Gift Box
# Gift Box

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

## Career

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

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.

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.

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.

## Pedigree

Pedigree of Gift Box (USA), 2013 :

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