Injured Filly Potesta Walking Well

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Potesta

Hollywood Oaks (gr. II) winner Potesta is bearing weight on her left front leg and trainer Mike Mitchell said he is "very pleased" with the way she continues to recover from a career-ending condylar fracture sustained in a morning workout Sept. 14 at Betfair Hollywood Park.

"Walking well and able to put pressure on the leg," was how Mitchell described the 3-year-old filly's progress via Twitter Sept. 27.

Potesta underwent surgery at Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center in California to stabilize the injury, which occured high above the ankle in a six-furlong breeze under exercise rider Adalberto Lopez. The daughter of Macho Uno   was preparing for a start in the Sept. 29 Zenyatta Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park.

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