He was sired by multiple stakes winner Reaping Reward and out of the mare Smart Sheila, a daughter of 1930 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt Jamestown.
Lazare, a past President of the Textile Converters Association of America, Inc.,[2] sold his company to Burlington Mills Corporation of New York in 1947 and was appointed a vice-president and Director.
[3] 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 Fleetwing Handicap at Jamaica Race Course 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 furlongs.
[4][5] His performances earned him his first American Champion Sprint Horse honors.
[6] Wins at age four in the 1951 Bay Shore, Queens County, and Long Branch Handicaps brought Sheilas Reward his second straight American Champion Sprint Horse title.