Workforce Retired to Stud in Japan

Photo: Bob Mayberger / Eclipse Sportswire

WORKFORCE, last year's Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner, has been retired to stud as reported in Monday's Racing Post.

The four-year-old will join former stablemate Harbinger in Japan next year where he will stand at Teruya Yoshida's Shadai Farm after a deal was completed by owner Khalid Abdullah.

Workforce, who was bred by Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms, is a son of King's Best, who also sired last year's Japan Derby winner Eishen Flash.

Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to the owner, said: "He was an exceptional three-year-old and was one of only six horses to have completed the Derby and Arc double since the war.

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