Gift Box (foaled March 23, 2013) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2019 Santa Anita Handicap .[1]

Gift Box
SireTwirling Candy
GrandsireCandy Ride
DamSpecial Me
DamsireUnbridleds Song
SexStallion
FoaledMarch 23rd, 2013
CountryUSA
BreederMachmer Hall
OwnerHronis Racing LLC
TrainerJohn W. Sadler
JockeyJoel Rosario
Record18:6-6-2
Earnings$1,127,060
Major wins
Santa Anita Handicap (2019)
San Antonio Handicap (2018-2019)

Career

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Gift Box's first race was on August 22, 2015, at Saratoga, where he came in third.[1] He picked up his next win in his second race at Belmont Park on October 3, 2015.[1]

He came in 3rd place in his first graded race, at the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes on November 28, 2015. He then picked up another win at Belmont on May 26, 2015.[1]

His next win did not come until March 24th, 2018, when he won at the Aqueduct. He turned his career around when he won the Grade-2 San Antonio Handicap on December 26, 2018. This was his first victory in a graded race.

His next race was on April 6, 2019. He competed in his second Grade-1 race, this time at the Santa Anita Handicap, where he was victorious.[1][2]

He came in 2nd at the May 27th, 2019 Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes and then came in 4th at the June 15th, 2019 Stephen Foster Handicap. However, he competed in one last race in 2019 - the December 28th, 2019 San Antonio Handicap, where he won the race for the second time.[1][3]

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Gift Box (USA), 2013[1]
Sire
Twirling Candy (USA)
2007
Candy Ride (ARG)
1999
Ride the Rails Cryptoclearance
Herbalesian
Candy Girl Candy Stripes
City Girl
House of Danzing (USA)
2002
Chester House Mr. Prospector
Toussaud
Danzing Crown Danzig
Crownette
Dam
Special Me (USA)
2006
Unbridleds Song (USA)
1993
Unbridled Fappiano
Gana Facil
Trolley Song Caro
Lucky Spell
Delta Danielle (CAN)
1991
Lord Avie Lord Gaylord
Avie
Domasco Danielle Same Direction
Golden Delta

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Gift Box". Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Gift Box Noses Out McKinzie In Santa Anita Handicap". Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Gift Box Returns with Decisive Win in San Antonio". Retrieved 5 January 2020.