Gift Box won the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap on April 6 and can become the 11th horse to win the Big Cap and Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita in the same year in this afternoon's eighth race.
The stable knows what is required for a runner to accomplish the double. Last year, trainer John Sadler and owners Pete and Kosta Hronis won both races with Accelerate, who later won the Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs and was named 2018 champion older male.
Here is a glance of past duel winners of the Big Cap-Gold Cup in the same year - Kayak II (1939), Noor (1950), Ack Ack (1971), Crystal Water (1977), Affirmed (1979), Lava Man (2006-2007), Game On Dude (2013), Melatonin (2016) and Accelerate.
The Gold Cup was run at Hollywood Park through 2013.