Careless Jewel (foaled March 4, 2006 in

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) is a Canadian

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Background

Careless Jewel is out of the

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Sweet and Careless, and was sired by

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, a son of

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. Bred by Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd. & Bill Andrade, the filly was sold at the September 2007 Keeneland Yearling Sale for $40,000. She is owned by Verne Dubinsky of

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who races under the name Donver Stables, and is trained by Josie Carroll from a base at

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Racing career

Careless Jewel came to prominence on the racing scene in July when she won the

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by over 8

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. She followed that with an 11-length victory in the Grade I

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over ten furlongs. She earned her fifth straight victory in the

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in late September. Ridden by regular jockey Robert Landry, Careless Jewell was the 9-5 favorite going into the November 6, 2009, Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic world championship. However, the filly was uncontrollable and charged to an almost ten length lead, exhausting herself by the turn for home and fading to finish last. She did not race again.

After racing

Her first foal was by Street Cry (IRE) and in 2013, she became the first mare to check in foal to

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. She later had a colt by Tiznow (in 2015) and in 2017 foaled a filly by Pioneerof the Nile. Careless Jewel lives at Summer Wind Farm in Georgetown, Kentucky.

References

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