A NOBLE SUCCESS INDEED

LUKE Price left home yesterday confident a resuming Our Noble Boy would run very well at Hawkesbury.

And the lightly-raced three-year-old didn’t let him down.

Ridden by Jean Van Overmeire, $13 chance Our Noble Boy broke through in the Super Maiden Handicap (1000m), easily running down leading Newcastle trainer Kris Lees’ well backed $2.10 favorite Spice Trail.

Having his first start since his two-year-old season when he was unplaced twice, but with valid excuses, the son of Headwater did a good job to overcome his outside barrier.

Price, who trains jointly with his father Rob at Kembla Grange, said shin soreness had dogged Our Noble Boy last season.

“We have always thought a bit of him and kicked him off at Rosehill Gardens last November, but he pulled up shin sore,” he said.

“After a break, he trialled nicely at Gosford, so we took him to Wagga for the carnival at the end of April for a Super Maiden (1000m).

“He was up against older horses, and was just beaten, and again pulled up shin sore.”

Our Noble Boy went for another break, and returned at Hawkesbury on the back of a recent trial at the inside Illawarra Grange track.

“I was pretty confident he would run well, and it was great to see him get the job done,” Luke Price said.

“It was a nice win, and I’m sure there is more to come from him.

“He has a good turn of foot.”

Our Noble Boy races in the same maroon and pink colours as the now retired Noble Joey, also trained by Team Price for eight victories.

They included three at Royal Randwick and a 1350m Qualifier of the Provincial Championships at Wyong in 2017.

Whilst Our Noble Boy isn’t related to Noble Joey, Luke Price had an interesting tale to relate about the former’s dam.

“Our Noble Boy’s owners purchased his dam Deepfield Magic as a weanling with the intention of selling her as a yearling,” he said.

“However, they didn’t sell her when she didn’t bring enough money and gave her to us to train.

“She won two races and Our Noble Boy is her first foal.

“Sadly she died only a fortnight after foaling her second (by King’s Legacy).

“Understandably they have named him Noble Orphan, and he is a lovely type.

“He has just turned two years of age, and we have high hopes for him.”

Our Noble Boy’s rider Van Overmeire later completed a Hawkesbury double on the other provincial winner, local trainer Fabio Martino’s All Star ($2.80 favorite) in the Midway Benchmark 68 Handicap (1400m). STORY BY JOHN CURTIS, SEPTEMBER 6, 2026. PIC BRADLEY PHOTOS.