Nobiz Like Shobiz
| Nobiz Like Shobiz | |
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| Sire | Albert the Great |
| Grandsire | Go for Gin |
| Dam | Nightstorm |
| Damsire | Storm Cat |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 2004 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Elizabeth J. Valando |
| Owner | Elizabeth J. Valando |
| Trainer | Barclay Tagg |
| Record | 13: 7-2-1 |
| Earnings | $1,544,730 (as of Nov. 5, 2007) |
| Major wins | |
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Remsen Stakes (2006) Holy Bull Stakes (2007) Wood Memorial Stakes (2007) U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (2007) Kent Breeders' Cup Stakes (2007) Jamaica Handicap (2007) |
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| Last updated on October 7, 2007 | |
Nobiz Like Shobiz (born January 29, 2004) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, who during his three-year-old season was considered a top contender for the 2007 U.S. Triple Crown series of races. Though he did not place in the Kentucky Derby, Nobiz added to his stakes winnings by making a successful conversion to turf racing after the Derby.
The horse was given the name Nobiz Like Shobiz by his show business owner Elizabeth J. Valando whose late husband Tommy Valando was a Broadway theatre producer and owner of an important music publishing business. She and her husband owned Fly So Free, the 1990 U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old who won that year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
Nobiz Like Shobiz was sired by multiple Graded stakes race winner, Albert the Great, a son of the 1994 Kentucky Derby winner, Go for Gin. His damsire is Storm Cat, currently the stallion with the highest breeding fee in the world. Trained by Barclay Tagg who notably trained Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Funny Cide, Nobiz Like Shobiz was an awkward colt who did not start his racing career until late in his two-year-old season. Tagg said of his first sight of the colt on a Florida farm, "Before he jogged three steps, I called Elizabeth Valando and said, 'This is the most gorgeous horse I've ever seen. If he's not a Triple Crown candidate, they've never made one.'"
Nobiz Like Shobiz made his racing debut in early September 2006 at Belmont Park, it was an impressive one. Racing at a distance of a full mile, he won by 10¾ lengths. Owner Elizabeth J Valando was then offered $17 million for the colt by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. She turned it down.[1] Nobiz Like Shobiz competed for the second time in mid October in the important Champagne Stakes against two-year-olds, many of whom had more racing experience. Nobiz Like Shobiz finished second by ¾ of a length to Scat Daddy who overtook him in the homestretch. Although he had run a solid race, his trainer chose to skip the November 4th $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile, preferring to allow the colt to mature more while continuing his training.
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