Noble (horse)

Noble
Sire	Highflyer
Grandsire	Herod
Dam	Brim
Damsire	Squirrel
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1783
Country	Kingdom of Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Thomas Panton
Owner	Thomas Panton
Trainer	Francis Neale
Record	3:2-0-0
Major wins
Epsom Derby (1786)

Noble (1783 – after 1796) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from May 1786 to May 1788 he ran at least three times and won two races. He won the seventh running of the Epsom Derby as a 30/1 outsider in what was probably his first race. His only other success came at Newmarket later that year. He was retired to stud where he stood as a stallion for several years but made little impact as a sire of winners.

Noble was a bay horse standing 15.1 hands high bred by his owner, Thomas Panton. Noble was one of three Derby winners sired by Highflyer a successful racehorse who became an outstanding breeding stallion, winning the title of Champion sire on fifteen occasions. He was the fourth of ten foals produced by Lord Farnham's mare Brim, an important broodmare who was the direct female ancestor of the Derby winners Cedric and Doncaster.

There are few available records for Noble's racing career, and it is likely that he had more races than the three detailed below.

There is no record of Noble having run before the Derby, and it seems likely that the Classic was his first racecourse appearance. At Epsom, on 31 May Noble started a 30/1 outsider for the Derby in a field of fifteen runners. Dennis O'Kelly's filly Scota was the 2/1 favourite ahead of Lord Grosvenor's colt Meteor. Ridden by J. White, Noble won from Meteor with Claret finishing third. Following his defeat by Noble, Meteor set a British record by winning his next 21 races.

After a break of almost five months, Noble returned to the racecourse at Newmarket in autumn. At the Second October meeting, Noble ran in a 200 guinea Sweepstakes "Across the Flat" (ten furlongs). He won the race by beating Lord George Cavendish's brother to Steady at level weights.

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