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From: mimi6920
11/13/11
I was thinking like you. I imagined they saw Bernardini's fee and bought Wilburn to be the poor man's way to Bernardini; however, in my thoughts they were going to try to charge like 30,000 for Wilburn because he looks so much like Bernie. On seeing his stud fee, I have decided that he is probably injured, or they just think he isn't a very good racehorse. I think it is probably the former rather than the latter.
From: WendyinMI (wendrew)
11/13/11
Matt and I were at the Spendthrift breakfast the other morning and I believe I heard (but I could be wrong) that Wilburn had a suspensory injury and they decided to retire him. It didn't seem to be too serious as he was walking in their show ring just fine with no wraps.
From: Derby132
11/13/11
Thanks Wendy for the info on the suspensory and happy to hear it's nothing serious. Really liked this colt.
From: gerchgo
11/14/11
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From: Amy (1pony)
11/14/11
Workforce: Set to stand in Japan
WORKFORCE RETIRED TO STUD
Workforce, brilliant winner of last year's Investec Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, has been retired to stud.
The four-year-old colt, owned by Khalid Abdullah and bred by his Juddmonte Farms operation, will stand at Teruya Yoshida's Shadai Farm in Japan.
From: lizinuk
11/14/11
That's where Harbinger went after he was retired due to injury. I'm sorry to see Workforce go and I hope they look after him well. I wish it were easier to keep track of them when they get sold to Japan.
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From: Amy (1pony)
11/14/11
I agree with you that it is hard to watch them in Japan, though I think they know that they are being watched and I do not see anything happening to him over there. I am sorry Workforce is retired now too, I wish they could have tried to bring him back next year though with his pedigree and the races he won, he is worth more as a stud.
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