Real Quiet

Real Quiet
Real Quiet
SireQuiet American
GrandsireFappiano
DamReally Blue
DamsireBelieve It
SexStallion
FoaledMarch 7, 1995
DiedSeptember 27, 2010(2010-09-27) (aged 15)
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederEduardo Gaviria
OwnerMichael E. Pegram
TrainerBob Baffert
Record20: 6–5–6
Earnings$3,271,802
Major wins
Hollywood Futurity (1997)
Hollywood Gold Cup (1999)
Pimlico Special (1999)

American Triple Crown wins:
Kentucky Derby (1998)
Preakness Stakes (1998)

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. 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.[1]