Workforce (horse)

Workforce
Workforce at 2010 Epsom Derby.
Sire	King's Best
Grandsire	Kingmambo
Dam	Soviet Moon
Damsire	Sadler's Wells
Sex	Colt
Foaled	2007
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay with white blaze
Breeder	Juddmonte Farms Ltd
Owner	Khalid Abdullah
Trainer	Sir Michael Stoute
Jockey	Ryan Moore
Record	9:4-3-0
Earnings	£1,184,768 € 2,285,600
Major wins
Epsom Derby (2010) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2010) Brigadier Gerard Stakes (2011)
Awards
European Champion Three-year-old Colt (2010)
Last updated on 24 July 2010

Workforce (foaled 2007) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. In a career that lasted from September 2009 until October 2011, he ran nine times and won four races. In 2010 he won the 2010 Epsom Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, ridden by Ryan Moore. He won once from four races in 2011 before being retired to stand as a breeding stallion in Japan.

A white-blazed bay colt, Workforce was owned by Khalid Abdullah, having been bred by the Prince's farm Juddmonte Farms Ltd. He was trained for the Prince by the Newmarket-based Sir Michael Stoute. Workforce was foaled on 14 March 2007 to the dam Soviet Moon (IRE) by the stallion King's Best (USA), with the dam's sire being Sadler's Wells (USA). Soviet Moon was a sister of the St. Leger Stakes winner Brian Boru and the Hardwicke Stakes winner Sea Moon.

On 23 September 2009 ridden by Ryan Moore, Workforce won his first race as a juvenile at Goodwood. As the 3–1 favourite in the seven-furlong race, he beat the second-placed finisher Oasis Dancer by six lengths. He finished the race going away, reportedly showing a "remarkable turn of foot" according to Will Hayler of The Guardian. Further race preparation was then hampered by an infection picked up early in 2010, although the trainer was always confident the horse was a potential Derby winner following his first "eye-opening" outing, describing him as "brimful of promise".