the mexican big-eared bat ( corynorhinus mexicanus ) is a species of vesper bat endemic to mexico .

they are nocturnal and insectivorous .

their very large ears are located across their foreheads , and when captured , the bats are observed to curl their ears in a protective manner .

the adults are usually brown colored , while the juveniles are usually a smokey brown color .

they have small noses .

mexican big - eared bat

spermatozoa epididymal maturation in the mexican big - eared bat ( corynorhinus mexicanus ) .
spermatozoa epididymal maturation in the mexican big - eared bat ( corynorhinus mexicanus ) . - pubmed - ncbi
allen ' s ( mexican ) big - eared bat ( idionycteris
( on - line ) . accessed ( date unknown ) at urltoken .
a female mexican big - eared bat ( corynorhinus mexicanus ) with its baby . medellín also studies this little - known , endemic , and insectivorous species .
a young / baby of a mexican bigeared bat is called a ' pup ' . a mexican bigeared bat group is called a ' colony or cloud ' .
the ozark big - eared bat is a threatened species found only in a small number of caves in the southern central united states . also known as the western big - eared bat , the long - eared bat , and the lump - nosed bat , its appearance is defined by a pair of outsize ears and a lump - adorned nose .
a number of mammalian taxa are found in this arid ecoregion , among them the following special status taxa ; margay ( leopardus wiedii nt ) ; mexican big - eared bat ( plecotus mexicanus nt ) ; mexican long - tongued bat ( choeronycteris mexicana nt ) ; and the lesser long - nosed bat ( leptonycteris yerbabuenae vu ) .
when it ' s roosting or hibernating , townsend ' s big - eared bat curls up its long ears so they look like rams horns .
allen ' s big - eared bat ( idionycteris phyllotis ) is one of several species of bats listed as of special concern in the united states .
conduct investigations to identify locations of pale townsend ' s big - eared bat roost sites within 10 miles of the lcr mscp planning area in reaches 3–5 .
the townsend ' s big eared bat being evaluated by the lcr mscsp is described in the habitat conservation plan as the pale townsend ' s big eared bat ( corynorhinus townsendii pallescens ) . it is important to note that these bats have also been referred to previously as plecotus townsendii pallescens and corynorhinus townsendii townsendii in the literature and by u . s . fish and wildlife service . genetic analyses on the pale townsend ' s big - eared bat indicate that the lcr is likely in the range of the pacific townsend ' s big - eared bat ( corynorhinus townsendii townsendii ) rather than the pale townsend ' s big - eared bats ( piaggio and perkins 2005 ) . bats recorded along the lcr will be referred to as the pale townsend ' s big - eared bat on this website and in lcr mscp reports , as the name change has not yet been verified by the u . s . fish and wildlife service .
comments on population status allen ' s ( mexican ) big - eared bat is listed in the federal register , november 15 , 1994 , as a category 2 species for consideration to be listed as a threatened or endangered species .
october 20 , 1997 .
species : allen ' s big - eared bat ( idionycteris phyllotis )
( on - line ) . accessed ( date unknown ) at urltoken .
the mexican big - eared bat is listed as least concern ( lr / lc ) , lowest risk . does not qualify for a more at risk category . widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category , on the iucn red list of threatened species
they specialize in eating moths and other insects such as beetles , flies and wasps . townsend ' s big - eared bat is usually a late flier and will forage along the edge of vegetation .
the habitat conservation plan provides conservation measures specific to each species . listed below are the species specific conservation measures for the pale townsend big - eared bat . click on the arrows to expand the table .
, also known as allen ' s big - eared bat , are its large ears ( 34 to 43 mm ) which possess lappets projecting from the base of the ears and extending over the forehead .
the ozark big - eared bat feeds primarily on moths but may also eat other bugs in and around its forested hunting grounds . it makes its home in caves , relying on their protection during hibernation and maternity .
the pale townsend’s big - eared bat ( corynorhinus townsendii ) is a medium - sized bat with a wingspan of 11 . 8 - 13 . 4 inches ( 30 - 34 cm ) , and a weight of 0 . 28 to 0 . 5 oz ( 8 - 14 g ) . fur ranges from slate gray to pale with cinnamon brown to blackish brown tips . ears are very large ( 1 . 2 - 1 . 9 inches or 30 - 39 mm ) and are joined across the forehead . the most significant characteristics are two large glandular lumps on each side of the nose , which help distinguish it from the four other large - eared bat species that may be found along the lcr : the spotted bat , the california leaf - nosed bat , the allen’s big - eared bat , and the pallid bat .
rodrigo medellín , seen here with a mexican long - tongued bat ( choeronycteris mexicana ) , links research , conservation , and education to preserve bats and their environment .
the ozark big - eared bat once lived in caves in missouri , arkansas , and oklahoma . however , they have apparently abandoned their missouri habitat due to human encroachment and cave disturbance . conservationists are currently working to protect these numbers by minimizing human intrusions .
is common throughout mexico with its range extending through central america and into northern south america . it is also found in some areas of the southwestern united states . the mexican long - tongued bat has been found in southern texas , new mexico , arizona , and california . the bat enters these states from mexico at their very southern border . the mexican long - tongued bat is rare in the united states . the scarcity of
occurs in the same habitat in southern yuma county along the mexican boundary ( kearney and peebles 1951 ) .
human - caused disturbances occur in a variety of different ways . the loss of roosting habitat for this sedentary species may be one of the most serious threats to not only pale townsend’s big - eared bats , but other species as well . pale townsend’s big - eared bats lose roosting habitat by either the destruction of the roost or by abandonment after a disturbance . disturbance to maternity roosting sites has been found to be a serious danger to pale townsend’s big - eared bat populations . disturbance to hibernacula may also be a danger because it causes an increase in activity , which may cause bats to expend too much energy , causing them to starve to death .
two eastern subspecies of townsend’s big - eared bat have been listed by the u . s . fish and wildlife service as endangered under the endangered species act . the bureau of land management , in california , has placed townsend’s big - eared bat on their animal sensitive species list . state designations include mammalian species of special concern in california and a species of conservation priority by nevada department of wildlife . the western bat working group lists it as a species of high priority , the highest priority the group gives . the international union for conservation of nature ( iucn ) red list of threatened species lists the species as least concern .
mexican big - eared bats fold back their ears , which are exceptionally large - and pleated - when they roost . they roost apart from each other , not packed together in clusters , in caves or mine tunnels , clinging to vertical surfaces with their toes and the thumb on each wing and with their tail curled forward under the body . some have been found hibernating in deep caves . females give birth to a single offspring , not twins , in the spring . mexican big - eared bats have been found in small numbers in dry lowland forests and higher - elevation pine - oak forests . they probably eat small flying insects .
the mexican long - tongued bat is a medium sized bat with a long rostrum and a nose leaf . it has a long tongue that extends to 1 / 3 of its body length . it ' pelage is gray to brown above and lighter below . other characteristics include big eyes and a minute tail that extends less than halfway to the edge of the interfemoral membrane .
subgenus dermanura : andersen ' s fruit - eating bat ( a . anderseni )
no other large - eared bat in the area has a nose - leaf ( erect and lanceolate ) , and no other bat with a nose - leaf has such large ears ( 1 to 1 . 5 inches ) . in various places in arizona and along the colorado river in california , california leaf - nosed bats are known to feed on short - eared and long - eared grasshoppers , long - horned beetles , cicadas , sphinx moths , and noctuid and cossid moths ( hoffmeister 1986 ) .
is an insectivorous bat which feeds mostly by gleaning moths and stationary insects from surfaces .
townsend ' s big - eared bats will use a variety of habitats , almost always near caves or other roosting areas . they can be found in pine forests and arid desert scrub habitats . when roosting they do not tuck themselves into cracks and crevices like many bat species do , but prefer large open areas .
the current range of the species continues to include all areas where townsend’s big - eared bats were historically found , although there have been major population declines in many areas , including the loss of many historic roosting sites along the lcr .
aside from consuming loads of crop - destroying insects , bats are plant pollinators , and medellín ' s prized lesser long - nosed bat pollinates the cactuslike blue agave plant , the single plant species from which mexican tequila is produced .
is an insectivorous bat it plays an important role in pest control . bat guano is used as a source of fertilizer , and organisms housed in the guano are used for waste detoxifying .
townsend ' s big - eared bats ( corynorhinus townsendii ) are a medium - sized bat with very long ears . their fur is pale gray or brown above and buff colored on the underside . this bat ' s ears are enormous , reaching a length of 38 mm . when the ears are laid back they extend to the middle of its body . the face is marked by two large glandular lumps on either side of its nose .
bizarre bat behavior : oral sex , pollinating tequila , sharing meals , drinking blood , males lactating .
predation is a threat to most bats , including pale townsend’s big - eared bats . specific predators of pale townsend’s big - eared bats include black rat snakes , spotted skunks , house cats , ringtails , rats , domestic cats , dogs , birds of prey , snakes , raccoons , weasels , predatory song birds , frogs , large spiders , and even other bats . bats , in general , are preyed upon by a number of different animals , although most of these are not bat specialists and bats are usually a rare occurrence in their total diet . while humans are not predators of bats , the negative image many have about bats may be a serious threat .
pale townsend’s big - eared bat is primarily a cave - dwelling species that also roosts in old mines . this bat does not generally associate with other species in its roosts , particularly at maternity and hibernating sites . unlike maternity colonies , bachelor ( and non - reproductive female ) roosting sites usually contain one to several individuals . along the lcr , males may be territorial and roost alone unless the site is very large . bachelor roost selection is not as complex as it is for maternity colonies .
over 20 years ago , medellín initiated research to identify and ultimately help protect the lesser long - nosed bat’s caves . his efforts also prompted educational programs that dispelled bat myths and underscored their benefits to thousands of mexicans .
but bat shrieks are also capable of great nuance . a study of the false vampire bat ( megaderma lyra ) suggests bats may be able to recognize the voices of their friends . males of another species , the mexican free - tailed bat ( tadarida brasiliensis ) , appear to sing in order to woo their mates . as a female flies past , the male belts out little ditties to attract her attention , then tries to keep her interested by free - styling combinations of syllables and phrases .
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data : species : mammal : mexican
( on - line ) . accessed ( date unknown ) at urltoken .
acting through ibwc , reclamation and its counterpart in mexico have developed a forum for the exchange of technical information . any efforts to discuss releasing flows into the upper gulf with the mexican government would be subject to the protocol set forth by ibwc and the mexican water treaty . a copy of this biological assessment will be provided to the u . s . section of the ibwc , who in turn will provide it to the mexican section of the ibwc ( ibwc letter dated may 21 , 1996 ) .
it is assumed as with many bat species that predators can include snakes , owls , cats , raccoons and hawks .
the mexican long - tongued bat is the only nectar feeding bat that is not endangered . it is listed by the united states fish and wildlife service as a species of concern . fewer than 400 bats have been seen in the united states since 1906 . a long term sustainable food source is important for the survival of the species . development , prescribed fires , and grazing threaten loss of food plants . other threats to
mexican free - tailed bats ( tadarida brasiliensis mexicana ) exiting a cave in texas . it is difficult to estimate the number of bats exiting a cave when large populations are involved .
the name for the townsend’s big - eared bat ( corynorhinus townsendii ) has changed often since it was first described . both the genera and species name has undergone many changes . currently there are 5 recognized subspecies of c . townsendii in the united states , two ( c . t . townsendii and c . t . pallescens ) in the western u . s . , and 2 ( c . t . ingens and c . t . virginianus ) in the eastern u . s . , and 1 ( c . t . australis ) with a primarily mexican distribution , that overlaps with c . t . pallescens in western texas .
foraging habitat varies widely between area and subspecies . one subspecies was found to forage more in open fields , pastures , and cliffs , rather than in nearby forested areas , while another was found to use edge habitat or habitat in close proximity to vertical structures such as trees and cliffs more often than open field or woodland habitat . one telemetry study found that pale townsend’s big - eared bats concentrated foraging activity along the edges of riparian vegetation and generally were found in the vicinity of vegetation when traveling to foraging areas from the roost sites . there appears to be an association between foraging sites and the location of mines and caves that big - eared bats use as roosts .
conservationist rodrigo medellin ' s efforts to save the lesser long - nosed bat is tied to mexico ' s blue agave plant .
“this is nothing short of a dream come true ,
says medellín , who hopes enthusiasts snap up the brands , leading to more demand and broader , bat - friendly farmology . “it will help save the bat and tequila at the same time . ”
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the threatened and endemic banana bat ( musonycteris harrisoni ) is one of the little - known species that medellín seeks to study and protect in mexico .
this bat is a large myotis with a bare patch on the back between the shoulder blades . they roost in caves , tunnels , mine shafts , under bridges , and sometimes in buildings within a few miles of water . it is highly colonial and is often found roosting with the freetail bat ,
historically , the western subspecies of townsend’s big - eared bat had a wide distribution , and originally were separated by morphologic characters . one range of one subspecies included the western portions of california , oregon , washington , and british columbia . the range of another included the eastern portions of those pacific coast states and the province , as well as all of idaho , nevada , arizona , new mexico , utah , and wyoming , more than half of montana , most of colorado , western south dakota , part of the great plains , and northwestern mexico ( not including the baja peninsula ) .
bats have long been among the world’s most despised animals , due largely to myth and hollywood’s fascination with vampire bats . but medellín is trying to lead a the perceptual transformation of the bat , from blood - sucking demon to unsung nature hero , and hopes a bat - friendly tequila will provide a major public relations boost .
cumulative effects on yuma clapper rails from mexicos actions over the next 5 years are not known at this time . for the present , the mexican government has declared the cienega the core area of the worlds largest biosphere reserve . therefore , it can be expected the yuma clapper rails occupying that area would not be impacted by other mexican actions . effects of mexicos actions on other areas of yuma clapper rail habitat , such as the confluence of the rio hardy and colorado river are unknown .
temperate north american bats are now threatened by a fungal disease called “white - nose syndrome . ” this disease has devastated eastern north american bat populations at hibernation sites since 2007 . the fungus ,
the lcr mscp process for selecting sites to establish cottonwood - willow and honey mesquite as habitat for other covered species will , based on the information collected under conservation measure ptbb1 , give priority , when consistent with achieving lcr mscp goals for other covered species , to selecting sites that are within 10 miles of pale townsend ' s big - eared bat roosts in reaches 3–5 . as described in section 5 . 4 . 3 in the hcp , created cottonwood - willow and honey mesquite land cover will be designed to establish stands that will support a substantially greater density and diversity of plant species that are likely to support a greater abundance of insect prey species than is currently produced in the affected land cover types .
“i’m hoping to compare notes in conservation strategies on lions , tigers and leopards , ’’ he says . “we’re trying to understand why jaguars cannot sustain the level of encroachment by humans that allow the other big cats to survive in other countries .
each aspect of a critical habitat may , in and of itself , explain some changes in the population status of the big - river fishes , but the interactions between , and cumulative effects of , the combined elements are also of important concern .
trust me , you want nectar - feeding bats to get their fix . the long - nosed bats of the american southwest and mexico ( genus leptonycteris ) are some of the only pollinators of the agave plant—the source of tequila and bad decisions . one study showed that without bat pollination , the agave’s seed production plummets to 1 / 3 , 000 th of its bat - assisted rate .
the greater bulldog bat ( noctilio leporinus ) of mexico , central america , and south america , a fish - eating species , fishes by skimming over water and gaffing fish with its sharp claws .
a few bats in the united states and canada , such as this pallid bat ( antrozous pallidus ) , land on the ground and forage for insects , other small invertebrates , and even small mammals .
this species is found at all seasons throughout its range from sea level to 9 , 600 feet ( barbour and davis 1969 ) . it is only infrequently found in the desert mountains of arizona ( hoffmeister 1986 ) . townsend ' s big - eared bats are to be found during the day mostly in caves or mine tunnels , but at night they often rest in abandoned buildings ( hoffmeister 1986 ) . although widespread in arizona , it is not common anywhere else . hoffmeister ( 1986 ) lists one specimen taken 8 miles north of parker .
for instance , little brown bats ( myotis lucifugus ) go through two phases of mating : active and passive . the active phase comes first and is sort of like spring break . “it’s just one big bat orgy , ” says harvey . males mate with multiple females . females mate with multiple males . heck , little browns occasionally even respond to the calls of other species . ( let’s not to tell the girls gone wild guy . bats have enough problems . )
this bat is fairly common ( reid , 1997 ; wilson and ruff , 1999 ) . not so common in guatemala and mexico ( not rare ) ( perez and arroyo - cabrales pers . comm . )
a distinctive , medium sized bat ( forearm 1 . 5 to 2 inches ) with three large white spots , one on each shoulder and one at the base of the tail . the ears are pinkish - red and , at nearly 2 inches , the largest of any north american bat . there is only limited information on reproduction biology , but one young is apparently born from late may to early july . moths are the dominant food item .
the lower colorado river lies along the western edge of the crissal thrashers range . this subspecies also occurs along the bill williams river , big sandy river , and possibly the lower gila river , the little colorado river , and in the grand canyon ( rosenberg et al . 1991 ) .
' s inflorescences
lie flat like big buttons on the sand and are easily overlooked by the average observer .
beneath the inflorescence , a single , long ( 39 - inch ) stem lies hidden in the sand that reaches downward to the roots of its plant host , the source of
habitat destruction has been especially harmful to the lesser long - nosed bat , first listed as a threatened species in mexico in 1994 . by 2008 it was well on its way to recovery , thanks largely to medellín , a tireless advocate who ' s been dubbed the
bat man of mexico
for his work with bats . ( medellín , a rolex laureate and national geographic grantee , has also worked to help a variety of other plant and animal species . )
honestly , if you want to see a healthy bat - to - human interaction , take a trip to austin , texas . beneath a bridge downtown lives a colony of 1 . 5 million mexican free - tailed bats—the largest urban population of bats in the world , responsible for consuming about 10 tons of insects in a single night . and every day from march to october , you can watch them dive out of their roost en masse and fly toward the horizon in a black cloud that under any other circumstances would call to mind the end of days—or at the very least a meatloaf song .
this is a rather large ( forearm 1 . 5 to 2 inches ) bat with enormous ears , a broad tragus , and a unique pair of lappets projecting from the median bases of the ears anteriorly over the top of the snout .
the greater western mastiff - bat is found from san francisco bay , california , through las vegas , nevada , the southern half of arizona to big bend , texas , and south to sinaloa in northwestern mexico and zacatecas in central mexico . they can be found mostly below 4 , 000 feet in elevation in the lower and upper sonoran desert scrub near cliffs , preferring rugged canyons with abundant crevices ( agfd 1992 ) . the foraging range apparently is extensive . vaughan ( 1959 ) has reported hearing this bat flying over desert flats several miles from the nearest likely roost site . in the mohave desert they were heard foraging 15 miles from the nearest hills ( barbour and davis 1969 ) . specimens examined by hoffmeister ( 1986 ) were from two locations west of kingman in mohave county .
. mining activities have caused the relocation or extermination of several bat roosts . reproduction is shown to decrease after relocation , threatening the survival of the roost . deforestation removes the feeding environment for the bats , as well as that of their insect prey .
) series of sonoran desertscrub ( turner and brown 1982 ) . it is this open community in association with sandy flats and valleys that is often described as flat - tailed horned lizard habitat ( stebbins 1966 , turner and medica 1982 , rorabaugh et al . 1987 ) . in arizona , the presence of big galleta grass (
this bat is the only myotis in the united states with a conspicuous fringe of hair along the posterior border of the interfemoral membrane ( forearm 1 . 5 to 2 inches ) . the fringed myotis roosts in caves , abandoned buildings , rock crevices , and trees .
) . the coastal rosy boa is found in southwestern california and adjacent lower california , while the desert rosy boa inhabits southeastern california and southwestern arizona , with isolated populations in harcuvar , harquahala , castle dome , and kofa mountains , arizona . the mexican rosy boa is found in southern arizona ( organ pipe cactus national monument ) to guaymas , sonora , at the tip of baja california ( stebbins 1966 ) .
by year’s end , tequila brands certified as “bat - friendly
will be on the market in the u . s . , the world ' s biggest tequila consumer , under the tequila cascahuin , la alteña , siete leguas , and don mateo distillery labels , medellín says .
in arizona was described by stebbins ( 1951 ) as along the hassayampa and agua fria rivers , both tributaries of the gila river , and along the big sandy and bill williams rivers above their confluence . stebbins described the subspecies in nevada as being found near las vegas and along the meadow valley wash , a drainage that empties into the muddy river northwest of overton . the
) remains erect and may actually look like a small ear , which can make it hard to identify a roosting bat . few have been observed in their roosts ; most information about them comes from bats that were netted while they were flying . these versatile bats adapt their flight patterns and sound emissions (
bats make up an amazing one - fifth of all mammal species . a vast majority eat bugs—70 percent of species worldwide—but there are a few curious exceptions . the vampire bats of central and south america possess dagger - sharp incisors , which they use to open the veins of mammals and birds . they typically choose furless or featherless areas like ears , nipples , legs , and anuses . now , you might think a chicken would be bothered by a bat biting into its anus , but bat teeth are so sharp that most victims don’t seem to notice . ( don’t worry . vampires bats live only as far north as mexico . )
mexican long - tongued bats feed on nectar and pollen from agaves and other plants . these bats ' tongues can extend up to a third of their body length , a feature which makes them uniquely equipped to reach nectar deep inside an agave or cactus blossom . in southern arizona , long - tongued bats often get nectar from neighborhood hummingbird feeders as well . in the united states , this species is found in the southern parts of california , new mexico , and arizona .
the first commercial harvesting of totoaba began in the early 1890s and by 1942 , annual catches peaked at 2 . 3 million kg . in 1975 , the catch had declined to 59 , 142 kg ( lagomarsino 1991 ) . beginning as early as 1940 , the mexican government imposed restrictions on the commercial fishery for totoaba , and in 1975 , the government designated totoaba as endangered and declared an indefinite prohibition on all types of commercial and recreational fishing ( flanagan and hendrickson 1976 ) .
cally harper , a graduate student at brown university , has been studying another nectar feeder , the pallas’ long - tongued bat ( glossophaga soricina ) , to understand how they retrieve nectar so efficiently . scientists already knew some bats had tiny , hair - like structures on their tongues , but harper and her colleagues discovered something else—something bizarre .
a rather small myotis ( forearm 1 to 1 . 5 inches ) found in western north america from british columbia south to hidalgo and michoacan in mexico . this bat seems to be more closely associated with water than any other north american species . large nursery colonies can be found in buildings , under bridges , and in caves and mines .
this medium - sized bat ( forearm 1 . 5 ) has large ears measuring more than an inch in length . two large lumps appear on the dorso - lateral surface of the snout ( barbour and davis 1969 ) . foraging primarily on small moths , they may forage several miles ( 4 to 5 miles ) from the roost site ( caves and mines ) .
the small - footed myotis is identified by its glossy fur , black face mask , and tiny foot ( one - third inch ) . it apparently roosts in crevices and cavities of cliffs and or rocks , and possibly within caves and mine shafts . this species is remarkable in its tolerance for cold , relatively dry places for hibernation , especially for so small a bat .
a subspecies of savannah sparrow , the large - billed savannah sparrow is a small sparrow , streaked above and below . the legs are of a pale pink coloration , and often there is a pale yellow streak visible over the eye , especially in summer . the tertials are long , to protect the wing from abrasion against grasses , and the tail is slender , short , and notched . the large - billed , a mexican race , is paler than other savannah sparrows , without well - defined markings on the back and crown , and the breast streaks are diffuse .
observations made during the summer of 1958 have added to the knowledge of the habits and ecology of phcotus phyllotis , 29 specimens of which were taken during the summer . the majority were taken in association with mexican pine - oak woodland , although a few were taken from other habitats that were either similar to or in geographical proximity to pine - oak woodland . those individuals taken in mist nets were active well after dark and during fair weather . observations on their flight under natural conditions indicate that they are swift , agile flyers . these bats made many audible sounds during flight in the wild
, grows best in cold , humid conditions that are typical of many bat hibernacula . the fungus grows on , and in some cases invades , the bodies of hibernating bats and seems to result in disturbance from hibernation , causing a debilitating loss of important metabolic resources and mass deaths . mortality rates at some hibernation sites have been as high as 90 % . while there are currently no reports of
critical habitat is a regulatory term used to describe requirements for certain species survival . it encompasses physical and biological features essential for survival and recovery of listed species . within the context of this document , the components of critical habitat will be addressed jointly for each species . there are some differences in species requirements , but the system itself functions as a whole , so it should be addressed as a whole . for the endangered big - river fishes , critical habitat encompasses three major areas of consideration as follows :
feeds on fruit , pollen , nectar , and possibly insects on rare occasions . they have a long tongue that aids in removing nectar from flowers . pollen and nectar is acquired mainly from night blooming flowers such as cactus and agave . nectar and pollen is typically collected while the bat hovers over the flower . hummingbird feeders provide food for those bats arriving to northern destinations when food sources are not yet available .
as with oral sex , we can only guess at the advantages afforded by a cactus - like penis . it’s possible the spines stimulate the female’s hormonal response . alternately , they could remove obstructions , such as a plug of semen left behind by another male . the only thing i can say with any degree of certainty is that once you’ve seen the penis of a hoary bat , your nightmares will never be the same .
the united states ability to reverse conditions in the colorado river delta is virtually nonexistent . the reasons for this involve an international treaty and u . s . restrictions . the waters of the colorado , once delivered to mexico , as agreed upon in the mexican water treaty of 1944 , are the exclusive property of the sovereign nation of mexico . further , this treaty contains no provisions requiring mexico to provide water for environmental protection nor any requirements relating to mexicos use of that water . finally , a supreme court decree in 1964 enjoined reclamation from releasing water to mexico in excess of the quantity identified in the 1944 treaty except for flood control purposes .
of course , in austin they just call it “dusk . ” tourists flock to the bridge and the nearby riverbanks to witness the spectacle . some people even rent kayaks and pay admission on riverboats to gaze in awe from below—though umbrellas are recommended , as the bats tend to eject their bowels upon exiting the roost . in fact , the sour - sweet smell of guano in the air will hit you long before a bat ever does .
and it’s really quite a shame , for these creatures ought to be among the darlings of the internet . bats are merciless predators , loyal neighbors , tender mothers , and generous lovers with strange and intimidating tongues . bats give us tequila and were conscripted during world war ii . and because breaking into animal celebrity today is a lot like boogie nights , i’ll point out that at least one bat species possesses a penis of great and terrifying adaptation .
comments : specific abundance information is not available . however , according to the western bat working group ( 1998 ) , fewer than 400 individuals have been observed in the united states since 1906 . according to bill peachey ( pers . comm . , 1998 ) , from 1884 - 1994 only 700 individuals were collected in arizona . abundance in arizona is currently thought to be fewer than 1 , 000 individuals ( bill peachey , pers . comm . , 1998 ) . roosts in small numbers , usually fewer than 5 - 6 individuals ( bill peachey , pers . comm . , 1998 ) , but some colonies may reach 40 - 50 individuals ( western bat working group 1998 ) . according to reid ( 1997 ) , fairly common in desert scrub , deciduous , and pine - oak forests of central america and southeastern mexico . rated as widespread but relatively scarce in mexico ( arita and prado 1999 ) .
this is the largest bat in the united states and has a forearm 3 to 3¾ inches in length . the distal half of the tail is free from the interfemoral membrane . one young is born as early as june and as late as august . they forage primarily for insects at considerable heights ( sometimes to 1 , 000 feet or more ) and for long periods during the night ; they especially like hymenoptera ( bees , wasps , ants and sawflies ) .
quarry activities have the potential to impact bats that may roost in associated rock crevices , mine shafts , adits , etc . however , no known roosts occur within any of the quarry sites along the colorado river . if roosts are discovered during mining operations , reclamation will halt such activities and seek the assistance of the agfd , ndow , and cfg to develop an appropriate mitigative measure to protect the roost . other river operations will not likely impact these bat species .
global range : ( 20 , 000 - 2 , 500 , 000 square km ( about 8000 - 1 , 000 , 000 square miles ) ) southwestern united states through mexico to el salvador and honduras . in the united states , occurs primarily in southern california ( the san diego area ) , southern arizona , southwestern new mexico , and the southern tip of texas ; also collected in the grand canyon national park , in northern arizona and known from a single specimen from las vegas , nevada ( western bat working group 1998 ) .
with a black face mask and appearing big - headed , the loggerhead shrike is slim - tailed , slightly smaller than a robin ; gray above , white below , it displays a small white patch on black wings during flight . a raptor that lacks talons and has weak feet , it has a strong , hooked bill for use in catching and feeding on rodents , lizards , small birds , and insects . to compensate for the lack of ability to hold prey firmly in its feet , the shrike becomes , in effect , a tool user by impaling its food on thorns , barbed wire , or other sharp objects to immobilize the carcass while it eats ( ryser 1985 ) .
stabilization of banklines by adding a veneer of rock ( called riprap ) is a common maintenance activity . historically , much of the shoreline was not vegetated because flooding often resulted in a denuded shoreline close to the water . depending on conditions , there were probably many years where there was very little cover on the river . this may dramatically reduce recruitment success of natives , but given the life - histories of the big - river fishes ( high fecundity plus longevity ) , they would not be expected to spawn successfully every year . riprap provides interstices for hiding of both native and nonnative fishes . whether this is beneficial or nonbeneficial is not known , and the issue is probably dogmatic .
the california leaf - nosed bat is found in southern california and southern nevada , across the southwestern half of arizona , and southward to the southern tip of baja california , northern sinaloa , and southwestern chihuahua , mexico . in arizona it is primarily a cave and mine dweller , mostly in the sonoran desert scrub . these bats can remain active year round and do not hibernate or migrate ( hoffmeister 1986 ) . specimens examined by hoffmeister ( 1986 ) were from yuma , parker , and 8 miles north of parker . this species is susceptible to human disturbance which may cause abandonment of roosts ( agfd 1992 ) .
the flannelmouth sucker is characteristic of large , strong flowing streams of the colorado river basin , and like other
big - river fishes
it is greatly reduced in range ( minckley 1973 ) . flannelmouth suckers have fine scales , a slim body , large fins and a ventral mouth with prominent well - developed fleshy , thick lips . the fish is reported to reach 30 inches in length and be a strong swimmer . breeding habits and spawning site descriptions are not known . this species hybridizes with the razorback sucker . therefore , they must utilize similar spawning habitat at similar times . however , the fish is also reported to hybridize with mountain suckers in the virgin river ( larivers 1962 ) . the fish is herbivorous and feeds on plant materials , algae and seeds ( sigler and miller , 1963 ) .
this species can be found in desert scrub , deciduous , and pine - oak forest ( reid , 1997 ) . it roosts in caves and mines , less commonly in buildings . individuals are spaced 2 to 5 cm apart and hang near the roost entrance where they remain alert and fly out if disturbed . this species leaves the roost shortly after sunset and feeds on pollen and nectar of agaves , cacti , ipomoea , ceiba , and other plants . cactus fruits are also eaten . in southeast arizona , this bat often visits hummingbird feeders , where it hovers in flight while lapping the nectar . northern populations migrate south for the winter . young are born in june to july in arizona ( arroyo - cabrales et al . , 1987 ; reid , 1997 ) .
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justification : this species is listed as near threatened because even though it has a wide distribution , presumed medium sized population and occurrence in a number of protected areas , the population of the species is considered to be declining and may qualify for listing as threatened in the near future under criterion a .
this species occurs in sonora and coahuila to michoacan yucatán ( mexico ) ; cozumel island ( mexico ) ( simmons , 2005 ) . it occurs from lowlands to 3 , 200 m ( usually above 1 , 500 m outside yucatán ) ( reid , 1997 ) . the records found in yucatan peninsula are old records : the original data for location is questionable ( reid pers . comm . )
it is rare in southeastern mexico ( known from few specimens ) ; elsewhere uncommon to locally common ( reid , 1997 ) .
this species can be found in dry lowland areas to highland pine - oak forest ( reid , 1997 ) . it roosts in caves and mine tunnels . individuals hang well apart from one another , clinging to vertical surfaces with feet and thumbs , ears coiled back , and tail curled under to cover the lower belly . numbers present in caves may vary throughout the year , and hibernating groups have been found in deep caves . most southern and lowland records were obtained in the winter and may be due to seasonal migrations from cold , highland regions ( hall and dalquest , 1963 ; koopman , 1974 ) . diet probably consists of small , flying insect . single young are born in march or june ( tumlinson , 1992 ; reid , 1997 ) .
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this species occurs in sonora and coahuila to michoacan yucatn ( mexico ) ; cozumel island ( mexico ) ( simmons , 2005 ) . it occurs from lowlands to 3 , 200 m ( usually above 1 , 500 m outside yucatn ) ( reid , 1997 ) . the records found in yucatan peninsula are old records : the original data for location is questionable ( reid pers . comm . )
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speyeria hydaspe , the hydaspe fritillary , is a species of orange-brown butterfly found in the western portions of the united states and canada .

a small fritillary , it usually has cream-colored underwing spots , but the vancouver island subspecies has silver spots .

it is similar to s. zerene and s. atlantis , but may be distinguished by the smooth and even appearance of its postmedian spotband .

the caterpillars feed on violets including viola glabella .

a single brood flies from july through september and feeds on flower nectar .

they may be found in moist forests , in clearings and subalpine meadows .

speyeria hydaspe

the core of hydaspe ' s distribution is the pacific northwest , ranging north to central bc and the mountains of southern alberta , and south to colorado and california ( scott 1986 ) . there is an isolated population in the cypress hills of saskatchewan ( layberry et al . 1998 ) , so it should be watched for on the alberta side of the hills .
diagnosis : the upperside of both wings is a rich orange brown , much darker at the base , with heavy black markings . the hindwing underside disc is a rich maroon colour , sometimes with a lavender tint , and often extends well into , or completely fills , the submarginal band between the spots . the spots on the hindwing below are variable ; they may be silver but are more commonly yellowish . wingspan : 44 to 60 mm .
range : in canada , this species flies from the rocky mountains of alberta westward to vancouver island and north as far as mt . hoadley in british columbia . there is an isolated population in the cypress hills of saskatchewan .
similar species : the dark maroon underside distinguishes this species from other greater fritillaries .
early stages : the larvae are black with dark spines on the back and orange - brown spines on the sides .
abundance : this fritillary can be abundant along the pacific coast ( howe , 1975 ) , but tends to be only locally common farther east .
flight season : june to august is their normal flight period , being most numerous in july .
habits : this is a moist woodland species in the western part of its canadian range , but it also occurs in drier areas in central british columbia . it is usually found in forest clearings with other fritillaries on flowers .
( skinner , 1911 ) was recently shown to be invalid ( kondla , 2001 ) . the slightly darker coastal populations might be a different subspecies but more study is needed .
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upperside orange - brown with dark bases and heavy dark markings . underside light brown to dark maroon with violet tinge . hindwing submarginal band slightly paler than rest of wing ; spots cream - colored , bordered with black , and may or may not be silvered .
eggs are laid near host plants . unfed , first - stage caterpillars hibernate ; in the spring they eat leaves .
violets including viola adunca , v . glabella , v . nuttallii , v . orbiculata , and v . purpurea .
british columbia east to alberta , south to southern california , idaho , montana , and new mexico .
g5 - demonstrably secure globally , though it may be quite rare in parts of its range , especially at the periphery .
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one yearly flight peaking in mid july to mid august , depending on altitude and snowpack .
has a maroon - brown underside with creamy - white in place of the usual silvery - white discs . subspecies
the mature larvae are black and spiny , and lack pale markings ( guppy and shepard 2001 ) . in the us , first - instar larvae hibernate without feeding ( scott 1986 ) . this species prefers cool / moist coniferous forests of the mountains to the dry grasslands inhabited by most other
sp . ) ( guppy & shepard 2001 ) , and adults are attracted to yellow composite flowers ( bird et al . 1995 ) .
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a bright - orange , medium - sized frit , strongly purplish below ( and in our area , nearly unsilvered ) , limited to mid - elevations on the sierran west slope where it is common at lang , occasional at washington and only an infrequent stray at donner . a species of mixed - mesic forest , commonly seen along roadsides and in successional stands where it visits pink dogbane , giant hyssop , milkweeds , yerba santa , etc . it frequently co - occurs with s . callippe juba and s . zerene , but generally below s . egleis , mormonia and atlantis . one brood , june - september . host plants violets ; species undetermined .
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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 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 .

stay thirsty

stay thirsty in the 2010 breeder ' s cup juvenile . photo : melissa bauer - herzog
stay thirsty came up huge in the travers on a hot , muggy day at the spa .
stay thirsty will race one more time this year and then stand at ashford stud next year .
there is another obstacle for either coil or stay thirsty to overcome that shackleford already has to his advantage .
preakness winner shackleford set the pace until stay thirsty passed him and then faded to an eighth - place finish .
stay thirsty wins 2011 travers stakes as mike repole , javier castellano , and todd pletcher talk about the win .
and how about missandhei still trying to figure out whether the unsullied have genitals ? stay thirsty , my friend .
stay thirsty and uncle mo met only twice on the track , both in breeders’ cup races at churchill downs . last year , stay thirsty was fifth to uncle mo’s victory in the juvenile . this year uncle mo and stay thirsty finished 10th and 11th respectively in the classic . so they really didn’t have much of a rivalry on the track .
stay thirsty earned $ 600 , 000 for the win and boosted his career total to $ 1 . 4 million .
multiple grade 1 winner stay thirsty has been sold and will relocate to lovacres ranch in california . the bloodhorse reports that terry lovingier , owner of lovacres ranch , purchased stay thirsty outright from ashford stud . “stay thirsty brings a ton of pedigree and is a big alternative to a lot of stallions out here , ” lovingier told the bloodhorse . [ … ]
tdn ' s andrew caulfield focuses his column this week on the pedigree of gi travers s . winner stay thirsty ( bernardini ) . he examines the success of a . p . indy - storm bird and a . p . indy - storm cat crosses ( stay thirsty is bred on the former ) and takes a closer look at stay thirsty dam side pedigree .
let ' s stay with the theme of things , longshots in the major three year old faces . going to use velazquez and rattlesnake bridge on top of stay thirsty and wheel in the double .
pletcher , the nation ' s leading trainer , said the jockey club gold cup on oct . 1 could be next for stay thirsty .
stay thirsty improved his record to four wins in 10 starts with his travers win . rattlesnake bridge and jw blue finished second and third respectively .
however , castellano was able to keep stay thirsty relaxed along the backstretch , and the colt had plenty left when he hit the final turn .
uncle mo’s sidekick stay thirsty looks to take back the limelight now that his stablemate is retired . thirsty obviously loves the new york tracks with his worst finish on them being a third in the g1 jockey club gold cup .
stay thirsty | storm bird | bernardini | todd a . pletcher | kentucky derby | gotham | kentucky derby ( 2011 ) | gotham ( 2011 )
“no doubt the travers was the highlight of owning stay thirsty , but the race that was the most impressive that he ever competed in by far was the jockey club gold cup , ” said repole , who will retain a minority ownership interest in stay thirsty . “he ran too good to be second . ”
uncle mo will have a year to get the jump on stay thirsty in the breeding shed , but i doubt it will make much of a difference .
unlike last year ' s thrilling finish , stay thirsty seized the lead rounding the quarter pole and never let persistent rattlesnake bridge get close enough to seriously threaten .
stay thirsty might be the best 3 year old colt in the country . he is really coming into his own . hope he runs and wins the classic .
in what might be the greatest revenge in the stallion community since the success of alydar over affirmed , stay thirsty appears destined to do the same to uncle mo . the uncle mo / stay thirsty rivalry on the track does not compare to the battle tested years affirmed and alydar went at each other . alydar and affirmed
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as a result , stay thirsty could be destined for the title his sire , bernardini , captured in 2006 , that of 3 - year - old champion male .
castellano expertly rode stay thirsty to a 11 / 4 - length victory in the midsummer derby on saturday before a crowd of 43 , 050 at saratoga race course .
point given , sire of coil , won the haskell and travers in 2001 . bernardini , sire of stay thirsty , won the jim dandy and travers in 2006 .
i allways like when a stable has 2 horses in the derby . and stay thirsty is definately bred to win . and i allways liked uncle moon of course .
stay thirsty followed in the footsteps of his champion sire bernardini on august 27 recording a triumphant victory in the $ 1 million g1 travers stakes at saratoga , usa .
stay thirsty is winless in four starts since the travers last aug . 27 . in two starts this year , he was second to trickmeister in a swiftly run vanlandingham stakes at belmont in may . last month , stay thirsty finished a non - threatening fifth to mucho macho man in the grade 2 suburban at steamy belmont park .
despite stay thirsty’s affinity for saratoga , trainer todd pletcher opted to skip the whitney , giving the colt a little more time to be better prepared for the woodward .
stay thirsty won jim dandy very impressive way , shackleford in haskell did not run very well , it was not his actual run , i think he has still the same stamina as he shown in kentucky derby and preakness , so i am not counting him down yet , i still believe that if he takes the lead as he did in the preakness stakes , he has still chance to beat stay thirsty , i am not worring about other horse , coil and ruler on ice might be challenging theses two horses like stay thirsty and shackleford but i have a doubt that they can succeed . so my selection will be either stay thirsty or shackleford will take the travers .
meanwhile , stay thirsty was unfazed by his outer post position , becoming only the second horse since 1901 to win the travers after breaking from the no . 9 post .
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( bernardini – marozia , by storm bird ) spent his two year old season in the shadow of his more precocious stable mate , uncle mo . as a juvenile , stay thirsty won his maiden at six furlongs then jumped into graded stakes company , finishing second in the hopeful stakes to the speedball , boys at tosconova . after a tough trip in the breeders’ cup juvenile , stay thirsty spent the winter maturing . stay thirsty prepped for his gotham win by working in tandem with the current kentucky derby favorite , uncle mo .
finish in the jockey club gold cup ( g1 ) and finishing off the board in the breeders’ cup classic . stay thirsty hit the board in three of five starts as a
stay thirsty has two winners from five starters . not surprising , since many of his babies will be mid - to - late season types and round into shape as three and
stay thirsty , a grand - looking son of bernardini , has a record of 4 - 5 - 1 from 16 starts and earnings of $ 1 , 726 , 000 .
thirsty : tell me a little about the debut ep , “get it over with already” .
thirsty : i find that people from small towns or the midwest make music like this .
after winning the gotham stakes at aqueduct in early march , but after a seventh - place finish in the florida derby and a 12th in the kentucky derby , stay thirsty was moving ever closer to staying home . a second - place finish to ruler on ice in the belmont stakes awoke some , but not enough to make stay thirsty the favorite in his next start , the grade 2 jim dandy stakes . stay thirsty won the jim dandy impressively by four lengths and went to the travers as the favorite , but only by one dime to the dollar more popular . stay thirsty was 2 . 5 - to - 1 in the jim dandy and the 2 . 4 - to - 1 favorite in the travers .
stay thirsty followed up a victory in the jim dandy stakes a few weeks ago with an impressive 1 1 / 4 length victory saturday in the travers stakes at saratoga race course .
stay thirsty , the betting favorite , paid $ 6 . 80 , $ 4 . 20 and $ 3 . 40 to win . rattlesnake bridge finished second , paying $ 10 . 80 and $ 7 . 60 . j . w . blue placed third , paying $ 11 . 40 . stay thirsty ' s winning time was 2 : 03 . 03 .
stay thirsty came into 2012 as one of the hottest horses in the sport , but unimpressive rides throughout the season and poor posting positions have doomed the greatness of the young horse .
thirstforlife , by ashford stud’s multiple grade 1 winner stay thirsty , will make his career debut in a stakes for trainer mark casse . the colt , a $ 240 , 000 keeneland november weanling purchase , is out of graded stakes winner promenade girl , making him a half - brother to grade 1 winner cavorting . the latter is by stay thirsty’s sire bernardini .
thirsty’s half brothers andromeda’s hero , who was second in the belmont stakes and his precocious full brother superfly who placed in the champagne stakes . stay thirsty’s distaff family traces directly back to mahubah , the dam of man o’war . his fifth dam igual produced triple crown champ assault .
stay thirsty ' s owner mike repole , center , with his grandmother noni , left , and his wife maria repole , right , hold up trophies after stay thirsty ridden by javier castellano won the 142nd travers stakes horse race at saratoga race course in saratoga springs , n . y . , saturday , aug . 27 , 2011 . ( ap photo / hans pennink )
stay thirsty broke well and led entering the first turn . he conceded the lead to shackleford on the backstretch , but raced close behind in second with moonshine mullin in third on the outside .
stay thirsty ( 12 - 1 ) has had a disappointing four year - old season . he is zero for three in 2012 , with two fifth place finishes in his graded stakes races .
repole said the $ 500 , 000 he spent to buy stay thirsty was the most he ever paid for a horse “and i got every penny of thrills from it , ” repole said .
from left , shackleford with jesus castanon , stay thirsty with javier castellano , malibu glow with rajiv maragh , and ruler on ice with jose valdivia lead the field at the start of 142nd travers stakes horse race at saratoga race course in saratoga springs , n . y . , saturday , aug . 27 , 2011 . stay thirsty won the race . ( ap photo / hans pennink )
while most of the recent talk is about coil and stay thirsty’s recent performances , the build up towards the travers is that the lead in the race for the division title is up for grabs .
but out of the “big” horses running , only stay thirsty , who went off as the morning line favorite , finished as expected . ruler on ice finished the best of the rest in fourth .
“he’s gotten so much better since the kentucky derby [ where he placed 12th ] , ” said stay thirsty’s trainer todd pletcher . “once javier [ castellano ] geared him up he took off . ”
stay thirsty ' s owner mike repole , center , with his grandmother noni , left , and his wife maria repole , right , hold up trophies after stay thirsty ridden by javier castellano won the 142nd travers stakes horse race at saratoga race course in saratoga springs , n . y . , saturday , aug . 27 , 2011 . ( ap photo / hans pennink ) ( / ap )
repole said that uncle mo and stay thirsty were the two horses that put his stable on the map , and he’s happy to have them together again . uncle mo retired to ashford last year .
shackleford was expected to stay longer , but he was done by the time they reached the quarter - pole and left stay thirsty ( one mile in 1 : 36 . 74 ) to inherit the lead . stay thirsty held a 1 1 / 2 - length advantage with a furlong remaining , and only had to survive a mild threat from a closing rattlesnake bridge to secure his career - defining win . the final time for the distance on a fast main track was 2 : 03 . 03 .
stay thirsty raced closer to the front than he normally does , and in fact held the lead after a : 23 . 45 opening quarter before the expected pacesetter , preakness stakes ( gr . i )
with mucho macho man , to honor and serve and many others insuring this is one of the toughest races of the year , stay thirsty will be a favorite but far from a lock to win .
stay thirsty has a cross of northern dancer on his pedigree through his maternal grandsire storm bird and his paternal granddam cara rafaela . the 3 x 5 northern dancer cross the only doubling of a horse in the first five generations . while northern dancer is a prominent name in thoroughbred pedigrees , the lack of doubling in any other names in the immediate pedigree leaves stay thirsty a lot of options for mares .
stay thirsty was bred in kentucky by john gunther , who was at saratoga for the travers to watch the scopy bay by preakness and travers winner bernardini perform . gunther was impressed by the condition of stay thirsty and said , “he ' s filled out and matured a lot since the derby coming to the travers . he seems to have more weight through the body and be more mature - looking . ”
@ ivanlsardi , i ' ve also been impressed by stay thirsty this season . he looked awesome in the jim dandy , and i thought he ran a really respectable belmont , too . but i ' m torn between stay thirsty and coil for the travers ? because , imo , coil has been equally impressive himself in 2011 . his win in the haskell , coming from well off the pace to run down shakleford looks strong . and his swaps stakes and affirmed handicap run ' s look like really strong form lines as well . i may just play a stay thirsty - coil exacta , and box it .
stay thirsty’s damsire storm bird was a champion juvenile in ireland . at stud he produced preakness winner summer squall , the great storm cat and many other prominent runners . the offspring produced by his daughters include belmont stakes hero birdstone and multiple g - 1 winners commentator , and court vision . stay thirsty also carries the bloodlines of the classic chef - de - race roberto and belmont stakes winner arts and letters .
from left , shackleford with jesus castanon , stay thirsty with javier castellano , malibu glow with rajiv maragh , and ruler on ice with jose valdivia lead the field at the start of 142nd travers stakes horse race at saratoga race course in saratoga springs , n . y . , saturday , aug . 27 , 2011 . stay thirsty won the race . ( ap photo / hans pennink ) ( / ap )
stay thirsty’s half brother andromeda’s hero was also second in the belmont stakes . that one’s full brother superfly was third in the champagne stakes ( g1 ) . their second and third dams are grade one placed .
stay thirsty is by bernardini , winner of the preakness , travers and jockey club gold cup - two of which are at the classic distance of 1 - 1 / 4 miles . after his first crop hit the track this year as 3 - year - olds with stay thirsty and to honor and serve among them , bernardini’s fee has been raised to $ 150 , 000 by darley stud in lexington , kentucky .
while stay thirsty was eclipsed by stablemate uncle mo during the majority of his career , he has a successful record , especially in new york races . as a 2 - year - old , stay thirsty finished second in the hopeful stakes ( gr . i ) behind boys at tosconova . he ended his second with a fifth place finish in the grey goose breeders’ cup juvenile ( gr . i ) behind uncle mo .
stay thirsty also matched his father by winning both the jim dandy at the spa and the travers , a feat that his owner , mike repole , said should put him firmly at the top of his division .
this year the one - and - a - quarter - mile stakes race for three - year - old colts will be headlined by haskell invitational winner coil , jim dandy winner stay thirsty and preakness winner shackleford .
it’s interesting enough to know that both coil and stay thirsty will try , at some degree , to duplicate their sire’s path in their three - year - old campaign and win the eclipse award in their division .
the impressive victories by coil and stay thirsty over the weekend have put them squarely in the conversation about the three - year - old division of the eclipse awards , with about three months left in the season .
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stay thirsty rebounded in the belmont stakes and missed the victory by less than a length . he picked up victories in the jim dandy ( g2 ) and travers stakes ( g1 ) before falling off form with a
. their distance scope will be sprinters through middle distances , and some may prefer running longer . it isn’t out of the realm of possibility that we’ll see some of stay thirsty’s offspring on the triple crown trail .
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stay thirsty ( 9 ) , with javier castellano up , malibu glow , left , with rajiv maragh up , and ruler on ice , right , with jose valdivia up , head towards the first turn at the start of the 142nd travers stakes horse race at saratoga race course in saratoga springs , n . y . , saturday , aug . 27 , 2011 . stay thirsty won the race . ( ap photo / hans pennink )
as expected , shackleford broke for the lead from the outside no . 10 post . stay thirsty likes to run just off the pace , but found himself in front early - not exactly what pletcher had in mind .
stay thirsty’s sire bernardini was the three - year - old champion of 2006 and had a streak of five graded victories in a row before finishing second to horse of the year invasor ( arg ) in the breeders’ cup classic ( gr . i ) . stay thirsty was from bernardini’s first crop and helped him rank third on the leading first - crop sires list in 2010 . bernardini was the leading second - crop sire in 2011 .
saratoga springs , n . y . – on the day they ran the 143rd travers stakes , stay thirsty , winner of the 142nd travers at saratoga , was continuing preparations for next saturday’s $ 750 , 000 woodward stakes .
stay thirsty with jockey javier castellano in the saddle , right wins 142nd running of the travers stakes at the saratoga race course in saratoga springs , n . y . aug 27 , 2011 . ( skip dickstein / times union )
stay thirsty with jockey javier castellano is exultant as owner mike repole , right leads his horse in to the winner ' s circle after winning the 142nd running of the travers stakes at the saratoga race course in . . . more
stay thirsty ( 9 ) , with javier castellano up , malibu glow , left , with rajiv maragh up , and ruler on ice , right , with jose valdivia up , head towards the first turn at the start of the 142nd travers stakes horse race at saratoga race course in saratoga springs , n . y . , saturday , aug . 27 , 2011 . stay thirsty won the race . ( ap photo / hans pennink ) ( / ap )
prize in august and following up with a second place finish in the hopeful stakes ( g2 ) . he finished off of the board in the breeders’ cup juvenile . stay thirsty needed time to mature through the early spring of his
uncle mo has the 2 - year - old championship but in the end , stay thirsty has something much more important to breeders’ , a grade 1 win at 10 furlongs ( 1 - 1 / 4 miles ) . in fact , uncle mo never won at 1 - 1 / 8 miles , finishing third in the wood memorial in his only attempt at that distance . stay thirsty won the 9 furlong jim dandy and 1 - 1 / 4 mile travers .
bernardini and stay thirsty became the 16th father - son duo to win the travers , but only the second to be ridden by the same jockey . gary stevens accomplished the feat with thunder gulch in 1995 and point given in 2001 .
as if aware of the slight , stay thirsty galloped around the saratoga oval and won the travers nearly gate - to - wire and suddenly he was atop the 3 - year - old class looking down . in his first test against older horses in the grade 1 jockey club gold cup , stay thirsty was a good third behind eventual classic winner drosselmeyer and classic favorite flat out . he looked primed to be competitive and possibly be among the favorites for the classic .
, took over under jesus castanon . shackleford showed the way through a half - mile in : 47 . 63 and six furlongs in 1 : 11 . 91 while stay thirsty stalked him , and belmont stakes ( gr . i ) winner
when castellano asked for run around the turn , stay thirsty had plenty of response , surging into first to shackleford ' s outside . he never relinquished the lead despite a game effort from rattlesnake bridge , who drifted wide in the stretch .
stay thirsty , who emerged from the shadow of his more celebrated stablemate uncle mo to become a grade 1 winner , will rejoin uncle mo in his next career as a stallion at ashford stud in kentucky , owner mike repole said monday .
though he is winless this year , stay thirsty set the pace and repelled three early challenges in the jockey club gold cup before getting passed in the final three strides by flat out . he earned a career - best beyer of 109 .
todd and i will discuss the two options for stay thirsty , probably either the arkansas derby ( g1 ) ( on april 16 at oaklawn park ) or the florida derby ( g1 ) ( on april 3 at gulfstream park ) .
the travers is setting up very nicely . coil and stay thirsty looked great , and shackleford , ruler on ice and brilliant speed had their preps . throw in dominus and a few others and we have the makings of a great midsummer classic !
his face covered with perspiration , a conflicted mike repole tried to express his emotions after losing one big race by a nose with uncle mo and winning the $ 1 million travers stakes with stay thirsty about 30 minutes later at saratoga race course .
in this year’s renewal of the gotham , the favorite , stay thirsty , triumphed over whirlaway stakes winner toby’s corner grade 2 stakes placed nacho saint and a field of recent allowance and maiden winners . the todd pletcher trainee was wide on both turns and traveled the 1 1 / 16 miles in a moderate 1 : 44 . 78 conquering his rivals by over three lengths . in light of the developing trend , we need to ask , does stay thirsty have the pedigree to win a classic race ?
but americans still pay for distance . and stay thirsty will be much more likely to produce winners who can compete at the classic distance . and likely to some day emerge from the shadow of uncle mo and shine as if he was alydar himself .
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stay thirsty didn’t have the best start to the year , winning an unimpressive gotham stakes earlier in the year before finishing mid - pack in the derby . but when the triple crown made its way to belmont for the final jewel of the series , the repole camp was ready . “thirsty” didn’t win the race , but he did show a major improvement on form , finishing second .
it would be unfair to compare coil and stay thirsty to their sires at this time in their careers . by now point given had won the preakness and belmont , and bernardini the preakness . but at least on this part of their campaigns is similar .
preakness winner shackleford dueled stay thirsty for the lead throughout the first half of the 1 1 / 4 - mile race , but eventually fell off the pace . belmont stakes winner ruler on ice ( fourth ) and haskell invitational winner coil were never factors in the race . coil , the 5 - 2 second choice entering the race , finished last in the 10 - horse field in fact , once shackleford fell off the pace stay thirsty really was never challenged down the backstretch . shackleford faded to eighth place .
owner mike repole decided to run uncle mo in the classic instead of the dirt mile and before the classic , uncle mo would go off at 5 - to - 1 odds compared to stay thirsty back in double digits at 11 - to - 1 .
jim dandy winner and belmont runner - up stay thirsty pushed his way into the three - year - old eclipse talks after a win in the travers stakes at saratoga on august 27 . drawing a field that included triple crown jewel winners shackleford and ruler on ice , and haskell winner coil , in addition to stay thirsty , the travers was determined to be perhaps the biggest race in the second half of this year ' s three - year - old season with a wide open group of potential eclipse winners running .
stay thirsty , who ran a gutsy race when beaten a head by flat out in saturday’s grade 1 , $ 1 million jockey club gold cup at belmont park , will race once more before being retired , repole said . in no particular order , repole said he and trainer todd pletcher are considering the breeders’ cup classic , the bc dirt mile – both on nov . 3 at santa anita – or the grade 1 , $ 350 , 000 cigar mile on nov . 24 at aqueduct for stay thirsty’s final race .
during the 2000m race stay thirsty pressed the pace and found himself in the perfect stalking position . around the turn he began to take command , then opened up at the top of the lane and never looked back for a victory in the ' midsummer derby . '
stay thirsty has the better resume , as he won the grade iii gotham stakes early on the year and looked impressive with his easy win in the jim dandy . but coil has the quality win , as he defeated the preakness and belmont stakes winners in the haskell .
while repole’s big horse uncle mo made a splash in his return to racing today in the g1 king’s bishop where he finished second , repole’s forgotten colt , stay thirsty made his way to the winner’s circle , and eclipse talks , in the biggest race of the day .
stay thirsty , with javier castellano aboard , stands in the winner ' s circle after winning the 142nd travers stakes horse race at saratoga race course in saratoga springs , n . y . , saturday , aug . 27 , 2011 . ( ap photo / hans pennink )
uncle mo was everybody’s all - everything from the time he broke his maiden by 14 - 1 / 2 lengths at saratoga through his undefeated championship season and being the winter racebook favorite to win the kentucky derby . meanwhile , during his 2 - year - old seaso , stay thirsty had finished second to boys at toscanova in the hopeful stakes after breaking also breaking his maiden at saratoga , but only by five lengths . stay thirsty went into the juvenile as an anonymous 13 - to - 1 shot and came out as a fifth - place whatchmacallit .
“i hope i own a lot of good horses , but there’ll be no horses that mean more to me than uncle mo and stay thirsty , ” repole said . “that they’re together again is just an amazing feeling . they couldn’t be on a better farm than coolmore’s ashford . ”
multiple grade 1 winner stay thirsty joins four other freshmen by 2006 preakness stakes ( gr . i ) winner bernardini in 2013 . this is the first time bernardini will have more than one son standing in a season as sophomore stallion wilburn stood his first year in 2012 last year .
with a powerful performance that catapulted him to the head the 3 - year - old division , stay thirsty took command at the top of the stretch and rolled to a decisive 1 ¼ - length victory over rattlesnake bridge in saturday ' s 142nd running of the grade 1 , $ 1 million travers at saratoga race course . leaving from post position 9 as the 5 - 2 favorite , stay thirsty found himself on the lead between horses as the field of 10 barreled toward the first turn and through an opening quarter in 23 . 45 seconds . eased back by javier castellano into second as preakness winner shackleford took over through a half in 47 . 63 and three - quarters in 1 : 11 . 91 , stay thirsty ranged up to challenge for the lead on the far turn and spun into the stretch with a lead that was never seriously threatened .
the 1 1 / 4 - mile travers , which included four of the top - ranked sophomores in the country , was billed as a race that would determine the division leader , and 2 - 1 favorite stay thirsty did just that under javier castellano . five years after his sire ,
stay thirsty won for the third time in four starts at saratoga . he broke his maiden there and romped by four lengths in the july 30 jim dandy . his only defeat at the spa came when second in the three chimneys hopeful stakes ( gr . i ) as a juvenile .
stay thirsty has a stamina oriented pedigree and has shown the ability to sit off the pace , yet he has the speed to quicken and put away his foes . the classic race distances shouldn’t be a concern for him and he could easily continue the eleven year gotham / classic trend .
the whitney drew a field of nine . fewer are expected for the woodward . as of saturday , the confirmed woodward starters were cease , mucho macho man , stay thirsty , and to honor and serve . possibles included isn’t he perfect and rule , who finished last in the whitney .
continuing the rash of 3 year old retirements is gemologist . he is joined by announcements for a trio of four year old horses : the factor , caleb ' s posse , and stay thirsty . additionally , winter memories , a millionaire mare on the turf , was retired as well .
stay thirsty , who went off as the 2 - 1 favorite , finished in 2 minutes , 3 . 03 seconds . he was followed by 14 - 1 rattlesnake bridge in second , 32 - 1 long shot j w blue in third and belmont stakes champion ruler on ice in fourth .
stay thirsty , with javier castellano aboard , stands in the winner ' s circle after winning the 142nd travers stakes horse race at saratoga race course in saratoga springs , n . y . , saturday , aug . 27 , 2011 . ( ap photo / hans pennink ) ( / ap )
but there was a rivalry for recognition between the two , especially since both came from the same shed row of trainer todd pletcher and raced for outgoing owner mike repole . and no matter what he did , stay thirsty seem to ever remain in the shadow of his stable mate uncle mo .
stay thirsty’s dam marozia ( storm bird ) raced in europe , winning one race in nine starts and hitting the board three other times . she has proven to be a respectable producer with nine foals of racing age on the ground . from those foals , six have went on to race with five breaking their maidens and three winning stakes . andromeda’s hero and stay thirsty both brought home graded stakes wins for the mare with andormeda’s hero also finishing second in the belmont stakes ( gr . i ) in 2005 . marozia only has one grandfoal of racing age , who has not yet started .
stay thirsty’s granddam make change ( roberto ) was an ungraded stakes winner but hit the board in multiple graded stakes including seconds in five grade one races . in all , she won five times , finished second six times and third five times in 23 starts for $ 506 , 338 in earnings .
but earlier that same day at belmont , uncle mo had turned heads by winning the grade 1 kelso mile in only his second race after being sidelined and missing the triple crown . and during the weeks leading up to the breeders’ cup classic , uncle mo again took the spotlight from stay thirsty .
also there are some other contenders prepping up to try a late fall run at the title . most notably among them is stay thirsty’s stablemate , 2010 two - year - old champ uncle mo , who had his third work today . uncle mo worked five furlongs in 1 : 02 4 / 5 .
stay thirsty , winner of the 2011 travers stakes ( gr . i ) and second in saturday ' s jockey club gold cup ( gr . i ) , will stand at ashford stud , near versailles , ky . , upon retirement , owner mike repole told the daily racing form oct . 1 .
brilliant travers stakes winner stay thirsty will retire to stand at ashford stud for the 2013 season . the todd pletcher - trained son of bernardini ran a huge race in saturday ' s jockey club gold cup invitational and a decision will be made on the remainder of his racing career in the near future .
stay thirsty ( bernardini ) didn ' t show much in this one , but the four - year - old was making just his second start of 2012 and has tons of room for improvement this season . the top colt loves saratoga , so don ' t hold this race against him too hard .
from the first crop of champion three - year - old bernardini ( a . p . indy ) , winner of the preakness ( g1 ) , travers ( g1 ) and jockey club gold cup ( g1 ) , stay thirsty has an ideal pedigree for the kentucky derby on his dam side . he hails from the winning storm bird mare marozia , who also has produced grade 3 winner and 2005 belmont ( g1 ) runner - up andromeda ' s hero ; and stakes victor superfly , both by fusaichi pegasus . stay thirsty also counts an unnamed juvenile colt by mr . greeley as a half - brother .
holy cow ! ! he is for real ! after that stumble . . . to stay in the game and win like he did . awesome !
tiznow would be the exception , and the one coil and stay thirsty look to emulate . he was a late bloomer who benefited from a year where there was also a close competition to the division title . he won the super derby and then a memorable breeder ' s cup classic which secured his title .
stay thirsty with jockey javier castellano is exultant as owner mike repole , right leads his horse in to the winner ' s circle after winning the 142nd running of the travers stakes at the saratoga race course in saratoga springs , n . y . aug 27 , 2011 . ( skip dickstein / times union ) less
stay thirsty wrested command from shackleford nearing the quarter pole , edged away to a clear lead in midstretch , and held off a late run from 14 - 1 rattlesnake bridge to win the $ 1 million travers stakes by 1 1 / 4 lengths . stay thirsty ( $ 6 . 80 ) , the favorite in the field of 10 3 - year - olds , ran the 1 1 / 4 miles in 2 : 03 . 03 under javier castellano . he was the second stakes winner on the day for trainer todd pletcher , who came within a nose of sweeping the day ' s three grade 1 stakes races . urltoken
stay thirsty , front right , with javier castellano aboard , pulls away from j w blue ( 8 ) , with cornelio velasquez to win the 142nd travers stakes horse race at saratoga race course in saratoga springs , n . y . , saturday , aug . 27 , 2011 . ( ap photo / hans pennink )
the travers field breaks from the gate during the start of the 142nd travers stakes horse race at saratoga race course in saratoga springs , n . y . , saturday , aug . 27 , 2011 . stay thirsty ( 9 ) , with javier castellano aboard , won the race . ( ap photo / hans pennink )
the win moves stay thirsty to the head of the 3 - year - old class , ahead of sidelined derby winner animal kingdom and the two other classic winners he beat in the travers - shackleford and belmont stakes winner ruler on ice , who was fourth . haskell winner coil , the second choice , finished 10th .
“i hope i own a lot of good horses , but there ' ll be no horses that mean more to me than uncle mo and stay thirsty , ” repole said . “that they ' re together again is just an amazing feeling . they couldn ' t be on a better farm than coolmore ' s ashford . ”
stay thirsty ( usa ) dkb / br . c , 2008 { 4 - c } dp = 4 - 6 - 16 - 0 - 0 ( 26 ) di = 2 . 25 cd = 0 . 54 - 17 starts , 5 wins , 5 places , 1 shows career earnings : $ 1 , 936 , 000
bred in kentucky by john d . gunther and john darren gunther , stay thirsty is out of the storm bird mare marozia . pletcher bought him for repole for $ 500 , 000 at the fasig - tipton florida select sale of 2 - year - olds in training in 2010 . he was consigned by scanlon training center , agent .
stay thirsty had made this a trio of g1 - placed offspring for marozia with his seconds in the hopeful last year and more recently in the belmont stakes , but the good - looking bay took the step into the winner ' s circle as a g1 winner at saratoga , which seems to be the colt ' s favorite racetrack .
stay thirsty , front right , with javier castellano aboard , pulls away from j w blue ( 8 ) , with cornelio velasquez to win the 142nd travers stakes horse race at saratoga race course in saratoga springs , n . y . , saturday , aug . 27 , 2011 . ( ap photo / hans pennink ) ( / ap )
the travers field breaks from the gate during the start of the 142nd travers stakes horse race at saratoga race course in saratoga springs , n . y . , saturday , aug . 27 , 2011 . stay thirsty ( 9 ) , with javier castellano aboard , won the race . ( ap photo / hans pennink ) ( / ap )
stay thirsty looks to have the makings of a very good stallion . he will be the first of bernardini ' s sons to enter the breeding shed and looks to pass the tests . his female family shows high end production as well as a wide array of winners . he will stand at coolmore ' s ashford in lexington , kentucky .
in total , stay thirsty retired with a record of five wins , five seconds , and one third in 17 starts for $ 1 , 936 , 000 in earnings . of those five wins , two were grade 1 victories , with one grade 2 and one grade 3 . he also finished second in three grade 1 races and third in another .
stay thirsty looked like his sire at the spa . that was important to his breeder , who said that “when i went to see bernardini at jonabell , i just loved his looks , and i bred two mares to him the first year , three the second year , and it looks like he ' s going to be a good sire . ”
repole told the drf that stay thirsty will make one more start this year before being retired . what race that will be is up in the air ; the colt could run in either the breeders ' cup classic ( gr . i ) , breeders ' cup dirt mile ( gr . i ) , or the cigar mile ( gr . i ) .
robert lapenta and head of plains partners’ coal front was headed by american pastime at the head of the stretch in saturday’s g3 gallant bob stakes , but the 3 - year - old son of stay thirsty refused to give in under jockey john velazquez . finding another gear at the eighth pole , coal front re - rallied to pull away from [ … ]
marozia raced nine times in england and won or was in the money four times . she’s a successful broodmare , having produced four winners from five foals to race , including stay
robert lapenta and head of plains partners’ coal front led the field wire - to - wire in saturday’s g2 amsterdam stakes at saratoga , finishing 1 1 / 2 lengths in front of excitations to earn his first graded stakes win . the sophomore son of stay thirsty is now unbeaten in three career starts for trainer todd pletcher . ridden by john velazquez [ … ]
the spa has certainly treated stay thirsty well this year , as it was the three - year - old ' s second graded victory for the season . on july 30 , he dominated in the g2 jim dandy stakes , a feat his sire also accomplished . prior to his jim dandy win , the dark bay was classic - placed in the g1 belmont stakes .
stay thirsty , who ran 12th in the derby and second in the belmont before his jim dandy - travers sweep , returned $ 6 . 80 , $ 4 . 20 and $ 3 . 40 . rattlesnake bridge , ridden by john velazquez , paid $ 10 . 80 and $ 7 . 60 , and j w blue returned $ 11 . 40 to show .
the expectation is that stay thirsty will contest the jockey club gold cup prior to the breeders ' cup classic as part of a program that might make him champion of his division and a horse of the year contender . those races will test both the colt ' s apparent maturity and his rise up the class ladder when he tackles older horses for the first time .
stay thirsty built his resume in 2011 as a 3 - year - old , starting with a win in the gotham stakes ( gr . iii ) and highlighting the year with a 1 1 / 4 length victory in the travers stakes ( gr . i ) . the colt also finished second in the belmont stakes ( gr . i ) by ¾ of a length behind ruler on ice . he topped off his new york campaign with a third place finish in the jockey club gold cup stakes ( gr . i ) behind flat out and eventual breeders’ cup classic ( gr . i ) winner drosselmeyer . stay thirsty ended his 3 - year - old season in the breeders’ cup classic ( gr . i ) , finishing 11 th .
sent off as the 2 - 1 favorite in the field of 10 , stay thirsty raced just off the pace set by preakness winner shackleford . but when the field turned for home in front of a crowd of 43 , 050 , the son of 2006 travers winner bernardini surged to the lead under javier castellano and held off rattlesnake bridge by 1 1 / 4 lengths .
uncle mo begins his stallion career as the grandson of in excess ( ire ) , one of the top stallions in california before being pensioned in july . stay thirsty , who will race at age four according to his facebook page , will begin his stallion career next year as the grandson of a . p . indy , one of the top stallions of his generation .
stay thirsty ' s sire bernardini won from a mile to 1 1 / 4 miles , including the preakness and travers stakes . as a three year old he beat older horses in the jockey club gold cup . although he was second to invasor in a highly anticipated match - up in the breeders’ cup classic , bernardini earned horse of the year honors for his previous exploits .
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stay thirsty doesn’t appear to be a large colt , but he is well - balanced , muscular and has a smooth stride . he has a well - angled shoulder and has the lean demeanor of a route horse . size isn’t an indicator of racing prowess . notable horse that were smaller than average include kentucky derby winners northern dancer , mine that bird and belmont stakes winner birdstone .
with his female family’s success with jumpers in his second and third dam , he could also bring an interesting twist to the steeplechase scene if any breeder decides to go that route . of the six bernardini stallions standing at stud in 2013 , stay thirsty is the second most expensive at stud with a fee of $ 20 , 000 behind to honor and serve’s $ 30 , 000 .
“i feel like he’s rounding into his best form off his last couple of breezes , ” said pletcher , who was planning to give stay thirsty his last woodward breeze sunday . “the suburban was a really hot day and he didn’t seem to fire at all . it took a little while for him to rebound so i felt like we ran out of time to make the whitney . ”
stay thirsty separates himself from every other 3 - year - old by far right now ,
repole said .
there ' s nothing else this horse can do . he should have won the belmont . he ran an incredible jim dandy . javier rode him great . he was all out , a length and a half . there ' s no doubt in my mind .
stay hydrated . one of the most important things seniors — and any human , really — can do is drink plenty of fluids . as people age , the ability for the body to conserve water diminishes , so it becomes more difficult for seniors to gauge the need for liquid . keep water and sports drinks close at hand to rehydrate and replenish electrolytes even when you’re not feeling thirsty .
in 2012 , he finished second in the ungraded vanlandingham stakes in his may debut but finished second in two graded stakes before finishing second by a head to flat out in the tvg jockey club gold cup invitational stakes ( gr . i ) . stay thirsty finished his career with a second grade one victory when he won the cigar mile handicap ( gr . i ) over groupie doll .