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Noble Nashua Sire Nashua Grandsire Nasrullah Dam Noble Lady Damsire Vaguely Noble Sex Stallion Foaled 1978 Country United States Colour Bay Breeder Grousemont Farm Owner Flying Zee Stable Trainer Jose A. Martin Record 21: 10-1-1 Earnings US$678,427 Major wins Marlboro Cup Handicap (1981)
Swaps Stakes (1981
Dwyer Stakes (1981)
Jerome Handicap (1981)
Whirlaway Stakes (1981)Honours Noble Nashua Stakes at Belmont Park Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Noble Nashua (1978-1992) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred in Kentucky by Theiline Scheumann's Grousemont Farm.[1] Impeccably bred, he was sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Nashua and out of the mare Noble Lady, a daughter of Vaguely Noble, winner of the 1968 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the 1973 and 1974 Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland as well as their Leading broodmare sire in 1982.
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Major race wins
Noble Nashua was purchased for racing by the Flying Zee Stable of Carl Lizza, Jr. and Herbert Hochreiter and trained by Jose Martin. In 1981, Noble Nashua five important stakes races including the Grade I Swaps Stakes[2] at Hollywood Park Racetrack and the Marlboro Cup Handicap at Belmont Park.[3] He also set a new stakes and Belmont Park track record of 1:33 1/5 for one mile on dirt in winning the Jerome Handicap.[4] His stakes record time still stands as at 2011. Further, Noble Nashua set a new stakes record of 1:43 flat for a mile and a sixteenth on dirt in his Whirlaway Stakes victory at Aqueduct Racetrack, missing the track record by just one fifth of a second.[5]His stakes record time stood for twenty-six years.
Noble Nashua was syndicated to a group of breeders for $11 million dollars with Flying Zee Stable maintaining a significant interest. [6]
At stud
Noble Nashua sustained a leg injury during his second start in April 19, 1982 and as a result was retired from racing. He was sent to stand at stud at Schoenborn Farm in Coxsackie, New York.[7] Noble Nashua sired a number of good runners among which the top earner was Ballindaggin.
A problem with a twisted intestine led to Noble Nashua being humanely euthanized in September of 1992 at age fourteen.
The Noble Nashua Stakes for New York Ste bredhorses at Belmont Park is named in his honor.
Pedigree of Noble Nashua Sire
NashuaNasrullah Nearco Pharos Nogara Mumtaz Begum Blenheim II Mumtaz Mahal Segula Johnstown Jamestown La France Sekhmet Sardanapale Prosopopee Dam
Noble LadyVaguely Noble Vienna Aureole Turkish Blood Noble Lassie Nearco Belle Sauvage Good Folks Citation Bull Lea Hydroplane Mother-In-Law Count Fleet Matriarch References
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Categories:- 1978 racehorse births
- 1992 racehorse deaths
- Thoroughbred racehorses
- Racehorses bred in Kentucky
- Racehorses trained in the United States
- American racehorses
- American Grade 1 Stakes winners
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