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1998: Real Quiet
Bob Baffert was back in 1998 with Real Quiet, a Florida horse bought from a Columbian owner by Michael Pegram. Kent Desormeaux was the jockey. He was an upset winner of the Derby and won the Preakness by a convincing margin, then lost the Belmont by a nose to the well-named Victory Gallop. Many people thought Desormeaux had taken him out too early so he didn’t have quite enough down the stretch. It seems to me that his moving Real Quiet into Victory Gallop’s lane might have lost him the time needed to win the race. Real Quiet won only 6 of 20 races but placed 18 times with a 6-5-6 record.
Bob Baffert was back in 1998 with Real Quiet, a Florida horse bought from a Columbian owner by Michael Pegram. Kent Desormeaux was the jockey. He was an upset winner of the Derby and won the Preakness by a convincing margin, then lost the Belmont by a nose to the well-named Victory Gallop. Many people thought Desormeaux had taken him out too early so he didn’t have quite enough down the stretch. It seems to me that his moving Real Quiet into Victory Gallop’s lane might have lost him the time needed to win the race. Real Quiet won only 6 of 20 races but placed 18 times with a 6-5-6 record.