Refuse To Bend (IRE)

Foal date
17/03/2000
Gender
Horse
Colour
Bay
Sire
Sadler's Wells
Dam
Market Slide
Breeder
Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd
Official rating
121
Career earnings
$1,311,449.47
    Results
    Starts 7 Wins 2 Placed 1
    Date Result Racecourse Race details
    16/10/2004 5th Newmarket (GB) Emirates Airline Champion Stakes (Group 1) 3yo+
    25/09/2004 3rd Ascot (GB) Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Sponsored By NetJets) (Group 1) 3yo+
    28/07/2004 11th Goodwood (GB) Cantor Odds Sussex Stakes Class A (Group 1) 3yo+
    03/07/2004 1st Sandown (GB) Coral-Eclipse Stakes Class A (Group 1) 3yo+
    15/06/2004 1st Ascot (GB) Queen Anne Stakes Class A (Group 1) 4yo+
    15/05/2004 8th Newbury (GB) Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes Class A (Group 1) 4yo+
    27/03/2004 8th Nad Al Sheba (UAE) Dubai Duty Free Stakes (Group 1) (Turf) 3yo+
    Refuse To Bend (IRE) Sadler's Wells (USA) Northern Dancer (CAN) Nearctic (CAN)
    1954
    1961 Natalma (USA)
    1957
    1981 Fairy Bridge (USA) Bold Reason (USA)
    1968
    1975 Special (USA)
    1969
    2000 Market Slide (USA) Gulch (USA) Mr Prospector (USA)
    1970
    1984 Jameela (USA)
    1976
    1991 Grenzen (USA) Grenfall (USA)
    1968
    1975 My Poly (GB)
    1961
    Refuse To Bend proved a top-class colt for Dermot Weld at two and three; won the Group 1 National Stakes at the Curragh on his second start as a juvenile in 2002 and claimed a convincing Group 1 success in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket the following spring; went on to win the Group 3 Desmond Stakes at Leopardstown later that same season; he won his first race for Godolphin when taking the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot in 2004, beating a field containing the likes of Soviet Song and Six Perfections, and followed up over the longer trip in the Group 1 Eclipse at Sandown; he was fully effective over 1m to 1m2f and acted on any ground; he was retired to stud that autumn as the winner of four Group 1 races
    Refuse To Bend (IRE) Sadler's Wells (USA) Northern Dancer (CAN) Nearctic (CAN)
    1954
    1961 Natalma (USA)
    1957
    1981 Fairy Bridge (USA) Bold Reason (USA)
    1968
    1975 Special (USA)
    1969
    2000 Market Slide (USA) Gulch (USA) Mr Prospector (USA)
    1970
    1984 Jameela (USA)
    1976
    1991 Grenzen (USA) Grenfall (USA)
    1968
    1975 My Poly (GB)
    1961