Fourstardave

Fourstardave

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Fourstardave


caption =
sire = Compliance
grandsire = Northern Dancer
dam = Broadway Joan
damsire = Bold Arian
sex = Gelding
foaled = 1985
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Chestnut
breeder = Richard M. Bomze
owner = Richard M. Bomze
trainer = Leo O'Brien
record = 99: 21-18-16
earnings = $1,636,737
race = Empire Classic Handicap (1987)
St. Paul Derby (1988)
Albany Stakes (1988)
Poker Handicap (1989, 1993)
Daryl's Joy Stakes (1990, 1991)
awards =
honours = Buried at Claire Court, Saratoga Race Course
Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga Race Course
updated= July 14, 2008

Fourstardave (1985-2002) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

Fans called him "The Sultan of Saratoga" because he'd won at least one race at Saratoga Race Course each year from 1987 to 1994. He died of a heart attack in October of 2002 at the age of 17 on the Belmont Park track yet is buried in Claire Court at Saratoga Race Course. This is a rare honor since only three horses are buried there.

He died Oct 14, 2002 after having been shipped to Belmont Park to take part in a post parade of retired New York-breds on New York Showcase Day. Taken out onto the track in early morning to do light training he had a heart attack while trotting the track clockwise.

Fourstardave retired having made 99 starts with a record of 21-18-16 and earnings of $1,636,560. At Saratoga, the fan favorite set a course record of 1:38 4/5 for a mile and a sixteenth. On the turf he was perhaps best, winning 15 races and almost $1 million.

Upon his retirement, he was feted at neighboring Siro's Restaurant, where he was presented with an edible key to the city and had the small lane named "Fourstardave Way" in his honor.

In his honor and tribute The Daryl's Joy Stakes at Saratoga was changed to the Fourstardave, a Grade II race, in 1996.

In 1997 (at the age of 12) he participated in the High Hope Steeplechase at the Kentucky Horse Park in an amateur event for charity, and finished second.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/fourstardave Fourstardave's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://racing.bloodhorse.com/article/29221.htm BloodHorse July 28, 2005 "Sultan of Saratoga: Remembering Fourstardave"]


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