Carl Spackler Wins Fourstardave, Gives Chad Brown First Win in the Race

[Wandering Eyes]

It was worth the wait. After being rescheduled and run eight days late due to the weather, the GI FanDuel Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga featured a breakout performance by 'TDN Rising Star' Carl Spackler (c, 4, Lope de Vega {Ire})–Zindaya, by More Than Ready), who was taking the first Grade I event of his career after winning three other graded races, all at Saratoga. As a 'Win and You're In' race for the GI Breeders' Cup Mile, the Fourstardave gives Carl Spackler a fees-paid berth into racing's Championship Day in November.

Fresh off a Jul. 13 GIII Kelso Stakes win, Carl Spackler tracked Strong Quality (Quality Road) from the start behind :24.76 and :49.24 fractions. He collared that one at the top of the stretch, opened up, and the race was over, as the e Five Racing Thoroughbreds runner kicked clear to win by about four lengths. More Than Looks (More Than Ready), making his first start since a sixth in last year's Breeders' Cup Mile, closed from the penultimate spot to nab second over favored Ottoman Fleet (GB) (See The Stars {Ire}), who won a pair of graded events at Churchill in his last two.

Carl Spackler's win marked the first victory in the Fourstardave for trainer Chad Brown.

O-e Five Racing Thoroughbreds; B-Fifth Avenue Bloodstock (Ire); T-Chad Brown; J-Tyler Gaffalione.

CARL SPACKLER is taking his superior intelligence and superior horsepower to the @BreedersCup after winning the Grade 1 @FanDuel Fourstardave with @Tyler_Gaff aboard for trainer Chad Brown and @e5Racing! pic.twitter.com/C6ofpM4AZF

— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) August 11, 2024

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