Stay Thirsty
{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
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{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Stay Thirsty
| image = Stay Thirsty - 2011 Travers Stakes.jpg
| caption = Stay Thirsty with Javier Castellano up winning the 2011 Travers Stakes.
| sire = Bernardini
| grandsire = A. P. Indy
| dam = Marozia
| damsire = Storm Bird
| sex = Stallion
| foaled = 2008
| country = United States
| color = Dark Bay
| breeder = John D. Gunther & John Darren Gunther
| owner = Repole Stable
| trainer = Todd Pletcher
| record = 14: 4-4-1
| earnings = US$ 1,503,500
| race = Travers Stakes (2011)
Jim Dandy Stakes (2011)
Gotham Stakes (2011)
Cigar Mile Handicap (2012)
| awards =
| honors =
| updated= August 27, 2011
}}
Stay Thirsty (foaled on 29 March 2008) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse sired by the leading stallion Bernardini. He was bred in Kentucky by John D. Gunther and John Darren Gunther. His dam, Marozia, was sired by Storm Bird. Stay Thirsty was consigned as lot 1147 by Glenwood Farm to the 2009 Keeneland September yearling auction{{cite web|title=Hip 1147|url=http://apps.keeneland.com/sales/sep09/pdfs/1147.pdf|work=2009 Keeneland September Yearling Auction catalog|publisher=Keeneland|access-date=28 August 2011|archive-date=25 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325153122/http://apps.keeneland.com/sales/sep09/pdfs/1147.pdf|url-status=live}} and was bought for $160,000 by Whitehorse Stables. His trainer, Todd Pletcher, bought him for his owner, Mike Repole, for $500,000 at the 2010 Fasig-Tipton sale of 2-year-olds in training in Florida.{{cite news|last=Shandler|first=Jason|title=Stay Thirsty Rolls to Travers Victory|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/64744/stay-thirsty-rolls-to-travers-victory|access-date=August 28, 2011|newspaper=Bloodhorse.com|date=August 27, 2011|archive-date=October 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007031139/http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/64744/stay-thirsty-rolls-to-travers-victory|url-status=live}}
Racing career
=2010: two-year-old season=
Stay Thirsty first raced in a maiden special weight race at Belmont Park on July 15, 2010, finishing second to Sovereign Default.{{cite web|title=Belmont Park-July 15, 2010-Race 2|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?BORP=P&STYLE=EQB&DAY=D&tid=BEL&dt=07/15/2010&ctry=USA&race=2|publisher=Equibase.com|access-date=28 August 2011|archive-date=30 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330093956/http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?BORP=P&STYLE=EQB&DAY=D&tid=BEL&dt=07%2F15%2F2010&ctry=USA&race=2|url-status=live}} He broke his maiden in an August 14, 2010, race at Saratoga Race Course.{{cite web|title=Saratoga-August 14, 2010-Race 8|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?BORP=P&STYLE=EQB&DAY=D&tid=SAR&dt=08/14/2010&ctry=USA&race=8|publisher=Equibase.com|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-date=March 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330094013/http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?BORP=P&STYLE=EQB&DAY=D&tid=SAR&dt=08%2F14%2F2010&ctry=USA&race=8|url-status=live}} Stay Thirsty also placed in the Three Chimneys Hopeful Stakes on September 6, 2010, losing by 3/4 of a length to Boys At Tosconova.{{cite web|title=Saratoga-September 6, 2010-Race 9|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?BORP=P&STYLE=EQB&DAY=D&tid=SAR&dt=09/06/2010&ctry=USA&race=9|publisher=Equibase.com|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-date=March 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330094018/http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?BORP=P&STYLE=EQB&DAY=D&tid=SAR&dt=09%2F06%2F2010&ctry=USA&race=9|url-status=live}} He finished fifth in the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs on November 6, 2010. The race was won by stablemate Uncle Mo.{{cite news|title=Churchill Downs- November 6, 2010– Race 7|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?BORP=P&STYLE=EQB&DAY=D&tid=CD&dt=11/06/2010&ctry=USA&race=7|access-date=August 28, 2011|newspaper=Equibase.com|archive-date=March 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330094035/http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?BORP=P&STYLE=EQB&DAY=D&tid=CD&dt=11%2F06%2F2010&ctry=USA&race=7|url-status=live}}
=2011: three-year-old season=
Stay Thirsty won the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes before coming second to Ruler on Ice in the 2011 Belmont Stakes.{{cite web|title=Stay Thirsty (KY)|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbHorseInfo.cfm?refno=8304239®istry=T|publisher=Equibase.com|access-date=28 August 2011|archive-date=1 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001021401/http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbHorseInfo.cfm?refno=8304239®istry=T|url-status=live}}
==2011 Travers Stakes==
Like his sire five years earlier, Stay Thirsty has won both the Grade II Jim Dandy Stakes and the 2011 Grade I Travers Stakes. In the Travers, in which he was favored to win, he competed against the top three leaders of the 3-year-old division: Shackleford (winner of the 2011 Preakness Stakes), Ruler on Ice (winner of the 2011 Belmont Stakes), and Coil (winner of the 2011 Haskell Invitational Handicap). He was also the first horse since 1901 to win from the number 9 post.
Stay Thirsty was ridden by Javier Castellano in the race, who also won his second straight Travers. Castellano was the first rider in 30 years to win consecutive Travers Stakes. The last to do so was National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Maple, who won in 1980 and 1981. Castellano also won the 2006 Travers Stakes while riding Bernardini, Stay Thirsty's sire.{{cite web|last=Singelais|first=Mark|title=Stay Thirsty toast of Travers|date=28 August 2011 |url=http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Stay-Thirsty-toast-of-Travers-2144558.php|publisher=Times Union|access-date=28 August 2011|archive-date=29 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929200316/http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Stay-Thirsty-toast-of-Travers-2144558.php|url-status=live}}
Stay Thirsty became the leader of the American 3-year-old colt division after the Travers win. As of that date, he became the most likely 3-year-colt to be considered the best of his class for 2011.{{cite news|last=Finley|first=Bill|title=Stay Thirsty a deserving No. 1|url=https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/6903061/stay-thirsty-deserving-no-1|access-date=September 1, 2011|newspaper=ESPN.com|date=August 28, 2011|archive-date=June 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606213254/http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/6903061/stay-thirsty-deserving-no-1|url-status=live}}
==Remainder of the season==
Stay Thirsty was third in the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes.{{cite web|title=Belmont Park- October 1, 2011– Race 10|url=http://www.equibase.com/static/chart/pdf/BEL100111USA10.pdf|publisher=Equibase.com|access-date=October 7, 2011}} He then finished poorly in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Classic, finishing next to last in eleventh place behind the race favorite, Uncle Mo, who finished tenth.{{cite web|title=Churchill Downs- November 5, 2011– Race 11|url=http://www.equibase.com/static/chart/pdf/CD110511USA11.pdf|publisher=Equibase.com|access-date=November 6, 2011|archive-date=November 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111152241/http://www.equibase.com/static/chart/pdf/CD110511USA11.pdf|url-status=live}}
=2012: four-year-old season=
Stay Thirsty returned to racing on May 17 in the Vanlandingham Stakes run at Belmont Park, where he finished second to Trickmeister.{{Cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?BORP=P&STYLE=EQB&DAY=D&tid=BEL&dt=05%2F17%2F2012&ctry=USA&race=3 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-10-12 |archive-date=2012-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108100506/http://equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=3&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=05%2F17%2F2012&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }} In July, Stay Thirsty finished fifth out of seven horses in the Grade II Suburban Handicap, having exited the starting gate poorly.{{Cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/static/chart/pdf/BEL070712USA9.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-07-14 |archive-date=2021-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223174949/http://www.equibase.com/static/chart/pdf/BEL070712USA9.pdf |url-status=live }} He completed his racing career in November with a win in the Grade I Cigar Mile.{{cite press release |url=http://www.coolmore.com/stay-thirsty-bows-out-on-a-high/ |title=Stay Thirsty Bows Out on a High |publisher=Coolmore America |date=November 26, 2012 |access-date=January 2, 2013 |archive-date=September 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913005641/http://coolmore.com/stay-thirsty-bows-out-on-a-high/ |url-status=live }}
Stud career
He was retired after his four-year-old season and now stands at Ashford Stud, the American arm of the Irish breeding giant Coolmore near Versailles, Kentucky.{{cite web |url=http://www.coolmore.com/stallions/stay-thirsty/?farm_id=66 |title=American Stallions: Stay Thirsty |publisher=Coolmore Stud |access-date=January 2, 2013 |archive-date=February 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204065617/http://www.coolmore.com/stallions/stay-thirsty/?farm_id=66 |url-status=live }}
In 2017 Stay Thirsty was sold to Lovacre Ranch in Warner Springs, California, where his stud fee is set at $10,000.{{cite web |url=https://www.paulickreport.com/news/bloodstock/grade-1-winner-stay-thirsty-sold-stand-california/ |title=Grade 1 winner Stay Thirsty sold to stand in California |publisher=paulickreport.com |access-date=3 June 2020 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603125510/https://www.paulickreport.com/news/bloodstock/grade-1-winner-stay-thirsty-sold-stand-california/ |url-status=live }}
=Notable Progeny=
Pedigree
Stay Thirsty's sire, Bernardini (Bay, 2003) won the 2006 Preakness Stakes, Travers Stakes, Jim Dandy Stakes, Withers Stakes and the Jockey Club Gold Cup. He was sired by leading sire A.P. Indy, who also produced Mineshaft and Rags to Riches. His dam is Grade I winner Cara Rafaela (Quiet American – Oil Fable), who accrued $884,452 in her racing career. Cara Rafaela won the 1995 Hollywood Starlet Stakes and the Alcibiades Stakes and was Broodmare of the Year in 2006. She has produced nine foals, including Ile de France and Bold Legacy.{{cite web|title=Bernardini|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/stallion-register/pdfs/bernardini.pdf|publisher=TrueNicks|access-date=30 August 2011|archive-date=12 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012014746/https://www.bloodhorse.com/stallion-register/pdfs/bernardini.pdf|url-status=live}}
Stay Thirsty's dam, Marozia (Chestnut, 1994), was sired by Storm Bird out of the mare Make Change. She was exported to the United Kingdom in 1995 and raced with limited success until age four, earning £6,220 ($10,367). She returned to the United States from Ireland in 1998 and has produced ten foals. Stay Thirsty was her eighth foal, and she also produced the graded stakes winners Andromeda's Hero and Superfly, by Fusaichi Pegasus. Her dam, Make Change, won the Miss Liberty Stakes and produced eight foals, including the filly Time Changes.{{cite web|title=Marozia|url=http://www.registry.jockeyclub.com/dotFreePortfolioReport.cfm?download_pdf_list=20735421&dl_type=pdf|publisher=Equineline.com|access-date=28 August 2011|archive-date=27 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927225523/http://www.registry.jockeyclub.com/dotFreePortfolioReport.cfm?download_pdf_list=20735421&dl_type=pdf|url-status=live}}
{{Pedigree
|name = Stay Thirsty, Bay, 2008.
|f = Bernardini
B. 2003
|m = Marozia
Ch. 1994
|ff = A.P. Indy
B. 1989
|fm = Cara Rafaela
Gray/Roan 1993
|mf = Storm Bird
B. 1978
|mm = Make Change
Ch. 1975
|fff = Seattle Slew 1974
|ffm = Weekend Surprise 1980
|fmf = Quiet American 1986
|fmm = Oil Fable 1986
|mff = Northern Dancer 1961
|mfm = South Ocean 1967
|mmf = Roberto 1969
|mmm = Equal Change 1972
|ffff = Bold Reasoning 1968
|fffm = My Charmer 1969
|ffmf = Secretariat 1970
|ffmm = Lassie Dear 1974
|fmff = Fappiano 1977
|fmfm = Demure 1977
|fmmf = Spectacular Bid 1976
|fmmm = Northern Fable 1978
|mfff = Nearctic 1954
|mffm = Natalma 1957
|mfmf = New Providence 1956
|mfmm = Shining Sun 1962
|mmff = Hail to Reason 1958
|mmfm = Bramalea 1959
|mmmf = Arts and Letters 1966
|mmmm = Fairness 1963
|}}
Racing statistics
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| Date |Age |Distance |Race |Grade |Track |Surface |Odds |Time |Field |Finish |Margin |Jockey |Trainer |Owner |Citation |
| July 15, 2010
|2 |{{frac|5|1|2}} Furlongs |Maiden Special Weight |Maiden |Dirt |0.75 |1:03.79 |7 |2 |{{frac|3|4}} Lengths |Repole Stable |
| August 14, 2010
|2 |6 Furlongs |Maiden Special Weight |Maiden |Dirt |0.70 |1:11.01 |9 |1 |{{frac|1|2}} Lengths |John Velazquez |Todd Pletcher |Repole Stable |
| September 6, 2010
|2 |7 Furlongs |1 |Saratoga Race Course |Dirt |4.90 |1:23.27 |4 |2 |{{frac|3|4}} Lengths |John Velazquez |Todd Pletcher |Repole Stable |
| November 6, 2010
|2 |{{convert|1+1/16|mi|m|disp=x| or}} |1 |Dirt |13.50 |N/A |10 |5 |N/A |Todd Pletcher |Repole Stable |
| March 5, 2011
|3 |{{convert|1+1/16|mi|m|disp=x| or}} |3 |Dirt |0.90 |1:44.78 |7 |1 |{{frac|3|4}} Lengths |Todd Pletcher |Repole Stable |
| April 3, 2011
|3 |{{convert|1+1/8|mi|m|disp=x| or}} |1 |Dirt |8.30 |N/A |8 |7 |N/A |Ramon Dominguez |Todd Pletcher |Repole Stable |
| May 7, 2011
|3 |{{convert|1+1/4|mi|m|disp=x| or}} |1 |Churchill Downs |Dirt |17.20 |N/A |19 |12 |N/A |Ramon Dominguez |Todd Pletcher |Repole Stable |
| June 11, 2011
|3 |{{convert|1+1/2|mi|m|disp=x| or}} |1 |Belmont Park |Dirt |16.20 |2:30.88 |12 |2 |{{frac|3|4}} Lengths |Javier Castellano |Todd Pletcher |Repole Stable |
| July 30, 2011
|3 |{{convert|1+1/8|mi|m|disp=x| or}} |2 |Saratoga Race Course |Dirt |2.50 |1:48.78 |7 |1 |{{frac|3|4}} Lengths |Javier Castellano |Todd Pletcher |Repole Stable |
| August 27, 2011
|3 |{{convert|1+1/4|mi|m|disp=x| or}} |1 |Saratoga Race Course |Dirt |2.40 |2:03.03 |10 |1 |{{frac|1|4}} Lengths |Javier Castellano |Todd Pletcher |Repole Stable |
| Oct 1, 2011
|3 |{{convert|1+1/4|mi|m|disp=x| or}} |1 |Belmont Park |Dirt |1.30 |2:03.17 |7 |3 |{{frac|1|1|4}} Lengths |Javier Castellano |Todd Pletcher |Repole Stable |
| Nov 5, 2011
|3 |10 furlongs |1 |Dirt |11.80 |N/A |12 |11 |N/A |Javier Castellano |Todd Pletcher |Repole Stable |
External links
- [http://www.pedigreequery.com/stay+thirsty Stay Thirsty partial stats and pedigree]