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{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = No Le Hace
| image =
| caption =
| sire = [[Candy Spots]]
| grandsire = Nigromante
| dam = Tasma
| damsire =  [[Crafty Admiral]]
| sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]]
| foaled = 1969<ref>[http://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm?page_state=ORDER_AND_CONFIRM&reference_number=350913&registry=T&horse_name=No%20Le%20Hace&dam_name=Tasma&foaling_year=1969&nicking_stats_indicator=Y## No Le Hace Pedigre] Equineline</ref>
| country = [[United States]]
| colour = [[Chestnut (coat)|Chestnut]]
| breeder = Nuckols Brothers
| owner = Joseph R. Straus Sr.
| trainer = [[Homer C. Pardue]]
| record = 34: 9-8-4
| earnings =  $239,752
| race =  [[Lecomte Stakes]] (1972)<br />[[Louisiana Derby]] (1972)<br />[[Arkansas Derby]] (1972)<br />[[Sugar Bowl Stakes|Sugar Bowl Handicap]] (1971)
| awards =
| honors = [[Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame]] (1993)
| updated= October 30, 2021
}}
'''No Le Hace''' was an American [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]] foaled on March 18, 1969, No Le Hace is best remembered for his runner-up performances in the $200,000 grade 1 [[Preakness Stakes]] to [[Bee Bee Bee]] and the [[Kentucky Derby]] behind [[Riva Ridge]].
==Background==
No Le Hace was a chestnut horse bred by Nuckols Brothers. He was sired by [[Candy Spots]] and was a grandson of Nigromante. He was out of the [[mare (horse)|mare]] Tasma.<ref>[http://www.pedigreequery.com/no+le+hace No Le Hace's pedigree and partial racing stats]</ref> He was trained by [[Homer C. Pardue]]. After retiring No Le Hace was sold and sent to Japan for stud duty.<ref>{{cite web|title=No Le Hace |url=https://txhof.com/no-le-hace.html|publisher=Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame|access-date=December 31, 2022}}</ref>
==Racing career==
===1971: two-year-old season===
At age two No Le Hace won four of his first five races including his maiden and two allowance races. In December 1972, his connections ran him in his first stakes race at six furlongs on the dirt in the [[Sugar Bowl Stakes|Sugar Bowl Handicap]] at [[Fair Grounds Race Course]]. He won that race going away by four lengths.
===1972: three-year-old season===
In the lead-up to the 1972 [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United States Triple Crowns|U.S. Triple Crown]] series, No Le Hace won the [[Lecomte Stakes]] at [[Fair Grounds Race Course]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]. He then won the mile and one sixteenth [[Louisiana Derby]] at the [[Fair Grounds Race Course]] in late March. In April, he was sent to [[Oaklawn Park]] in [[Hot Springs, Arkansas]], where he won the [[Arkansas Derby]].
Ridden by [[jockey]] Phil Rubbicco in his prep races, No Le Hace was listed as the third favorite on the morning line of the [[Kentucky Derby]] at 9–2. He finished second to 3-2 favorite [[Riva Ridge]]. Two weeks later on Saturday, May 20, 1972, No Le Hace was entered in the $200,000 [[Preakness Stakes]] run at a mile and three sixteenths on dirt at [[Pimlico Race Course]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. On the morning line, he was the third favorite at 6–1 in a field of seven. Derby winner [[Riva Ridge]] was the prohibitive odds-on favorite as 1–3.  No Le Hace broke very poorly in last. Under Rubbicco, he was aggressively rated back going into Pimlico's famous "Clubhouse Turn."<ref name="marylandracing1972">{{cite news|url=http://www.marylandracing.com/|newspaper=Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide 2009 |title=Preakness Stakes 1972 Race Chart page p-73 |publisher=Pimlico Race Course|date=2009-05-01|df=mdy-all}}</ref> No Le Hace was taken to the outside by Rubbicco and moved into sixth going down the backstretch. Fractions were blistering on the front end, with the first quarter in :23<span style="font-size:80%">1/5</span> and the half in :47 seconds flat. A 19-1 longshot, Bee Bee Bee, led, followed by [[Key To The Mint]] one length back.<ref name="marylandracing1972"/>
At three quarters of a mile, No Le Hace was six lengths  back, and at the mile he was four lengths back as the leader tipped the clock at 1:36<span style="font-size:80%">2/5</span>.<ref name="marylandracing1972"/> No Le Hace closed steadily to finish second to [[Bee Bee Bee]] by a length and a half.<ref name="marylandracing1972"/> He took home 20% of the purse, $30,000, in the 97th running of the Preakness.<ref name="marylandracing1972"/>
==References==
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[[Category:1969 racehorse births]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Racehorses trained in the United States]]
[[Category:Thoroughbred family 3-o]]