 Racing Hall of Fame inductee Nashua and out of the mare Noble Lady, a daughter of Vaguely Noble, winner of the 1968 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the 1973 and 1974 Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland as well as their Leading broodmare sire in 1982.Noble Nashua was purchased for racing by the Flying Zee Stable of Carl Lizza, Jr. and Herbert Hochreiter and trained by Jose Martin.In 1981, he won five important stakes races including the Grade I Swaps Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack and the Marlboro Cup Handicap at Belmont Park.