Sheilas Reward (foaled 1947 in

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racehorse who was voted the

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of 1950 and 1951. He was sired by multiple stakes winner Reaping Reward and out of the mare Smart Sheila, a daughter of 1930

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Jamestown.

Three-year-old season

Sheilas Reward was bred and raced by Mrs. Louis Lazare, who owned his dam, Smart Sheila. Louis Lazare was president and major shareholder of Duplex Fabrics Corporation, a distributor of finished rayon fabrics to the dress trade. Lazare, a past President of the Textile Converters Association of America, Inc., sold his company to Burlington Mills Corporation of

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in 1947 and was appointed a vice-president and Director. Sheilas Reward was trained by Eugene Jacobs who guided the three-year-old to wins in the 1950 Select and Interborough Handicaps plus the July 5, 1950

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in which Sheilas Reward broke the track record by a sizeable 3/5 of a second with a time of 109 2/5 for six

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s. His performances earned him his first

honors.

Four-year-old season

Wins at age four in the 1951

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s brought Sheilas Reward his second straight American Champion Sprint Horse title. Baltimore Sun - November 19, 1951
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Pedigree

References

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