Real Quiet
| Real Quiet | |
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| Sire | Quiet American |
| Grandsire | Fappiano |
| Dam | Really Blue |
| Damsire | Believe It |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | March 7, 1995 |
| Died | September 27, 2010 (aged 15) |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Eduardo Gaviria |
| Owner | Michael E. Pegram |
| Trainer | Bob Baffert |
| Record | 20: 6-5-6 |
| Earnings | $3,271,802 |
| Major wins | |
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Hollywood Futurity (1997) Kentucky Derby (1998) Preakness Stakes (1998) |
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| Awards | |
| U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1998) | |
| Honours | |
| Real Quiet Stakes at Hollywood Park | |
Hollywood Futurity (1997)
Hollywood Gold Cup (1999)
Pimlico Special (1999)
Real Quiet (March 7, 1995 – September 27, 2010) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was nicknamed "The Fish" by his trainer due to his narrow frame. He is best remembered for winning the first two legs of American Triple Crown: the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. His loss in the third leg, the Belmont Stakes, was the smallest margin of defeat ever at only four inches.
He was bred by Eduardo Gaviria, a Colombian proprietor of two stud farms: one near Bogotá in Colombia and another, Little Hill Farm, in Ocala, Florida, where Real Quiet was foaled. Gaviria purchased mare Really Blue, in foal to Spend A Buck, at the 1990 Keeneland November sale for $37,000. Gaviria decided to breed Really Blue with Quiet American. The result was Real Quiet. However, the colt's crooked knees prompted Gaviria to sell him at a yearling auction to Michael E. Pegram for $17,000.
Trained by Bob Baffert, racing as a two-year-old in 1997, Real Quiet started slowly, competing in seven races before getting his first win in a maiden special weight at Hollywood Park at eight and a half furlongs by 3 lengths. Later that spring, he finished third in the $250,000 Indian Nations Futurity Cup at Santa Fe and third in the $200,000 Grade III Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs, losing to Cape Town. He finished the year with a score in the $1 million Hollywood Futurity at 8.5 furlongs, defeating Artax and Nationalore. He finished his two-year-old season with a record of 2-0-5 in nine starts with earnings of $381,122.
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