26 Facts About Fourstardave

Fourstardave was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won at least one race at Saratoga Race Course each year from 1987 to 1994, earning him the nickname "The Sultan of Saratoga".

Fourstardave died of a heart attack in October 2002 at the age of 17 while preparing for a parade of retired New York bred horses at Belmont Park and was buried in Clare Court at Saratoga Race Course.

Fourstardave was a chestnut gelding with a white stripe on his forehead.

Fourstardave's dam was Broadway Joan, a daughter of obscure stallion Bold Arian.

Fourstardave was her second foal; Fourstars Allstar, the first American-based horse to win a European classic, was her fourth.

Fourstardave comes off the farm every spring ready to run.

Fourstardave was one of the most popular horses of his time, racing from age 2 to 10.

Fourstardave ran mostly at Belmont Park and Saratoga but finished in the money at Laurel, Finger Lakes, Monmouth Park, the Meadowlands, Rockingham Park, Philadelphia Park, Calder, and Canterbury Downs.

The Saratoga win streak started on August 28,1987, when Fourstardave won the 6-furlong Empire Stakes for New-York bred two-year-olds.

Fourstardave's first graded stakes win was in 1988 at Canterbury Downs in the St Paul Derby.

Fourstardave raced 13 times as a three-year-old, with two wins, one second, and six thirds.

In 1989, Fourstardave raced 14 times, with wins in an overnight handicap and the Poker Stakes at Belmont Park, and the West Point Handicap at Saratoga.

Fourstardave finished second in the Daryl's Joy Stakes and fourth in the Bernard Baruch Handicap at Saratoga.

In 1991, Fourstardave repeated his victory in the Daryl's Joy and won the West Point Handicap, both at Saratoga.

Fourstardave was named the 1991 New York-bred Horse of the Year.

In 1992, Fourstardave ran thirteen times with two wins in allowance races, one at Belmont and the other at Saratoga.

Fourstardave finished second in the Daryl's Joy to Lure, two-time winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf and was controversially disqualified from winning the West Point Handicap.

On July 24,1994, Fourstardave won an allowance race at Saratoga by five lengths, keeping his streak from 1987 alive.

Fourstardave's connections believed he would have won if he had not stepped in a hole while leading the race at the top of the stretch, injuring his ankle.

Fourstardave missed the rest of the year and was never the same, finishing no better than fourth in his six starts at age 10.

Fourstardave retired having made 100 starts with a record of 21 wins, 18 second-place finishes, and 16 times in third.

In 1997 Fourstardave was entered in the High Hope Steeplechase at the Kentucky Horse Park, an amateur event for charity, and finished second.

An active horse, Fourstardave was galloped by the owner of the farm every day.

Fourstardave died on October 14,2002, at the age of 17 after having been shipped to Belmont Park to take part in a parade of retired New York-breds on New York Showcase Day.

Fourstardave led the post parade for the 1996 renewal and later joined the winner, Da Hoss, in the winner's circle.

Fourstardave was inbred 4S x 5D to Nearco, meaning Nearco appears once in the fourth generation on the sire's side of Fourstardave's pedigree and once in the fifth generation of the dam's side.