Gift Box (foaled March 23rd, 2013) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2019
Santa Anita Handicap
The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses four years old and up and was once considered the most important race for old ...
.
Career
Gift Box's first race was on August 22nd, 2015 at Saratoga, where he came in third.
He picked up his next win in his second race at
Belmont Park
Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse racing facility in the northeastern United States, located in Elmont, New York, just east of the New York City limits. It was opened on May 4, 1905.
It is operated by the non-profit New York Raci ...
on October 3rd, 2015.
He came in 3rd place in his first graded race, at the Grade 2
Remsen Stakes
The Remsen Stakes is an American Grade II race for Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of November at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. The one and one-eighths mile race is open to two-year-olds and currently offers a purse of ...
on November 28th, 2015. He then picked up another win at
Belmont on May 26th, 2015.
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
The San Antonio Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Raced on the dirt, it is for horses age three and older. In 2017, the distance was shortened from miles to miles. The race was origin ...
on December 26th, 2018. This was his first victory in a graded race.
His next race was on April 6th, 2019. He competed in his second Grade-1 race, this time at the
Santa Anita Handicap
The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses four years old and up and was once considered the most important race for old ...
, where he was victorious.
He came in 2nd at the May 27th, 2019
Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes
The Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and older over a distance of miles on the dirt held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California in May. The race currently offers a purse of $400,000. ...
and then came in 4th at the June 15th, 2019
Stephen Foster Handicap
The Stephen Foster Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three and older over a distance of miles on the dirt run annually in mid-June at Churchill Downs Spring Meet in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is named in ho ...
. However, he competed in one last race in 2019 - the December 28th, 2019
San Antonio Handicap
The San Antonio Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Raced on the dirt, it is for horses age three and older. In 2017, the distance was shortened from miles to miles. The race was origin ...
, where he won the race for the second time.
Pedigree
References
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2013 racehorse births