Sire: FIRST AMERICAN

FIRST AMERICAN, 1996, QUIET AMERICAN - IN JUBILATION, BY ISGALA First American was bred in Kentucky by TNT Stud, which breeds horses and owns farm in Brazil, Kentucky, Uruguay and Argentina. First American raced for his owner-breeder Goncalo Torrealba, running 4 times at 2 and 8 times at 3. First American sprinted only once in his career in his debut, broke his maiden second time out going a mile, then picked up minor checks in the Grade 2 Breeders’ Futurity and Grade 3 Iroquois in Kentucky. First American developed into one of the nation’s leading Triple Crown colt in the spring of 1999. First American began at 3 by placing twice, including behind Stephen Got Even in a Gulfstream Park allowance race. First American finished fifth of 10 beaten a scant 2 ½ lengths behind Vicar in the Grade 1 Florida Derby. First American hit his high-water mark in his next start romping by more than lengths to win the Grade 3 Flamingo Stakes at Hialeah against Forty One Carats and Vision and Verse. His Beyer number was 104 going 1 1/8 miles, earning him a trip to the Kentucky Derby. First American lunged in the air at the break and lost all chance in the Derby and he did not face the starter again until October. First American ran 3 more times at 3, earning a check in each one, finishing third in the Indiana Derby, fourth in the Grade 2 Clark at Churchill and fifth in the Seattle Slew Stakes at Keeneland. First American was exported by TNT Stud to stand in Brazil, where he has been a good sire. First American is a son of Quiet America, 7 of whose 42 stakes winners have won stakes so far in 2007. His best runner was $3.2-million earner and Kentucky Derby/Preakness Stakes hero Real Quiet. He also is the sire of Cara Rafaela for TNT Stud, for whom she earned more than $884,000 and last week was voted Broodmare of the Year in the United States. First American’s sire Quiet American was sired by Fappiano, whose son Unbridled won the Kentucky Derby and sired a Kentucky Derby winner in Grindstone.