Real Quiet
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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
Two-year-old season
Trained by
Three-year-old season
Although still lightly regarded in a year with many quality three-year-olds competing, in 1998 Real Quiet was ridden to victory by jockey
Before American Pharoah won the 2015 Triple Crown, no horse had come closer to taking the Triple Crown since Affirmed's victory in 1978. Kent Desormeaux was criticized for his jockeying in the Belmont Stakes. Many believed he moved out too fast at the start, causing Real Quiet to tire in the final strides of the course. For his performances in 1998, Real Quiet won the Eclipse Award for best three-year-old colt.
Four-year-old season
As a four-year-old, Real Quiet won the Grade I
He was the first horse in 50 years to win the Preakness Stakes and the Pimlico Special and is one of only five horses to accomplish that feat along with four
.That summer, Real Quiet won the $1 million Grade I
Retirement
As a 4-year-old, Real Quiet suffered a fractured splint bone in his right front leg. In his career, he hit the board in 17 of 20 starts and earned $3,271,802.
Real Quiet entered stud for a fee of $25,000 in 2000 at Vinery Kentucky near Lexington. George Hofmeister's Highland Farm had purchased the breeding rights to the horse the month before the Kentucky Derby. Hofmeister had bought majority interest in Vinery, owned by Ben P. Walden Jr. and his wife, Elaine.
Real Quiet later stood at Taylor Made Stallions in Kentucky and Pin Oak Lane Farm, then Penn Ridge, both in Pennsylvania. He also shuttled to Australia and Uruguay, taking advantage of the reversed breeding season observed in the southern hemisphere.
In 2005, he was relocated to Regal Heir Farms in Pennsylvania. He produced a prime runner in the
Legacy
A street in unincorporated Prince William County, Virginia, intersecting a street named for fellow racehorse Sunday Silence, is named for him. However, it is misspelled as "Real Quite Ct."[4]
Pedigree
Sire Quiet American bay 1986 |
Fappiano
bay 1977 |
Mr. Prospector | Raise a Native |
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Gold Digger | |||
Killaloe | Dr. Fager | ||
Grand Splendor | |||
Demure
bay 1977 |
Dr. Fager | Rough'n Tumble | |
Aspidistra | |||
Quiet Charm | Nearctic | ||
Cequillo | |||
Dam Really Blue ch. 1983 |
Believe It
ch. 1975 |
In Reality | Intentionally |
My Dear Girl | |||
Breakfast Bell | Buckpasser | ||
Reveille | |||
Meadow Blue
ch. 1975 |
Raise a Native | Native Dancer | |
Raise You | |||
Gay Hostess | Royal Charger | ||
Your Hostess |
See also
References
- ^ Pedigree Online, Thoroughbred Database;
- ^ Thoroughbred Times, Stallion Directory;
- ^ "Derby winner Real Quiet dies". Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Prince William County Mapper". Prince William County, Virginia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
External links
- Real Quiet profile on the Stallion Register
- Real Quiet profile at Regal Heir Farms
- Real Quiet's pedigree with photos
- Real Quiet's Derby
- Preakness winners
- Real Quiet: Three-year-old Male of the Year