Fourstardave Handicap

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Fourstardave Handicap Race Facts

  • Location: Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY
  • Inaugural Race: 1985
  • Distance: 1 mile (8 furlongs)
  • Track Type: Left-handed, Turf
  • Age Qualifications: Three-year-olds and older
  • 2024 Purse: $500,000
  • 2024 Race Date: Sunday, August 11th

2024 Fourstardave Handicap Race Results

POST
HORSE
JOCKEY / TRAINER
WIN / PLACE / SHOW
4
Carl Spackler (IRE)
Tyler Gaffalione / Chad C. Brown
$6.10 / $3.10 / $2.30
7
More Than Looks
Irad Ortiz, Jr. / Cherie DeVaux
$3.80 / $2.60
6
Ottoman Fleet (GB)
Flavien Prat / Charles Appleby
$2.10
1
Strong Quality
Dylan Davis / Mark E. Casse
3
Major Dude
Joel Rosario / Todd A. Pletcher
5
Money Supply
Manuel Franco / Joe Sharp

Exotic Payoffs:

  • $1.00 Exacta (4-7) Paid: $10.50
  • $0.50 Trifecta (4-7-6) Paid: $8.90
  • $0.10 Superfecta (4-7-6-1) Paid: $6.10

Watch the 2024 Fourstardave Handicap

Fourstardave Handicap Race History

The Fourstardave Handicap is a Grade I race run each year at the Saratoga Race Course in New York. Inaugurated as the Daryl's Joy Stakes in 1985, the race is contested at 1 mile and is open to horses three-years-old and up.

In 1997, the race was renamed for famed New York horse and two time winner Fourstardave, who notched a win at Saratoga each year of his career. Nicknamed "The Sultan of Saratoga", he is one of three horses with the distinct honor of being buried at the racecourse.

The races past winners feature several notable horses, including:

  • Lure (1993) - 2 time Breeders' Cup Mile winner and Hall of Fame inductee
  • Da Hoss (1996) - 2 time Breeders' Cup Mile winner
  • Leroidesanimaux (2005) - 2005 American Champion Male Turf Horse
  • Wise Dan (2012 & 2013) - 2 time US Horse of the Year
  • World Approval (2017) - 2005 Breeders Cup Mile winner and American Champion Male Turf Horse

Wise Dan (2012 & 2013), Fourstardave (1990 & 1991), Got Stormy (2019 & 2021) and Casa Creed (2022, 2023) have notched a record two wins at the race. Jockey John R. Velasquez has won the race an impressive nine times, while William I. Mott earned the record for most wins by a trainer with six.

Fourstardave Handicap Past Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey / Trainer
Distance / Time
2024
Carl Spackler (IRE)
Tyler Gaffalione / Chad C. Brown
1 M / 1:36.63
2023
Casa Creed
Luis Saez / William I. Mott
1 M / 1:34.20
2022
Casa Creed
Luis Saez / William I. Mott
1 M / 1:34.20
2021
Got Stormy
Tyler Gaffalione / Mark E. Casse
1 M / 1:33.09
2020
Halladay
Luis Saez / Todd Pletcher
1 M / 1:33.32
2019
Got Stormy
Ricardo Santana Jr. / Mark E. Casse
1 M / 1:32.00
2018
Voodoo Song
Jose Lezcano / Linda L. Rice
1 M / 1:35.96
2017
World Approval
Manuel Franco / Mark E. Casse
1 M / 1:37.65
2016
Tourist
Joel Rosario / William I. Mott
1 M / 1:34.29
2015
Grand Arch
Luis Saez / Brian A. Lynch
1 M / 1:34.65