Real Quiet
| Real Quiet | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Hollywood Futurity (1997) Hollywood Gold Cup (1999) Pimlico Special (1999)
American Triple Crown wins: | |
| Awards | |
| U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1998) | |
| Honours | |
| Real Quiet Stakes at Hollywood Park | |
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. He engaged in a contentious battle with Victory Gallop in all three Triple Crown races. His loss to Victory Gallop 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.