Well-related Wooderson set to head for stud career in Arkansas

Wooderson has been acquired for stud duty by Burdette Thoroughbred Farm in Goshen, Arkansas, in a deal brokered by Chad Schumer of Schumer Bloodstock.

A half-brother to the brilliant Rachel Alexandra, Wooderson was also a talented horse whose race record includes three wins and a stakes place to subsequent Grade winner Tom's d'Etat.

Trained by Todd Pletcher for Let’s Go Stable, Wooderson was a maiden winner at Saratoga and later added wide-margin allowance wins at Keeneland and Monmouth Park.

He followed up those wins with a second to Tom’s d’Etat in the Alydar Stakes at Saratoga; beaten only a length by the subsequently winner of the Clark Handicap.

Wooderson was the co-highest priced yearling by top sire Awesome Again to sell in 2016 when purchased by Let’s Go Stable for $400,000 at Keeneland.

Out of the stakes-winning Roar mare Lotta Kim, he is a half-brother to Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, whose 13 wins included the G1 Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Oaks, Haskell Invitational, Mother Goose Stakes and Woodward Stakes. A stud fee will be announced at a later date.

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