Do you know FourStarDave?

[dejr_8]

Does anyone here know who FourStarDave is? I do. He was an amazing guy.

 

[OlderMan]

He was the STAR of the Saratoga Race Course.

Won at least one race there for 10 +/- years.

I don't think he won anywhere else, though.

I also think that there's a race named for him in Saratoga, now.

 

[OlderMan]

PS: Although I'm in FL, now, I lived in Saratoga Springs, NY for over 10 years.

 

[dejr_8]

Yep...


We were watching a show on horses and I thought of FourStarDave. Looked him up and he died of a heat attack at the age of 17.

We were at a race where just out of the gate he fell to his knees. Got up and won the race but he bumped another horse near the finish the line. The results were on hold while the judges reviewed the video. People were saying "there is no way they will take Dave down". Well they did.

On the way to our car we saw FourStarDave and asked his groom if it was Dave. He said "Yes it was" and we said "too bad about the race" and the groom said "We didn't tell him he lost".

The other story we like about Dave was the most hoses would look out the front of the stall where the gate was. Dave used to look at the back of his stall at the race course.

 

[agnes!]

dejr8 -

That sounds like the 1993 West Point Handicap. He must have been a helluva horse for you to remember the race and the day so clearly.

agnes!

 

[dejr_8]

dejr8 -

That sounds like the 1993 West Point Handicap. He must have been a helluva horse for you to remember the race and the day so clearly.

agnes!

Dave is/was a legend at Saratoga. The reason I remember the day so well is because I didn't win a good sum of money when they took Dave off the board.