Vaguely Noble
| Vaguely Noble | |
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| Sire | Vienna (GB) |
| Grandsire | Aureole |
| Dam | Noble Lassie (GB) |
| Damsire | Nearco (ITY) |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1965 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Major Lionel B. Holliday |
| Owner | 1.Mr L.B. Holliday, 2. Nelson Bunker Hunt, Dr & Mrs Franklyn John R. Gaines (25%) share |
| Trainer | 1. Walter Wharton (1965-1967) 2. Paddy Prendergast 3. Etienne Pollet (1968) |
| Record | 9: 6-2-1 |
| Earnings | $366,647; (£18,443 in Great Britain) |
| Major wins | |
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Observer Gold Cup (1967) Prix de Guiche (1968) Prix du Lys (1968) Prix de Chantilly (1968) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1968) |
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| Awards | |
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Timeform rating: 140 Leading sire in GB & Ireland (1973 & 1974) Leading broodmare sire in GB & Ireland (1982) |
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| Last updated on 8 October 2010 | |
Vaguely Noble (1965–1989) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in the United Kingdom and France. The colt is best known as the winner of the 1968 Group one (G1) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe when he defeated the best horses from England, France, Ireland and Italy. He was later a leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland and a Leading broodmare sire in GB & Ireland.
Major Lionel B. Holliday bred Vaguely Noble who was foaled in 1965. Vaguely Noble was by Vienna (GB) who won six races and £27,970 before he was exported to France and then to Japan. His dam was the Lancashire Oaks winner, Noble Lassie (GB) was by Nearco (ITY) from Belle Sauvage by Big Game. Noble Lassie was the dam of several other horses, but Vaguely Noble was her only graded stakes winner. Vaguely Noble was inbred to Hyperion in the third and fourth generation (3m x 4f) and also to Bahram in the fourth generation (4m x 4f).
Major Lionel B. Holliday died in 1965; as a two-year-old Vaguely Noble raced in the colours of the Major's son, Brook Holliday. Vaguely Noble was sold at the end of his two-year-old season and was subsequently owned by Americans Wilma Franklyn and Nelson Bunker Hunt.
Racing at age two, Vaguely Noble finished second in his first two races then won his last two, including the Observer Gold Cup by seven lengths, pulling up, to end the 1967 season. In December 1967 he was sold at auction by the Estate of Major Lionel B. Holliday, for 136,000 guineas ($342,720), a record price for a racehorse. He was purchased by Albert Yank, acting as an agent for Dr and Mrs Franklyn.
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