| Essential Quality | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Tapit |
| Grandsire | Pulpit |
| Dam | Delightful Quality |
| Damsire | Elusive Quality |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 2018[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Gray |
| Breeder | Godolphin Stables |
| Owner | Godolphin Stables |
| Trainer | Brad H. Cox |
| Record | 10: 8-0-2 |
| Earnings | $4,215,144[2] |
| Major wins | |
| Breeders' Futurity Stakes (2020) Southwest Stakes (2021) Blue Grass Stakes (2021) Jim Dandy Stakes (2021) Travers Stakes (2021) Triple Crown wins: Breeders' Cup wins: | |
| Awards | |
| American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse (2020) American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (2021) | |
| Last updated on 10 February 2022 | |
Essential Quality (foaled April 9, 2018) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2021 Belmont Stakes, the 2021 Travers Stakes, and the 2020 Breeders' Cup Juvenile. He was named the 2020 Champion Two-Year-Old and the 2021 Champion Three-Year-Old.
He won eight of his ten races, finishing in the top three in every race, with his only defeats being a third in the Kentucky Derby after a troubled trip while finishing a length behind the winner and a third in the Breeders' Cup Classic.