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Nobiliary would remain in training as a four-year-old but she never raced again after her win at Laurel Park and was retired to become a broodmare. She was unsuccessful in her new role, producing only two recorded foals: Winnsboro (a bay filly, foaled in 1979, sired by
383:, three lengths behind the winner and four lengths clear of Hunza Dancer in third. Maurice Zilber later expressed the view that Nobilary could have won the race if Saint-Martin had made more use of the filly's stamina. Nobiliary was scheduled for a rematch with Ivanjica in the
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