Mr Leadbox Scores First Win for Sire Ice Box
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Kentucky-based sire Ice Box picked up his first winner Sept. 18 when Mr Leadbox won a maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds at a mile on the turf at Remington Park.
Winner of the 2010 Florida Derby (gr. I) and runner-up in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), Ice Box is an 8-year-old son of Pulpit. He has 15 starters from 71 current 2-year-olds in his initial crop.
A homebred for Toby Keith's Dreamwalkin Farm, Mr Leadbox and rider Shane Laviolette rallied from sixth-place early and drew off to a 5 3/4-length score for trainer Kenny Smith. Kentucky-bred Mr Leadbox is out of the Broken Vow mare Mislead by Deb.
Ice Box stood the 2015 season for $7,500 at Millennium Farms near Lexington.