Contessa reported that his New York-bred sprinter Castaneda, who won the Fred “Cappy” Capossela Stakes in February, died from a case of laminitis. Castaneda had a chip taken out of a knee in June and less than two weeks later he foundered.
Castaneda, a son of Yonaguska, won 3 races from 8 starts and earned $101,550
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Giant Legacy, a promising unraced 2-year-old colt owned by Live Oak Plantation and trained by Seth Benzel, broke his right hind leg at the conclusion of a workout Saturday morning over the main track and had to be euthanized.
Giant Legacy was a son of Giant’s Causeway out of the mare Pretty Proud, who is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Whywhywhy and the Grade 2 winner Spellbinder. Giant Legacy sold for $425,000 at the 2009 Keeneland September yearling auction.
Giant Legacy had been working steadily since late April and Benzel said Saturday’s move was to have been his final breeze before making his first start.
“There’s no way to describe it,” Benzel said. “You just got to press on.”
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