We attempted a work in front of the state vet at the end of last week for Three Jewels, but unfortunately, his saddle slipped heading into the turn, causing his rider to take precautions and call off the completion of the breeze. It’s certainly been an incredibly frustrating road with this son of American Pharoah, but the bright side is the barn and rider felt he was traveling well until that point and he came out of this unofficial work in good order. This will have no impact on when he can breeze back for the state vet again, so we’ll look to get another work scheduled to get off of the vet’s list as soon as possible.
We checked in on Three Jewels yesterday morning at Monmouth Park. He is doing well, has been sound, and will hopefully return to the work tab next week which will be for the state veterinarian. Kent has given him a little additional time before breezing back and we are hopeful that additional time will do the trick.
Three Jewels continues to breeze right along and turned in his final work at Wavertree Stables this morning. In the video above, you will find his work from last Tuesday covering five furlongs in 1:01 and change over the main track with commentary from farm trainer Ciaran Dunne.
Given your son of American Pharoah was doing so well at Wavertree, we opted to keep him there as long as possible. Ciaran who likely knows this horse best with the extent of time he has been spent at Wavertree throughout his career, crafted a training schedule which Three Jewels has responded positively to. Bone bruising has been this horse’s Achilles heel, which led Ciaran to train him on the grass daily with the addition of turnout time even when in training to keep him moving and not spending too much time in a stall.
He has now accomplished everything we could at the farm and he is ready to return to the racetrack. Pending all continues well out of this final work, he is scheduled to ship later this week/weekend to Palm Meadows and return to the Julie Stormfelt and Kent Sweezey barn.
Heading to the race track, some things will naturally have to change but heading to Palm Meadows, he will still have the ability to get round pen turn out time and have the ability to train on the L course which will hopefully keep him relaxed and not overdo things with less traffic. We will also have the ability to breeze him on the grass at Palm Meadows to limit concussion if needed.
We will follow up once he arrives at the track.
Three Jewels started back under tack at Wavertree in Ocala with farm trainer Ciaran Dunne. Our son of American Pharoah (yellow saddle cloth) has been back for approximately two weeks and was spotted jogging and doing Figure-8 in a grass field with yearlings. Ciaran reported that he wanted to start back from scratch, giving him every chance to make it through the rigors of training this go around. The good news is that Three Jewels is handling everything well through the early stages and pending everything remains in good order, he will jog for approximately 2-3 more weeks before picking up the pace.
Three Jewels has progressed positively at Monmouth Park and has remained sound after backing off in his training. He had a 2-minute-lick this weekend which is characterized by a horse going one mile (8 furlongs) in two minutes, i.e. 15 seconds per furlong. Everything went smoothly according to trainer Kent Sweezey and your son of American Pharoah is expected to breeze three furlongs this weekend.
Three Jewels returned to galloping after a stint of jogging and has remained sound. It’s only been two days of galloping for our 3-year-old gelding by American Pharoah, so we’ll have to keep a close eye on him as he consistently gallops over a period of time before trainer Kent Sweezey looks to breeze him back.
First off, we want to thank all owners who participated in our poll regarding the trainer decision for Three Jewels. Both trainers received strong support as deserved, but the people were heard (approx. 63%) and Kent Sweezey will take over the training duties of Three Jewels. While Jeremiah O’Dwyer was not the winner of the poll, it was great to see the recognition he received from all of you and he will definitely be someone we continue to consider in the future.
Your gelding had his final piece of work on Friday morning at Wavertree, breezing an easy five furlongs, and will ship to Monmouth Park later this week. We look forward to Three Jewels’ progression once arriving in the Sweezey barn. Kent has been a great asset to the MyRacehorse team and will keep owners well-informed once he arrives in the barn.
We’re pleased to announce that we have found a great home for Night Combat. She was sold to a breeder for the $1,000 buyback price and will be heading to California where she’ll be bred to fellow MRH stablemate Tizamagician. The son of 2x Breeders’ Cup Champion Tiznow will be standing his first year at Milky Way Farms. We look forward to seeing their future foal with dual MRH lineage!
The sales proceeds will be added to the bundle reserve and issued with final bundle distributions at series close.
Night Combat remains on schedule for the Fasig-Tipton February Mixed Sale. Our team checked in on her this past week and she continues to do well. She has remained in the round pen as it is too close to the sale to turn her out out into a paddock. She will ship on Friday to the Fasig-Tipton sales ground.
She is Hip 301 and will sell on Tuesday, February 7th.
Three Jewels departed from Silver Springs this morning and began his journey to Payson Park in Florida where he will return to the barn of trainer Chad Brown. The Silver Springs team was very pleased with the way he has trained of late. As you will see in the photo prior to his departure, he has developed into a stout colt, meaning he is on the heavier side, but the Silver Springs staff said he extends himself very well on the track (referring to his stride).