Noble's Promise (April 13, 2007 – August 6, 2018) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2009 Breeders' Futurity Stakes. Background 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. Noble's Promise was purchased as a weanling for $10,000 at the 2007 yearling Keeneland Sales. 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. Racing career 2009: 2-Year-Old Season 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. 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. 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. 2010: 3-Year-Old Season 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. He followed the Rebel Stakes with a run in the Arkansas Derby, finishing a troubled fifth. Noble's Promise was entered to run in the 2010 Kentucky Derby. 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. After the Kentucky Derby, Noble's Promise's career took