Giant Expectations retired from racing

Giant Expectations, a graded stakes winner both sprinting and routing during his five seasons on the track, has been retired and will be sold as a stud prospect, his owners announced in a press release Tuesday.

Giant Expectations, 7, had his best year as a 4-year-old in 2017, when he captured both the Grade 2 Pat O’Brien going seven furlongs at Del Mar and the Grade 2 San Antonio at Santa Anita going 1 1/16 miles, defeating Grade 1 winners Accelerate, Collected, and Hoppertunity in the latter.

He competed in three straight runnings of the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile from 2017 through 2019.

Giant Expectations won four times in 25 starts and earned more than $1.3 million. He made his final start last month when fifth in the Grade 2 Santa Anita Sprint Championship.

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By Frost Giant out of the Is It True mare Sarahisittrue, Giant Expectations was purchased as a 2-year-old in training for $135,000 and raced for a partnership that included Ryan Exline, Justin Border, David Bernsen, Gatto Racing LLC, and Garrett Zubok. He was trained by Peter Eurton.

He has been sent to Lexington, Ky., and is available for viewing during Breeders’ Cup week by contacting Border at (805) 712-1395.