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Millionaire Giant Expectations Retired

Son of Frost Giant retires with career earnings of $1,343,600.

Giant Expectations trains ahead of his start in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita Park

Giant Expectations trains ahead of his start in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita Park

Anne M. Eberhardt

Multiple graded stakes winner and millionaire Giant Expectations has been retired from racing with career earnings of $1,343,600. He will begin his next career at stud this upcoming breeding season with the location still to be determined pending sale of the horse either privately or at auction.

In a career that spanned five seasons and 25 starts, Giant Expectations consistently raced at the highest level from coast-to-coast. His ability to show tactical speed both sprinting and routing set him apart with wins in both the Pat O'Brien Stakes (G2) at seven furlongs and against a historically tough field in the San Antonio Stakes (G2) at 1 1/16 miles, winning gate-to-wire and defeating Eclipse Award 2018 champion Accelerate as well as grade 1 winners Collected  and Hoppertunity .

"Giant Expectations was one of the best horses I had the pleasure to ride over my career," said Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, who was in the irons for some of the horse's biggest races including both the Pat O'Brien and San Antonio wins. "He was a great-looking horse, with the stride and the movement to go with it, long and fluid … a beautiful stride and a powerful stretch run."

"He's always had tremendous speed, stamina, and resilience," said Peter Eurton, who has trained Giant Expectations since he was purchased as a 2-year-old. "He's a perfectly built horse. Very sound and a gorgeous individual."

Giant Expectations' racing career concludes with 13 top five finishes in 16 consecutive stakes races, with 11 of those top-five performances at the grade 1 or grade 2 level. Giant Expectations was trained by Eurton for Exline–Border Racing, David Bernsen, Gatto Racing, and partners who stated, "The current ownership group and management unanimously elected to retire Giant Expectations in the best interests of the horse, and are excited to follow his next career as a stallion."

The son of Frost Giant was bred in New York by Sunrise Stables out of the Is It True winner Sarahisittrue, who is a half sister to graded-placed winner Successful Sarah, the dam of multiple grade 2 winner and Breeders' Cup World Championships contender C Z Rocket. Giant Expectations has been relocated to Kentucky as a stallion prospect and will be available for viewing beginning next week. To arrange a viewing please call 805-712-1395.

"This is the type of horse you miss the most when they leave," said Eurton. "Anybody who breeds to him is going to be very happy."