Noble Nashua

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.

Noble Nashua
SireNashua
GrandsireNasrullah
DamNoble Lady
DamsireVaguely Noble
SexStallion
Foaled1978
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederGrousemont Farm
OwnerFlying Zee Stable
TrainerJose A. Martin
Record21: 10-1-1
EarningsUS$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

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, he won 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 stakes race 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 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 time stood for twenty-six years.

Noble Nashua was syndicated to a group of breeders for $11 million with Flying Zee Stable maintaining a significant interest.[6]

At stud

Noble Nashua sustained a leg injury during his second start on April 19, 1982, and 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 1992 at age fourteen.

The Noble Nashua Stakes for New York State bred horses at Belmont Park is named in his honor.

Pedigree
Pedigree of Noble Nashua
Sire
Nashua		 Nasrullah Nearco Pharos
Nogara
Mumtaz Begum Blenheim
Mumtaz Mahal
Segula Johnstown Jamestown
La France
Sekhmet Sardanapale
Prosopopee
Dam
Noble Lady		 Vaguely Noble Vienna Aureole
Turkish Blood
Noble Lassie Nearco
Belle Sauvage
Good Folks Citation Bull Lea
Hydroplane
Mother-In-Law Count Fleet
Matriarch

References
  1. BloodHorse - January 28, 2007
  2. New York Times - July 20, 1981
  3. Ocala Star-Banner - September 20, 1981
  4. New York Times - August 30, 1981
  5. New York Times - February 26, 1981
  6. Ocala Star-Banner - April 25, 1982
  7. Baltimore Sun - April 25, 1982
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