Noble's Promise

Foaled in Kentucky, Noble's Promise was a bay horse with two white socks and a blaze. He was bred by Charles Kidder (D.V.M.) and his son Ben in a partnership with Dr. Nancy Cole (D.V.M.). He was sired by then-Gainesway Farm stallion Cuvee, who was a three-time graded stakes winner at age 2. Cuvee was sired by Carson City, a son of Mr. Prospector.. He is out of the Clever Trick mare, The Devil's Trick.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/nobles+promise|title=Nobles Promise Horse Pedigree|last=Michelson|first=Miles|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=2018-11-23}}

Noble's Promise was purchased as a weanling for $10,000 at the 2007 yearling Keeneland Sales.{{Cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=8047805®istry=T|title=Equibase {{!}} Profiles|last=Equibase.com|website=equibase.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-23}}

Richard and Tammy Rigney purchased and raced the colt as part of the Chasing Dreams Racing 2008 partnership, under which he won some of his biggest races.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/229181/nobles-promise-euthanized-due-to-kidney-failure|title=Noble's Promise Euthanized Due to Kidney Failure|work=BloodHorse.com|access-date=2018-11-23|language=en}}

As a juvenile, Noble's Promise broke his maiden in his second start, and then won the listed Fitz Dixon Jr. Memorial Stakes at Presque Isle Downs. Noble's Promise won the Grade 1 Breeders' Futurity Stakes as an upset at 12–1, clocking a final time of 1:43.12. In the race, he defeated Aikenite, Make Music For Me, and Stately Victor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/146392/nobles-promise-upsets-breeders-futurity|title=Noble's Promise Upsets Breeders' Futurity|website=bloodhorse.com|access-date=2018-11-23}} This win gave him an automatic berth in the $2 million 2009 Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The 2009 Juvenile was won in an upset by Vale of York, with Lookin At Lucky a close second. Noble's Promise finished a good third after taking the lead around the far turn.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/145964/longshot-vale-of-york-grabs-juvenile|title=Longshot Vale of York Grabs Juvenile|work=BloodHorse.com|access-date=2018-11-23|language=en}}

Noble's Promise remained in California after the race and was entered in the $750,000 CashCall Futurity at Hollywood Park Racetrack, where he finished second to Lookin at Lucky.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/race/usa/hol/2009/12/19/9/cashcall-futurity-g1|title=CashCall Futurity (G1) - 2009 - BloodHorse|website=bloodhorse.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-23}}

Noble's Promise made his three-year-old debut at Oaklawn Park in the Rebel Stakes, a prep race that was won by Smarty Jones and Afleet Alex during their Kentucky Derby prep campaigns. He again finished second to Lookin at Lucky in the race.{{Cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=8047805®istry=T|title=Equibase {{!}} Profiles|last=Equibase.com|website=equibase.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-23}} He followed the Rebel Stakes with a run in the Arkansas Derby, finishing a troubled fifth.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/race/usa/op/2010/4/10/9/arkansas-derby-g1|title=Arkansas Derby (G1)|website=bloodhorse.com|access-date=2018-11-23}}

Noble's Promise was entered to run in the 2010 Kentucky Derby.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/142639/on-to-kentucky-derby-with-nobles-promise|title=On to Kentucky Derby With Noble's Promise|website=bloodhorse.com|access-date=2018-11-23}} A morning-line longshot at 12–1, Noble's Promise finished a good fifth on a sloppy track. Ahead of him were Make Music For Me, Paddy O'Prado, Ice Box, and the winner Super Saver.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/142504/super-saver-wins-the-derby|title=Super Saver Wins the Derby!|website=bloodhorse.com|access-date=2018-11-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=8047805®istry=T|title=Equibase {{!}} Profiles|last=Equibase.com|website=equibase.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-23}}

After the Kentucky Derby, Noble's Promise's career took a rather unorthodox turn, as his connections chose to bypass the Preakness Stakes and send him to England to run in the prestigious St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/142412/nobles-promise-to-skip-preakness-ascot-next|title=Noble's Promise to Skip Preakness; Ascot Next |website=bloodhorse.com|access-date=2018-11-23}} Noble's Promise finished fifth for the third time in a row, but did not disgrace himself, as he finished both three lengths behind winner Canford Cliffs and ahead of Makfi.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/141816/canford-cliffs-peaks-in-st-jamess-palace|title=Canford Cliffs Peaks in St. James's Palace |website=bloodhorse.com|access-date=2018-11-23}} After his trip to Royal Ascot, Noble's Promise returned to the United States and took time off.

Noble's Promises's first race after Royal Ascot was the listed Johnny V. "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up!" Stakes at Churchill Downs in November, which he won. His final race of 2010 was the Malibu Stakes, where he finished fifth again.

Noble's Promise became a millionaire in the 2011 Aristides Breeders' Cup Stakes, beating a field of graded stakes winners, including Capt. Candyman Can, Atta Boy Roy, and the 2010 winner, Riley Tucker. The race was his first for the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchilldowns.com/news/archives/nobles-promise-takes-aristides-completes-mcpeek-stakes-sweep|title=Noble's Promise Takes Aristides, Completes McPeek Stakes Sweep {{!}} {{!}} Churchill Downs Racetrack {{!}} Home of the Kentucky Derby|website=churchilldowns.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-23}} Afterwards, he contested the Phoenix Stakes, finishing second, the Smile Sprint Stakes, finishing third, and then the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap, finishing fifth. In his final race of 2011, Noble's Promise contested the Presque Isle Mile Stakes and finished seventh.{{Cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=8047805®istry=T|title=Equibase {{!}} Profiles|last=Equibase.com|website=equibase.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-23}}

Noble's Promise was sold in the 2011 Fasig-Tipton November Sale, where Richard Rigney, a member of the original partnership that owned Noble's Promise, bought him for $125,000. he then raced him under the banner of JCM Racing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/229181/nobles-promise-euthanized-due-to-kidney-failure|title=Noble's Promise Euthanized Due to Kidney Failure |website=bloodhorse.com|access-date=2018-11-23}}

His first two races of 2012 were allowance races at Gulfstream Park and Keeneland Race Course, where he finished seventh and third, respectively. He ran in the Cannon Shell Stakes at Belmont Park, and then in the Aristides Stakes at Churchill Downs to defend his title. He finished fifth in both races. He ran second in both the Kelly's Landing Stakes and Don Bernhardt Stakes, both blacktype, and then the Kentucky Downs Turf Dash Stakes at Kentucky Downs. For his final stakes appearance, he again finished second in the Phoenix Stakes. Noble's Promise won for the final time in an allowance at Keeneland. In his final career start, he finished second in another Keeneland allowance.

Noble's Promise retired with a record of 27: 6-7-3 and earnings of $1,193,376.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/229181/nobles-promise-euthanized-due-to-kidney-failure|title=Noble's Promise Euthanized Due to Kidney Failure |website=bloodhorse.com|access-date=2018-11-23}}

Noble's Promise retired to Breakway Farm in Dillsboro, Indiana for the 2013 breeding season. He was the first stallion venture for Richard and Tammy Rigney.

Noble's Promise sired his first winner when Reverend John won a maiden race for Indiana-bred horses at Indiana Grand on October 12, 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/215807/nobles-promise-gets-first-winner|title=Noble's Promise Gets First Winner |website=bloodhorse.com|access-date=2018-11-23}}

To date, Noble's Promise's best runners are stakes winners Fireball baby, Snickle Cookie, and Reverend John, and stakes-placed Blue Hen Hockey and Entrusted.{{Cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=8047805®istry=T|title=Equibase {{!}} Profiles|last=Equibase.com|website=equibase.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/stallion-register/stallions/165767/nobles-promise|title=Noble's Promise |website=bloodhorse.com|access-date=2018-11-23}}

Noble's Promise was euthanized on August 6, 2018, due to complications from kidney failure. He was 11 years old.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/229181/nobles-promise-euthanized-due-to-kidney-failure|title=Noble's Promise Euthanized Due to Kidney Failure|work=BloodHorse.com|access-date=2018-11-23|language=en}}

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• [http://www.pedigreequery.com/nobles+promise Noble's Promise's pedigree and partial racing stats]
• [http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/racing-news/2009/October/10/Nobles-Promise-continues-rise-in-Breeders-Futurity.aspx Dixiana Breeders Futurity], Thoroughbred Times, Oct 10, 2009

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