| Stay Thirsty | |
|---|---|
 Stay Thirsty withJavier Castellano up winning the 2011Travers 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 |
| Major wins | |
| Travers Stakes (2011) Jim Dandy Stakes (2011) Gotham Stakes (2011) Cigar Mile Handicap (2012) | |
| Last updated on August 27, 2011 | |
Stay Thirsty (foaled on 29 March 2008) is an AmericanThoroughbredracehorse sired by the leadingstallionBernardini. He was bred inKentucky by John D. Gunther and John Darren Gunther. His dam, Marozia, was sired byStorm 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]
Stay Thirsty first raced in a maiden special weight race atBelmont Park on July 15, 2010, finishing second to Sovereign Default.[3] He broke his maiden in an August 14, 2010, race atSaratoga Race Course.[4] Stay Thirsty also placed in the Three ChimneysHopeful Stakes on September 6, 2010, losing by 3/4 of a length to Boys At Tosconova.[5] He finished fifth in the Grey GooseBreeders' Cup Juvenile atChurchill Downs on November 6, 2010. The race was won by stablemateUncle Mo.[6]
Stay Thirsty won the Grade 3Gotham Stakes before coming second toRuler on Ice in the 2011Belmont Stakes.[7]
Like his sire five years earlier, Stay Thirsty has won both theGrade IIJim Dandy Stakes and the 2011Grade ITravers 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 2011Preakness Stakes),Ruler on Ice (winner of the 2011Belmont Stakes), andCoil (winner of the 2011Haskell Invitational Handicap).[2] He was also the first horse since 1901 to win from the number 9 post.
Stay Thirsty was ridden byJavier 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 wasNational Museum of Racing and Hall of FamejockeyEddie Maple, who won in 1980 and 1981. Castellano also won the 2006 Travers Stakes while ridingBernardini, 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]
Stay Thirsty was third in theJockey Club Gold Cup Stakes.[10] He then finished poorly in the 2011Breeders' Cup Classic, finishing next to last in eleventh place behind the race favorite,Uncle Mo, who finished tenth.[11]
Stay Thirsty returned to racing on May 17 in theVanlandingham Stakes run at Belmont Park, where he finished second to Trickmeister.[12] In July, Stay Thirsty finished fifth out of seven horses in the Grade IISuburban Handicap, having exited the starting gate poorly.[13] He completed his racing career in November with a win in the Grade ICigar Mile.[14]
He was retired after his four-year-old season and now stands atAshford Stud, the American arm of theIrish breeding giantCoolmore nearVersailles, Kentucky.[15]
In 2017 Stay Thirsty was sold to Lovacre Ranch inWarner Springs, California, where his stud fee is set at $10,000.[16]
Stay Thirsty has sired oneGrade 1 winner:
'c =colt, f =filly, g =gelding
| Foaled | Name | Sex | Major Wins |
| 2016 | Mind Control | c | H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes |
Stay Thirsty's sire,Bernardini (Bay, 2003) won the 2006Preakness Stakes,Travers Stakes,Jim Dandy Stakes,Withers Stakes and theJockey Club Gold Cup. He was sired by leading sireA.P. Indy, who also producedMineshaft andRags 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 1995Hollywood Starlet Stakes and theAlcibiades Stakes and wasBroodmare of the Year in 2006. She has produced nine foals, including Ile de France and Bold Legacy.[17]
Stay Thirsty's dam, Marozia (Chestnut, 1994), was sired byStorm 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, byFusaichi Pegasus. Her dam, Make Change, won the Miss Liberty Stakes and produced eight foals, including the filly Time Changes.[18]
| 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 |
| Date | Age | Distance | Race | Grade | Track | Surface | Odds | Time | Field | Finish | Margin | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Citation |
| July 15, 2010 | 2 | 5+1⁄2Furlongs | Maiden Special Weight | Maiden | Belmont Park | Dirt | 0.75 | 1:03.79 | 7 | 2 | 3⁄4Lengths | 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 or1,700 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 or1,700 m | Gotham Stakes | 3 | Aqueduct Racetrack | Dirt | 0.90 | 1:44.78 | 7 | 1 | 3⁄4 Lengths | Ramon Dominguez | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | [19] |
| April 3, 2011 | 3 | 1+1⁄8 miles or1,800 m | Florida Derby | 1 | Gulfstream Park | Dirt | 8.30 | N/A | 8 | 7 | N/A | Ramon Dominguez | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | [20] |
| May 7, 2011 | 3 | 1+1⁄4 miles or2,000 m | Kentucky Derby | 1 | Churchill Downs | Dirt | 17.20 | N/A | 19 | 12 | N/A | Ramon Dominguez | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | [21] |
| June 11, 2011 | 3 | 1+1⁄2 miles or2,400 m | Belmont Stakes | 1 | Belmont Park | Dirt | 16.20 | 2:30.88 | 12 | 2 | 3⁄4 Lengths | Javier Castellano | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | [22] |
| July 30, 2011 | 3 | 1+1⁄8 miles or1,800 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 | [23] |
| August 27, 2011 | 3 | 1+1⁄4 miles or2,000 m | Travers Stakes | 1 | Saratoga Race Course | Dirt | 2.40 | 2:03.03 | 10 | 1 | 1⁄4 Lengths | Javier Castellano | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | [24] |
| Oct 1, 2011 | 3 | 1+1⁄4 miles or2,000 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 or2,000 m) | Breeders' Cup Classic | 1 | Churchill Downs | Dirt | 11.80 | N/A | 12 | 11 | N/A | Javier Castellano | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | [11] |
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