Fourstardave Handicap

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Fourstardave Handicap
Grade I race
Location Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated1985 (as Daryl's Joy Stakes)
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website NYRA
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and older
WeightHandicap
PurseUS$500,000 (2023)
Bonuses Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In"

The Fourstardave Handicap is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for horses that are three years old or older over a distance of one mile on the turf course scheduled annually in August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $500,000.

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History

The event was inaugurated on 31 July 1985, Opening Day of the Saratoga meeting for that year as the Daryl's Joy Stakes at a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles and was won by Roving Minstrel who was ridden by United States' Racing Hall of Fame jockey Ángel Cordero Jr. in a time of 1:452⁄5. [1] The New Zealand-bred Daryl's Joy was a Two Year Champion in 1968 there, and after a successful spring campaign in Australia in 1969 winning the W. S. Cox Plate and Victoria Derby the colt was sold to the US where he won six races in eleven starts for United States' Racing Hall of Fame trainer Charles E. Whittingham. [2]

Early winners of the event won even more important events and the status of the race grew in importance. In 1988 the event was classified as Grade III. [3] The winner of the First Division of the split divisions in 1989, the British bred horse Steinlen later that year would win the Breeders' Cup Mile. In 1990 and 1991, the New York State bred Fourstardave won the race. [4]

In 1995 New York Racing Association renamed the event to The Fourstardave , nicknamed "The Sultan of Saratoga" because he won at least one race at the Saratoga track each year from 1987 to 1994. Fourstardave died of a heart attack in October 2002 at the age of 17 and is buried in Clare Court at Saratoga Race Course. This is a rare honor since only three horses are buried there. [5]

In 2012 the distance of the event was decreased from 1+1⁄16 miles to one mile. [3]

The event was upgraded to Grade II in 2000 [4] and achieving Grade I status in 2016. [6]

The race was moved off the turf to dirt in 1992 and 2002 due to weather conditions. [3] In 2002 the grade of the event was lowered due to the change of surface as designated by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.

In the 2014 renewal, Seek Again set a Saratoga course record in the event which was broken again in 2019 by the mare Got Stormy, who is the only mare to have won the race. [7] In 2021 Got Stormy won the event again at odds of 12–1. [8]

Several horses who have won this event became celebrated champions. The 1993 winner Lure went on to win the Breeders' Cup Mile later in the year also the 1996 winner Da Hoss went on to win the Breeders' Cup Mile later. Both horses were two-time winners of the Breeders' Cup Mile. The 2005 Brazilian bred winner Leroidesanimaux would become US Champion Male Turf Horse. Dual winner Wise Dan would become US Horse of the Year in both 2012 and 2013 the years he won of the event. The last horse to win the event and the Breeders' Cup Mile was the champion World Approval in 2017.

Records

Speed record:

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
Fourstardave Handicap
2024Carl Spackler (IRE) 4 Tyler Gaffalione Chad C. Brown e Five Racing Thoroughbreds1 mile1:36.63$500,000I [9]
2023 Casa Creed 7 Luis Saez William I. Mott LRE Racing & JEH Racing Stable 1 mile1:34.20$500,000I [10]
2022 Casa Creed 6 Luis Saez William I. Mott LRE Racing & JEH Racing Stable 1 mile1:34.20$500,000I [11]
2021ƒ Got Stormy6 Tyler Gaffalione Mark E. Casse Spendthrift Farm & My Racehorse Stable1 mile1:33.09$500,000I [8]
2020Halladay4 Luis Saez Todd Pletcher Harrell Ventures1 mile1:33.32$400,000I [12]
2019ƒ Got Stormy4 Ricardo Santana Jr. Mark E. Casse Gary Barber & Southern Equine Stable1 mile1:32.00$500,000I [7]
2018Voodoo Song4 Jose Lezcano Linda L. Rice Barry K. Schwartz 1 mile1:35.96$513,750I [13]
2017 World Approval 5 Manuel Franco Mark E. Casse Live Oak Racing1 mile1:37.65$500,000I [14]
2016 Tourist 5 Joel Rosario William I. Mott WinStar Farm, Wachtel Stable, Gary Barber 1 mile1:34.29$500,000I [15]
2015Grand Arch6 Luis Saez Brian A. LynchJim & Susan Hill1 mile1:34.65$500,000II [16]
2014 Seek Again 4 Joel Rosario William I. Mott Juddmonte Farms 1 mile1:33.25$500,000II [17]
2013 Wise Dan 6 John R. Velazquez Charles LoPresti Morton Fink1 mile1:34.00$500,000II [18]
2012 Wise Dan 5 John R. Velazquez Charles LoPresti Morton Fink1 mile1:37.30$500,000II [19]
2011 Sidney's Candy 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher WinStar Farm & Rubio B. Stable1+1⁄16 miles1:43.25$150,000II [20]
2010Get Stormy4 Javier Castellano Thomas M. BushSullimar Stable1+1⁄16 miles1:39.09$150,000II [21]
2009Justenuffhumor4 Alan Garcia Kiaran P. McLaughlin Darley Stable 1+1⁄16 miles1:42.83$158,750II [22]
2008 Red Giant 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Peachtree Stable1+1⁄16 miles1:41.93$150,000II [23]
2007Silver Tree7 Kent J. Desormeaux William I. Mott Peter Vegso1+1⁄16 miles1:41.88$150,000II [24]
2006Remarkable News (VEN) 4 Javier Castellano Angel A. Penna Jr.Holly Rincon1+1⁄16 miles1:40.81$147,000II [25]
2005 Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) 5 John R. Velazquez Robert J. Frankel Stud TNT1+1⁄16 miles1:39.92$200,000II [26]
2004Nothing to Lose4 John R. Velazquez Robert J. Frankel Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey 1+1⁄16 miles1:39.50$200,000II [27]
2003Trademark (SAF) 7 Richard Migliore Kiaran P. McLaughlin Darley Stable 1+1⁄16 miles1:39.29$200,000II [28]
2002Capsized6 José A. Santos Lisa L. LewisGold Spur Stable & Stonerside Stable 1+1⁄8 miles1:50.90$200,000IIIOff turf [29]
2001Dr. Kashnikow4 John R. Velazquez John C. Kimmel Erdenheim Farm 1+1⁄16 miles1:39.30$200,000II [30]
2000Hap4 Jerry D. Bailey William I. Mott Edward White & Michael Paulson1+1⁄16 miles1:40.24$200,000II [31]
1999Comic Strip4 Pat Day Neil J. Howard William S. Farish III, G. Watts Humphrey Jr. & James Elkins1+1⁄16 miles1:41.76$150,000III [32]
1998Wild Event5 Mark Guidry Louis M. Goldfine Arthur I. Appleton 1+1⁄16 miles1:39.25$114,900III [33]
Fourstardave Stakes
1997 Soviet Line (IRE) 7 Pat Day Kiaran P. McLaughlin Shiek Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum 1+1⁄16 miles1:39.99$112,500III [34]
1996 Da Hoss 4 John R. Velazquez Michael W. Dickinson Prestonwood Farm 1+1⁄16 miles1:40.54$118,500III [35]
Daryl's Joy Stakes
1995Pride of Summer7 Eddie Maple Anthony J. BizeliaTOC Stable, et al.1+1⁄16 miles1:40.85$115,400III [36]
Daryl's Joy Handicap
1994§ A in Sociology4 Jean-Luc Samyn Philip G. Johnson Barbara Ronca1+1⁄16 miles1:41.23$115,400III [37]
Daryl's Joy Stakes
1993 Lure 4 Mike E. Smith Claude R. McGaughey III Claiborne Farm 1+1⁄16 miles1:40.84$120,200III [38]
1992Now Listen5 John R. Velazquez Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1 mile1:36.64$119,400IIIOff turf [39]
1991 Fourstardave 6 Mike E. Smith Leo O'BrienRichard Bomze & Bernard Connaughton1+1⁄16 miles1:38.80$119,400III [40]
1990 Fourstardave 5 Mike E. Smith Leo O'BrienRichard Bomze & Bernard Connaughton1+1⁄16 miles1:41.20$95,250III [41]
1989 Steinlen (GB) 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. D. Wayne Lukas George E. Rowand1+1⁄16 miles1:41.00$89,925IIIDivision 1 [42]
Highland Springs6 Edgar S. Prado Barclay Tagg Wildenstein Stable 1:41.60$89,925Division 2 [43]
1988San's the Shadow4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Timothy A. Hills Frances A. Genter 1+1⁄16 miles1:40.00$93,900III [44]
1987Persian Mews (IRE) 4 José A. Santos Thomas J. SkiffingtonFernwood Stable1+1⁄16 miles1:42.00$85,200Division 1 [45]
Duluth5 Jean Cruguet Flint S. Schulhofer Frances A. Genter 1:42.80$85,200Division 2 [46]
1986Mourjane (IRE) 6 José A. Santos Thomas J. SkiffingtonFernwood Stable1+1⁄16 miles1:42.80$56,600 [47]
1985Roving Minstrel4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Larry A. Kelly Craig F. Cullinan Jr. 1+1⁄16 miles1:45.40$56,100 [1]

Legend:
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Notes:
§ Ran as an entry
ƒ Filly or Mare

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