Stay Thirsty, Decisive Moment post half-mile drills under
the Twin Spires
Repole Stable’s STAY THIRSTY (Bernardini) and Just for Fun Stable’s DECISIVE
Spiral S. (G3) runner-up Decisive Moment and Stay Thirsty, winner of the
Decisive Moment, ridden by jockey Jesus Castanon, worked his half-mile in a
“It was very impressive — he’s not really a ‘morning horse,'” Arias said.
“He’s the type of horse that you can get more out of him in gallops than you
Decisive Moment, winner of the Jean Lafitte S. at Delta Downs, has a career
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The Todd Pletcher-trained Stay Thirsty, working with stablemate and Swale
S. (G3) winner TRAVELIN MAN (Trippi), covered the half-mile distance in :48, which
tied as the second fastest work on a cool, breezy spring morning. Travelin Man,
who is being pointed toward the Derby Trial (G3) on the April 30 opening night
program at Churchill, worked on the rail with Stay Thirsty to his outside as the
duo made their way over the track that was rated as muddy following daylong
rains on Saturday.
Stay Thirsty, who finished a disappointing seventh in the Florida Derby (G1),
“It was a textbook work,” McCarthy said. “The horse is doing well. He’s had a
McCarthy said the reason for the poor effort in the Florida Derby remains a
“I think there were a lot of horses you probably had to draw a line through
Stay Thirsty’s career record stands at 2-2-0 in six races with earnings of
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In other Kentucky Derby news:
Repole Stable’s UNCLE MO (Indian Charlie), the heavy Kentucky Derby 137
favorite until his upset loss to Toby’s Corner (Bellamy Road) in last Saturday’s
Wood Memorial (G1) at Aqueduct, and Risen Star S. (G2) winner MUCHO MACHO MAN
(Macho Uno) are scheduled to arrive at Churchill Downs on Monday to continue
their preparation for the Run for the Roses.
Reigning two-year-old champion Uncle Mo, the Pletcher-trained winner of last
fall’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Churchill Downs, will travel to Louisville
on a flight from New York that will also carry E. Paul Robsham Stable’s R Heat
Lightning (Trippi), victress of the Gulfstream Oaks (G2) and possible favorite
for the Kentucky Oaks (G1) on May 6. The plane is scheduled to touch down at
Louisville International Airport at 8:45 a.m. (EDT) and the van carrying Uncle
Mo and R Heat Lightning from the airport is expected to arrive at Pletcher’s
barn approximately a half hour later.
The Kathy Ritvo-trained Mucho Macho Man will travel from Florida by van and
is expected to pass through the Churchill Downs stable gate around 6 a.m. The
bay colt will be stabled in Barn 41 in the same stall occupied last fall by
Horse of the Year Zenyatta when she came to Churchill Downs for her runner-up
finish to Blame in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1).
Mucho Macho Man is owned by Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Dream Team Racing
Stable. He worked seven furlongs in 1:23 3/5 on Saturday at Gulfstream Park.