Armed with defending champion Gift Box and longshot Combatant, trainer John Sadler bids for an unprecedented three-peat in the 83rd running of the $600,000 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) March 7.

Gift Box, the morning-line favorite for the Santa Anita Handicap (G1) March 7 at Santa Anita Park, has been scratched from the race, which he won last year. As a stakes scratch, no reason was ...