Noor (horse)

Noor
Sire	Nasrullah
Grandsire	Nearco
Dam	Queen of Baghdad
Damsire	Bahram
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1945
Country	Ireland
Colour	Black
Breeder	HH Aga Khan III
Owner	HH Aga Khan III Charles S. Howard (from October 1949)
Trainer	Frank Butters (1947–1948) Burley Parke (1949–1950)
Record	31: 12-6-6
Earnings	$383,968
Major wins
Bretby Nursery Handicap (1947) Diomed Stakes (1948) Great Foal Stakes (1948) Santa Anita Handicap (1950) San Juan Capistrano Handicap (1950) American Handicap (1950) Golden Gate Handicap (1950) Hollywood Gold Cup (1950)
Awards
U.S. Champion Handicap Male Horse (1950)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (2002) #69 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Last updated on November 5, 2006

Noor (1945 – November 16, 1974) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse Champion who competed successfully in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Given the Arabic name meaning "Light", Noor was sired by five-time U.S. leading sire Nasrullah. His damsire, Bahram, won the English Triple Crown in 1935.

Noor raced at ages two to four in England, meeting with modest success, including a third-place finish in Britain's most prestigious race, the Epsom Derby. During the 1949 racing season, he won only one minor race, and his owner sold him to the American Charles S. Howard, famous as the owner of the 1938 U.S. Horse of the Year, Seabiscuit. Howard's trainer, Burley E. Parke, brought Noor to Howard's Ridgewood Ranch in Willits, California, where patience and training transformed the temperamental thoroughbred's style of racing to American standards. Noor made the transition from running on resilient English turf courses to the hard dirt surfaces in the U.S and by 1950, he was the dominant older horse in America, setting three world records and three track records while scoring victories over U.S. Triple Crown champion Citation in four out of their five encounters.

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