Refuse To Bend (IRE)
1st - G1 Queen Anne Stakes - Ascot, UK - 15 June 2004
1st - G1 Coral Eclipse - Sandown Park, UK - 3 July 2004
1st - G1 Queen Anne Stakes - Royal Ascot, UK - 15 June 2004
1st - G1 Coral Eclipse Stakes - Sandown Park, UK - 3 July 2004
Age
DeceasedFoal date
17/03/2000Gender
HorseColour
BaySire
Sadler's Wells (USA)
Dam
Market Slide (USA)
Trainer
Saeed bin Suroor Breeder
Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd
Career earnings
$1,311,449.46Results
Pedigree
Comments
Starts15Wins7Placed1
| 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
