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Dayoutoftheoffice, whose win in the 2020 Frizette Stakes gave owner - trainer Tim Hamm his only Gr.1 victory, was retired before she would have been entered in the upcoming Gr.1 Test Stakes at Saratoga.
After working a bullet five-furlong drill on Saturday at Thistledown, she was "slightly off," according to a news release from co-owner Siena Farm. "Diagnostic X-rays revealed mild changes which will prevent her from making a start" in the Test.
Hamm told Horse Racing Nation on Wednesday that "she had some wear and tear over the last two years, and to come back and win a Group One again is probably going to be tough for her," he said. "So I think with her broodmare value, it's in everyone's best interest to let her have the next career.
And Hamm emphasized, "There's no chip, no fracture, no tendon, no anything. She's good and healthy, and we're going to keep it that way and let her be a nice broodmare."
Owned by Hamm and Siena Farm, Dayoutoftheoffice began her career with three wins last year, breaking her maiden debut at Gulfstream Park and then winning the 2020 Schuylerville at Saratoga ahead of the Frizette. She finished her 2YO campaign with a runner-up effort to Vequist in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.
Dayoutoftheoffice's first race this year was a second-place finish in the Eight Belles which was won by Obligatory. She then finished fourth out of five in the Acorn in her last start.