REAL QUIET MARCH 7th, 1995 - SEPTEMBER 27th, 2010
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BargainBlueblood
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From the bloodhorse.com article - http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... quiet-dies
“He broke five cervical vertebrae from C-5 through C-9, which is basically from his withers to his head,” said Jester, who served as stallion manager.
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He had to have reared up, slid, and fell on his left shoulder, and his left shoulder blade drove into his cervical spine area and fractured the vertebrae, which is how New Bolton described it."
“He broke five cervical vertebrae from C-5 through C-9, which is basically from his withers to his head,” said Jester, who served as stallion manager.
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He had to have reared up, slid, and fell on his left shoulder, and his left shoulder blade drove into his cervical spine area and fractured the vertebrae, which is how New Bolton described it."
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Mood Swings
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RIP Real Quiet 
Yes Madelyn - No other 'almost TC winner' has ever come as close as Real Quiet did, losing by a something between a nostril and whisker as it were.
RIP
I still have (and occaisionally get a tickle out of playing) the tape I purchased from The Bloodhorse many years ago on what some of the top experts (trainers/consignors/pinhookers) had to say about conformation). That tape features in one part Bob Baffert talking about Real Quiet as a then unraced 2YO in training I believe. That's when he got the moniker "The Fish" b/c Baffert in his usual offhand way described him as being 'like a fish' - so narrow that when you looked at him headon he'd all but disappear from view. But boy did he have a great profile from the perpendicular - tremendous long underline and deep girth. Obviously there was plenty of room in that narrow chest of his for lungs and a huge heart - he never quit trying to win that Belmont stretch race for the finish and he had a great long stretchy stride when he unleashed his full effort!
RIP
I still have (and occaisionally get a tickle out of playing) the tape I purchased from The Bloodhorse many years ago on what some of the top experts (trainers/consignors/pinhookers) had to say about conformation). That tape features in one part Bob Baffert talking about Real Quiet as a then unraced 2YO in training I believe. That's when he got the moniker "The Fish" b/c Baffert in his usual offhand way described him as being 'like a fish' - so narrow that when you looked at him headon he'd all but disappear from view. But boy did he have a great profile from the perpendicular - tremendous long underline and deep girth. Obviously there was plenty of room in that narrow chest of his for lungs and a huge heart - he never quit trying to win that Belmont stretch race for the finish and he had a great long stretchy stride when he unleashed his full effort!
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foothillsequine
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