Stay Thirsty

Stay Thirsty

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 March 29, 2008
Country United States
Colour Dark Bay
Breeder John D. Gunther & John Darren Gunther
Owner Repole Stable
Trainer Todd Pletcher
Record 12: 4-3-1
Earnings US$ 1,475,000
Major wins
Travers Stakes (2011)
Jim Dandy Stakes (2011)
Gotham Stakes (2011)
Horse (Equus ferus caballus)
Last updated on August 27, 2011

Stay Thirsty (foaled on March 29, 2008) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse sired by the leading stallion Bernardini. Stay Thirsty 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[1] 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.[2]

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Racing career

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.[3] He broke maiden at an August 14, 2010 race at Saratoga Race Course.[4] Stay Thirsty also placed in the 2010 Three Chimneys Hopeful Stakes on September 6, 2010, losing by 3/4 of a length to Boys At Tosconova.[5] 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.[6]

Three-year-old season

Stay Thirsty has been a late developing colt and only in the middle of the racing season is his ability showing.[2]

Stay Thirsty won the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes before coming second to Ruler on Ice in the 2011 Belmont Stakes.[7]

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).[2] 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 the 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.[8]

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.[9]

Remainder of the season

Stay Thirsty was third in the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes.[10] Stay Thirsty finished poorly in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Classic, finishing next to last at eleventh place behind the race favorite, Uncle Mo, who finished tenth.[11]

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) that 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.[12]

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 four-years-old, 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.[13]

Pedigree of Stay Thirsty, Bay, 2008.
Sire
Bernardini
B. 2003		 A.P. Indy
B. 1989		 Seattle Slew 1974 Bold Reasoning 1968
My Charmer 1969
Weekend Surprise 1980 Secretariat 1970
Lassie Dear 1974
Cara Rafaela
Gray/Roan 1993		 Quiet American 1986 Fappiano 1977
Demure 1977
Oil Fable 1986 Spectacular Bid 1976
Northern Fable 1978
Dam
Marozia
Ch. 1994		 Storm Bird
B. 1978		 Northern Dancer 1961 Nearctic 1954
Natalma 1957
South Ocean 1967 New Providence 1956
Shining Sun 1962
Make Change
Ch. 1975		 Roberto 1969 Hail to Reason 1958
Bramalea 1959
Equal Change 1972 Arts and Letters 1966
Fairness 1963

Racing statistics

Date Age Distance Race Grade Track Surface Odds Time Field Finish Margin Jockey Trainer Owner Citation
July 15, 2010 2 5 1⁄2 Furlongs
 Maiden Special Weight Maiden Belmont Park Dirt 0.75 1:03.79 7 2 3⁄4 Lengths John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Repole Stable [3]
August 14, 2010 2 6 Furlongs Maiden Special Weight Maiden Saratoga Race Course Dirt 0.70 1:11.01 9 1 1⁄2 Lengths John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Repole Stable [4]
September 6, 2010 2 7 Furlongs Hopeful Stakes 1 Saratoga Race Course Dirt 4.90 1:23.27 4 2 3⁄4 Lengths John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Repole Stable [5]
November 6, 2010 2 1+1⁄16 miles or
1,700 m		 Breeders' Cup Juvenile 1 Churchill Downs Dirt 13.50 N/A 10 5 N/A Javier Castellano Todd Pletcher Repole Stable [6]
March 5, 2011 3 1+1⁄16 miles or
1,700 m		 Gotham Stakes 3 Aqueduct Racetrack Dirt 0.90 1:44.78 7 1 3⁄4 Lengths Ramon Dominguez Todd Pletcher Repole Stable [14]
April 3, 2011 3 1+1⁄8 miles or
1,800 m		 Florida Derby 1 Gulfstream Park Dirt 8.30 N/A 8 7 N/A Ramon Dominguez Todd Pletcher Repole Stable [15]
May 7, 2011 3 1+1⁄4 miles or
2,000 m		 Kentucky Derby 1 Churchill Downs Dirt 17.20 N/A 19 12 N/A Ramon Dominguez Todd Pletcher Repole Stable [16]
June 11, 2011 3 1+1⁄2 miles or
2,400 m		 Belmont Stakes 1 Belmont Park Dirt 16.20 2:30.88 12 2 3⁄4 Lengths Javier Castellano Todd Pletcher Repole Stable [17]
July 30, 2011 3 1+1⁄8 miles or
1,800 m		 Jim Dandy Stakes 2 Saratoga Race Course Dirt 2.50 1:48.78 7 1 3⁄4 Lengths Javier Castellano Todd Pletcher Repole Stable [18]
August 27, 2011 3 1+1⁄4 miles or
2,000 m		 Travers Stakes 1 Saratoga Race Course Dirt 2.40 2:03.03 10 1 1⁄4 Lengths Javier Castellano Todd Pletcher Repole Stable [19]
Oct  1, 2011 3 1+1⁄4 miles or
2,000 m		 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes 1 Belmont Park Dirt 1.30 2:03.17 7 3 1 1⁄4 Lengths Javier Castellano Todd Pletcher Repole Stable [10]
Nov 5, 2011 3 10 furlongs
(1+1⁄4 miles or
2,000 m)		 Breeders' Cup Classic 1 Churchill Downs Dirt 11.80 N/A 12 11 N/A Javier Castellano Todd Pletcher Repole Stable [11]

External links

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