He is out of the Dr. Fager mare Demure, by the Grade I winner Fappiano, son of Mr. Prospector.
Purchased for $300,000 as a yearling at the 1987 Fall Fasig-Tipton Tartan Stable Dispersal Sale by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Quiet American was very lightly raced at 2 and 3 and didn't come into his own until age 4, where he won both the NYRA Mile and the San Diego Handicap.
Retired to stud at Darley Stud in 1992, Quiet American produced multiple stakes winners, with the most famous being Kentucky Derby winner Real Quiet.
In total, he has sired over 50 stakes winners with a cumulative earnings of $57 million.
Godolphin's American representative Dan Pride said "To achieve what he did as a racehorse and as a stallion, and then be able to live a long and happy life, is really what one hopes for any horse.