Workforce: will be the first Derby winner to stay in training since Sir Percy
PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)Workforce races on with Cup sure to be an option
WORKFORCE, who spent a week at Churchill Downs but did not run, could return to Louisville for next year's Breeders' Cup after it was revealed the Investec Derby and Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner would race on as a four-year-old.
By sanctioning the colt's withdrawal from the Breeders' Cup Turf on the day of the race rather than risk running Workforce on the firm ground, owner Khalid Abdullah placed the opportunity for more glory next year beforeprospects of immediate riches.
"He's sizeable and scopey, and racing him on too-fast ground for him at this stage - this would have been only his fifth lifetime start - well, his future career is too important," Abdullah's racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe said.
Workforce will be the first Derby winner to stay in training since 2006 hero Sir Percy, and races such as the Arc and Breeders' Cup Turf are sure to feature on the programme trainer Sir Michael Stoute will consider for him.
Grimthorpe added: "Workforce will stay in training. He won't run again this year."
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