Nobiz Like Shobiz
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| Sire: | Albert the Great | |
| Grandsire: | Go For Gin | |
| Dam: | Nightstorm | |
| Damsire: | Storm Cat | |
| Sex: | Stallion | |
| Foaled: | 2004 | |
| Country: | United States | |
| Colour: | Bay | |
| Breeder: | Elizabeth J. Valando | |
| Owner: | Elizabeth J. Valando | |
| Trainer: | Barclay Tagg | |
| Record: | 4: 3-1-0 | |
| Earnings: | $316,400 (to date) | |
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| Major Racing Wins | ||
| Remsen Stakes (2006) Holy Bull Stakes (2007) |
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Infobox last updated on: February 3, 2007. |
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Nobiz Like Shobiz (born January 29, 2004) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, currently considered a top contender for the 2007 U.S. Triple Crown series of races.
The horse was given the name Nobiz Like Shobiz by his show business owner Elizabeth J. Valando whose late husband Tommy Valando was a Broadway theatre producer and owner of an important music publishing business. She and her husband owned Fly So Free, the 1990 U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old who won that year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
Nobiz Like Shobiz was sired by multiple Graded stakes race winner, Albert the Great, his damsire is Storm Cat, currently the stallion with the largest breeding fee in the world. Trained by Barclay Tagg who notably trained Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Funny Cide, Nobiz Like Shobiz was an awkward colt who did not start his racing career until late in his two-year-old season. Barclay said of his first sight of the colt on a Florida farm, "Before he jogged three steps, I called Elizabeth Valando and said, 'This is the most gorgeous horse I've ever seen. If he's not a Triple Crown candidate, they've never made one.'" When Nobiz did make his debut in early September of 2006 at Belmont Park, it was an impressive one. Racing at a distance of a full mile, he won by 10 3/4 lengths.
The colt competed for the second time in mid October in the important Champagne Stakes against two-year-olds, many of whom had more racing experience. Nobiz Like Shobiz finished second by ¾ of a length to Scat Daddy who overtook him in the homestretch. Although he had run a solid race, his trainer chose to skip the November 4th $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile, preferring to allow the colt to mature more while continuing his training.
As such, his next outing, and last of 2006, was in the Grade-2 $200,00 US Remsen Stakes where he won by an impressive 6 1/2-lengths. He earned a very respective Beyer Speed Figure of 97 and his time of 1:48.82 was the fastest Remsen at the distance since 1977, when Believe It won in 1:47.80.Daily Racing Form Nov 27, 2006
Tagg had indicated for 2007 he would enter Nobiz into three prep races—all at 1 1/8 mile—before the Kentucky Derby. The first would be the Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes on February 3rd. Going off as the favorite, Nobiz Like Shobiz outran his rival Scat Daddy and won going away by one and one/half lengths. If things go as planned, he will race in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes on March 3rd; and Grade 1 Wood Memorial Stakes on April 7th. Should the weather at Belmont look poor then Tagg will use the Grade 1 Florida Derby on March 31st instead of the Wood Memorial Stakes.
As of January 2007, future betting odds makers (as well all major thoroughbred sports writers) covering the road to the Kentucky Derby list Nobiz Like Showbiz as the present favorite.
Nobiz Like Shobiz is wintering in Barn 16 at Gulfstream Park in Florida along with Funny Cide.
