Go Between dies following workout

Go Between was preparing for a title defense in the Sunshine Millions Classic (Charles Pravata/Horsephotos.com)

Grade 1 winner and $2.9 million earner GO BETWEEN (Point Given) died

following a workout Monday morning at Payson Park due to a heart problem,

Blood-Horse reports. Owned and bred by Peter Vesgo, the Bill Mott-trained

horse was preparing for his seasonal debut in the January 24 Sunshine Millions

program.

"It's a devastation, really," Vesgo said. It's a real blow. He was terrific.

He was the epitome of the highs and lows of the breeding business."

Winner of last year's Pacific Classic (G1), the six-year-old chestnut earned

$2,908,880 from a 27-8-7-6 line. Go Between also captured the Sunshine Millions

Classic last season and finished second in the Santa Anita H. (G1) and Hollywood

Gold Cup (G1). His seven stakes victories included wins in the Virginia Derby

(G2) and Palm Beach S. (G3) in 2006 as well as the 2007 Fayette S. (G3). The

Florida-bred concluded his racing career with a fifth in the Breeders' Cup

Classic (G1) in late October.