"We don't know yet whether it's going to require surgery or not, but at this stage of his career it will be a retirement situation," Pletcher said.

I would view this less as a retirement and more as a job transfer to the shed. It seems there is little chance of doing anything else on the track to add more value. Even at 100%, what would be the point of duking it out with Super Frolic for 3rd or 4th in the BC?

A few months back, after I wildly speculated in this forum on a betting coup on BG Cat in the Ky derby, it was pointed out that a win in itself would be a huge windfall for WinStar. Well I guess you can learn something every day as long as you don't believe everything that you think.