Del Mar
Splint issue jeopardizes Gift Box's Breeders' Cup status
Emily Shields Gift Box has missed training due to a splint injury.
Gift Box, who won the Santa Anita Handicap earlier in the year, will not make the Awesome Again on Sept. 28 at Santa Anita, and his chances of running in the Breeders’ Cup Classic Nov. 2 are “in jeopardy” owing to a splint injury, trainer John Sadler said Monday morning.
Sadler had hoped to work Gift Box before leaving for Santa Anita to try and get him on a schedule for a fall campaign.
“He popped a little splint,” Sadler said.
Gift Box has not raced since finishing fourth in the Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs on June 15, and he has not had a workout since July 13 at Santa Anita.