly balanced on both sides of his family and not too intense* JET JEWEL — Sire of Jewels Reward.
