Stay Foolish (horse)
Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse (2015–2022)
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Stay Foolish (Japanese: ステイフーリッシュ, Hepburn: Sutei Fūrisshu; 22 February 2015) is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. He competed from 2017 to 2022, recording four wins in thirty-four starts, including the Kyoto Shimbun Hai (GII) in 2018, the Red Sea Turf Handicap (G3) and Dubai Gold Cup (G2) in 2022.[1] His racing name is derived from Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford University commencement speech, "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish."[2]
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| Stay Foolish ステイフーリッシュ | |
|---|---|
Stay Foolish at the 2018 Kyoto Shimbun Hai | |
| Breed | Thoroughbred |
| Sire | Stay Gold |
| Grandsire | Sunday Silence |
| Dam | Kauai Lane |
| Damsire | King Kamehameha |
| Sex | Colt->Gelding |
| Foaled | 22 February 2015 |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Shadai Farm |
| Owner | Shadai Race Horse |
| Racing colours |  |
| Trainer | Yoshito Yahagi |
| Jockey | Yusuke Fujioka Christophe Lemaire Yuta Nakatani |
| Record | 34: 4-7-8 (29 JRA: 2-6-8; 5 overseas: 2-1-0) |
| Earnings | ¥554,075,700 |
| Major wins | |
| Kyoto Shimbun Hai (2018) Red Sea Turf Handicap (2022) Dubai Gold Cup (2022) | |
Background
Stay Foolish is a bay horse bred in Chitose, Hokkaido, by Shadai Farm.[1] He was sired by Stay Gold, a son of Sunday Silence, and his dam was Kauai Lane, a daughter of King Kamehameha.[3] His dam Kauai Lane won five races during her racing career, including the Turquoise Stakes (Open).[4] His dam's half-brother is Black Hawk, winner of the Yasuda Kinen and Sprinters Stakes.[4] He was owned by Shadai Race Horse and sent into training with Yoshito Yahagi at the JRA's Ritto Training Center.[1]
Racing career
2017: Two-year-old season
Stay Foolish debuted on December 10, 2017, in a maiden race on the turf at Chukyo Racecourse, winning by 0.4 seconds.[5] He finished third in the Hopeful Stakes (GI) at Nakayama Racecourse on December 28.[5]
2018: Three-year-old season
Stay Foolish finished tenth in the Kyodo Tsushin Hai (GIII) at Tokyo Racecourse in February.[5] On May 5, he won the Kyoto Shimbun Hai (GII) at Kyoto Racecourse, ridden by Yusuke Fujioka, defeating Admire Alba by 0.3 seconds.[5] He finished tenth in the Tōkyō Yūshun (Japanese Derby, GI) in May, fifth in the Kobe Shimbun Hai (GII) in September, and eleventh in the Kikuka Shō (GI) in October.[5] He finished third in the Challenge Cup (GIII) at Hanshin Racecourse in December.[5]
2019: Four-year-old season
Stay Foolish ran in eight races in 2019 without a win. He finished second in the Nakayama Kimpai (GIII), Kyoto Kinen (GII), and Fukushima Kinen (GIII), and third in the Naruo Kinen (GIII) and Hakodate Kinen (GIII).[5]
2020: Five-year-old season
Stay Foolish ran in six races in 2020 without a win. He finished second in the American Jockey Club Cup (GII) and third in the Kyoto Kinen (GII), Meguro Kinen (GII), and All Comers (GII).[5]
2021: Six-year-old season
Stay Foolish finished second in the Kyoto Kinen (GII) in February.[5] He was pulled up in the Sapporo Kinen (GII) in August after developing atrial fibrillation.[6] He finished fifth in the Hong Kong Vase (G1) at Sha Tin Racecourse in December.[5]
2022: Seven-year-old season and retirement
On February 26, Stay Foolish contested the Red Sea Turf Handicap (G3) over 3000 meters at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Saudi Arabia. Ridden by Christophe Lemaire, he took the lead from the start and won by 4.25 lengths over Sonnyboyliston, recording his first victory in three years and nine months.[7] On March 26, he won the Dubai Gold Cup (G2) over 3200 meters at Meydan Racecourse, defeating the previously unbeaten Manobo.[8]
Returning to Japan, he finished ninth in the Takarazuka Kinen (GI) in June.[5] He finished second in the Grand Prix de Deauville (G2) at Deauville-La Touques Racecourse in August.[5] He finished fourteenth in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) at Longchamp Racecourse in October.[5]
On October 27, 2022, he was diagnosed with left foreleg suspensory ligamentitis. His retirement was announced the same day.[9] He was deregistered from JRA competition on October 28, 2022.[10]
Statistics
The following table details all 34 starts of Stay Foolish's racing career based on official netkeiba, JBIS, and JRA-VAN records.
| Date | Distance (Condition) | Race | Class | Course | Odds (Favourite) |
Field | Finish | Time | Jockey | Winning (Losing) Margin |
Winner (2nd Place) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 – two-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Dec 10 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | 2-Y-O Newcomer | Maiden | Chukyo | 5.2 (3rd) | 9 | 1st | 2:03.7 | Yuta Nakatani | –0.4 | (Ice Bubble) | [5] |
| Dec 28 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | Hopeful Stakes | GI | Nakayama | 22.9 (8th) | 17 | 3rd | 2:01.6 | Yuta Nakatani | 0.2 | Time Flyer | [5] |
| 2018 – three-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Feb 11 | Turf 1800 m (Firm) | Kyodo Tsushin Hai | GIII | Tokyo | 5.7 (2nd) | 12 | 10th | 1:48.5 | Yuta Nakatani | 1.1 | Oken Moon | [5] |
| May 5 | Turf 2200 m (Firm) | Kyoto Shimbun Hai | GII | Kyoto | 12.8 (7th) | 17 | 1st | 2:11.0 | Yusuke Fujioka | –0.3 | (Admire Alba) | [5] |
| May 27 | Turf 2400 m (Firm) | Tōkyō Yūshun | GI | Tokyo | 39.8 (10th) | 18 | 10th | 2:24.2 | Norihiro Yokoyama | 0.6 | Wagnerian | [5] |
| Sep 23 | Turf 2400 m (Firm) | Kobe Shimbun Hai | GII | Hanshin | 11.9 (4th) | 10 | 5th | 2:26.4 | Yuga Kawada | 0.8 | Wagnerian | [5] |
| Oct 21 | Turf 3000 m (Firm) | Kikuka Shō | GI | Kyoto | 70.2 (11th) | 18 | 11th | 3:07.5 | Yusuke Fujioka | 1.4 | Fierement | [5] |
| Dec 1 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | Challenge Cup | GIII | Hanshin | 18.2 (5th) | 12 | 3rd | 1:59.0 | Yusuke Fujioka | 0.7 | Air Windsor | [5] |
| 2019 – four-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jan 5 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | Nakayama Kimpai | GIII | Nakayama | 11.0 (7th) | 16 | 2nd | 1:59.3 | Yusuke Fujioka | 0.1 | Win Bright | [5] |
| Feb 10 | Turf 2200 m (Firm) | Kyoto Kinen | GII | Kyoto | 3.4 (1st) | 12 | 2nd | 2:14.8 | Yusuke Fujioka | 0.0 | Danburite | [5] |
| Mar 31 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | Ōsaka Hai | GI | Hanshin | 94.8 (12th) | 14 | 13th | 2:02.4 | Kota Fujioka | 1.4 | Al Ain | [5] |
| Jun 1 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | Naruo Kinen | GIII | Hanshin | 4.8 (4th) | 9 | 3rd | 1:59.8 | Yusuke Fujioka | 0.2 | Mer de Glace | [5] |
| Jul 14 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | Hakodate Kinen | GIII | Hakodate | 6.4 (3rd) | 16 | 3rd | 1:59.9 | Yuta Nakatani | 0.3 | My Style | [5] |
| Aug 18 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | Sapporo Kinen | GII | Sapporo | 32.9 (8th) | 14 | 9th | 2:01.0 | Yuta Nakatani | 0.9 | Blast Onepiece | [5] |
| Nov 10 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | Fukushima Kinen | GIII | Fukushima | 12.9 (6th) | 16 | 2nd | 1:59.7 | Yuta Nakatani | 0.2 | Crescendo Love | [5] |
| Nov 30 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | Challenge Cup | GIII | Hanshin | 7.3 (4th) | 12 | 10th | 1:59.7 | Yuta Nakatani | 0.6 | Lord My Way | [5] |
| 2020 – five-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jan 26 | Turf 2200 m (Good) | American Jockey Club Cup | GII | Nakayama | 8.0 (5th) | 12 | 2nd | 2:15.2 | Christophe Lemaire | 0.2 | Blast Onepiece | [5] |
| Feb 16 | Turf 2200 m (Soft) | Kyoto Kinen | GII | Kyoto | 4.3 (3rd) | 9 | 3rd | 2:17.1 | Yasunari Iwata | 0.7 | Chrono Genesis | [5] |
| Apr 5 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | Ōsaka Hai | GI | Hanshin | 49.1 (8th) | 12 | 9th | 1:59.4 | Yasunari Iwata | 1.0 | Lucky Lilac | [5] |
| May 31 | Turf 2500 m (Firm) | Meguro Kinen | GII | Tokyo | 13.8 (7th) | 18 | 3rd | 2:29.8 | Ryusei Sakai | 0.2 | King of Coji | [5] |
| Sep 27 | Turf 2200 m (Good) | All Comers | GII | Nakayama | 4.9 (3rd) | 9 | 3rd | 2:15.7 | Hironobu Tanabe | 0.2 | Centelleo | [5] |
| Oct 11 | Turf 2400 m (Good) | Kyoto Daishoten | GII | Kyoto | 7.3 (4th) | 17 | 5th | 2:26.0 | Yusuke Fujioka | 0.4 | Glory Vase | [5] |
| 2021 – six-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jan 24 | Turf 2200 m (Heavy) | American Jockey Club Cup | GII | Nakayama | 9.5 (4th) | 17 | 4th | 2:18.3 | Shu Ishibashi | 0.4 | Aristoteles | [5] |
| Feb 14 | Turf 2200 m (Firm) | Kyoto Kinen | GII | Hanshin | 7.0 (3rd) | 11 | 2nd | 2:10.6 | Ryuji Wada | 0.2 | Loves Only You | [5] |
| Aug 22 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | Sapporo Kinen | GII | Sapporo | 14.7 (6th) | 13 | DNF | – | Ryusei Sakai | – | Sodashi | [5] |
| Sep 26 | Turf 2200 m (Firm) | All Comers | GII | Nakayama | 20.3 (7th) | 16 | 5th | 2:12.3 | Kazuo Yokoyama | 0.4 | Win Marilyn | [5] |
| Oct 10 | Turf 2400 m (Firm) | Kyoto Daishoten | GII | Hanshin | 8.4 (5th) | 14 | 7th | 2:25.1 | Yoshihiko Kawasu | 0.6 | Makahiki | [5] |
| Nov 14 | Turf 2000 m (Firm) | Fukushima Kinen | GIII | Fukushima | 6.7 (3rd) | 16 | 4th | 1:59.9 | Ryusei Sakai | 0.7 | Panthalassa | [5] |
| Dec 12 | Turf 2400 m (Firm) | Hong Kong Vase | G1 | Sha Tin | 13.0 (4th) | 8 | 5th | 2:28.45 | Vincent C Y Ho | 1.38 | Glory Vase | [5] |
| 2022 – seven-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Feb 26 | Turf 3000 m (Firm) | Red Sea Turf Handicap | G3 | KAA | 15.0 (8th) | 14 | 1st | 3:06.08 | Christophe Lemaire | –0.73 | (Sonnyboyliston) | [5] |
| Mar 26 | Turf 3200 m (Firm) | Dubai Gold Cup | G2 | Meydan | 5.0 (2nd) | 13 | 1st | 3:19.64 | Christophe Lemaire | –0.5 | (Manobo) | [5] |
| Jun 26 | Turf 2200 m (Firm) | Takarazuka Kinen | GI | Hanshin | 78.1 (10th) | 17 | 9th | 2:11.1 | Ryusei Sakai | 1.4 | Titleholder | [5] |
| Aug 28 | Turf 2500 m (Firm) | Grand Prix de Deauville | G2 | Deauville | 3.6 (2nd) | 5 | 2nd | 2:36.41 | Cristian Demuro | 0.18 | Botanik | [5] |
| Oct 2 | Turf 2400 m (Soft) | Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe | G1 | Longchamp | 65.0 (18th) | 20 | 14th | 2:39.16 | Christophe Lemaire | 3.45 | Alpinista | [5] |
Post-racing career
Following his retirement, Stay Foolish became a riding horse at Shadai Farm in Chitose, Hokkaido.[9]
Pedigree
| Sire Stay Gold (JPN) 1994 |
Sunday Silence (USA) 1986 |
Halo | Hail to Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmah | |||
| Wishing Well | Understanding | ||
| Mountain Flower | |||
| Golden Sash (JPN) 1988 |
Dictus | Sanctus | |
| Doronic | |||
| Dyna Sash | Northern Taste | ||
| Royal Sash | |||
| Dam Kauai Lane (JPN) 2006 |
King Kamehameha (JPN) 2001 |
Kingmambo | Mr. Prospector |
| Miesque | |||
| Manfath | Last Tycoon | ||
| Pilot Bird | |||
| Silver Lane (USA) 1985 |
Silver Hawk | Roberto | |
| Gris Vitesse | |||
| Strait Lane | Chieftain | ||
| Level Sands |
- Stay Foolish is inbred 4 × 5 to Hail to Reason.[3]
- His dam Kauai Lane won five races including the Turquoise Stakes (Open).[4]
- His dam's half-brother Black Hawk won the Yasuda Kinen (GI) and Sprinters Stakes (GI).[4]