Bend Or
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Last updated on 6 November 2009 |
Bend Or (1877–1903) was a British
Nomenclature
His name is the heraldic term for "a bend (i.e. diagonal stripe) that is golden or yellow in color (or)", and is a reference to the ancient former arms of the Grosvenor family which were adjudged against them in 1389 to the Scrope family in the most famous case ever heard before the Court of Chivalry, known as Scrope v Grosvenor. The Duke also awarded it as a lifelong family nickname to his grandson Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879–1953), born in the year before the Derby win. Bendor Range is named after the horse.
Breeding
Bred and foaled at the
Racing career
1879: Two-year-old Season
Bend Or made his first racecourse appearance in July 1879 in the Chesterfield Stakes at Newmarket. Starting as the 9/4 favourite he won easily by a length.[3] He then won the Richmond Stakes carrying a 6-pound weight penalty. After these wins he started to 1/2 favourite for the Prince of Wales Stakes at York. He led from the outset and won easily by half a length.[4] After York he was already being quoted at 7/1 for the 1880 Epsom Derby.[5] Bend Or finished the season by winning the Triennial Produce Stakes and the Rous Memorial Stakes, both at Newmarket.
1880:Three-year-old Season
The Derby
Bend Or was not entered for the
St. James's Palace Stakes
After the Derby, he went to Royal Ascot for the
Challenge to Pedigree
In the summer a challenge was lodged by the owners of Robert the Devil against Bend Or's Derby win on the grounds of him being entered under the wrong description. It was alleged that his dam was not Rouge Rose, but a mare called Clemence. At Eaton Stud, both Rouge Rose and Clemence had a foal by Doncaster in 1877. It was suggested that the two foals had been mixed up and that it was the horse registered as Tadcaster (i.e. the Clemence foal) that won the Derby. The accusation came from a groom who formerly worked for the Duke. During the investigation, the Eaton Stud book was produced, but was found to contain a number of errors.[9] The objection was overruled by the Jockey Club,[10] but controversy still remains today. Recent research which compared DNA of Bend Or to that of Tadcaster relatives suggested the two had indeed been switched as foals.[11]
Clemence was a daughter of Newminster and Eulogy. Newminster was the son of Touchstone and Beeswing. Eulogy was the daughter of Euclid and Martha Lynn.
The Autumn
The shin injury affected him for most of the remainder of the year as was evident in his first loss when he returned to racing for September's St Leger Stakes, where he finished fifth behind winner Robert the Devil. His next start came in the Great Foal Stakes. In that race, Robert the Devil made the running, with Bend Or held up in the rear. At the bushes, Bend Or moved up to third behind Robert the Devil and Muriel. Bend Or then overtook Muriel and challenged Robert the Devil. Bend Or seemed to have the race won with 50 yards to go, but he swerved badly and lost by a head. He faced Robert the Devil again in the Champion Stakes. Robert the Devil started the 11/10 favourite, with Bend Or at 5/4. Robert the Devil led from the start and was never caught. He won by 10 lengths from Bend Or, with the other two runners a further 10 lengths back.[12]
1881: Four-year-old Season
Returning to the track at age four, Bend Or won the City and Suburban Handicap at Epsom Downs carrying 9 stone.[13] He then avenged his defeats to Robert the Devil in the Epsom Gold Cup. Only the two horses ran, with Bend Or winning by a neck. Bend Or then won the Champion Stakes easily by ¾ length from Scobell, with the 1881 Derby winner Iroquois a bad third. Bend Or's next start came in the Cambridgeshire Stakes where, under Archer, he carried 9 st 8 lb. During the closing stages the weight began to tell and he was eased by Archer, finishing in seventh.[14] He was then retired to breeding duties at his owner's Eaton Stud.[15]
Race record
Date | Race name | D(f) | Course | Prize (£) | Odds | Runners | Place | Margin | Winner/Runner-up | Time | Jockey |
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July 1879 | Chesterfield Stakes | 5 | Newmarket | 1130 | 9/4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | Petal | 0:59 | Charles Wood |
29 July 1879 | Richmond Stakes | 6 | Goodwood | 1762 | 8 | 1 | |||||
August 1879 | Prince of Wales Stakes | 5 | York | 340 | 1/2 | 9 | 1 | 0.5 | Brother to Ersilia | Fred Archer | |
1879 | Triennial Produce Stakes | 10 | Newmarket | 881 | 11 | 1 | |||||
1879 | Rous Memorial Stakes | 5 | Newmarket | 567 | 10 | 1 | |||||
26 May 1880 | Epsom Derby | 12 | Epsom Downs | 6375 | 2/1 | 19 | 1 | Head | Robert the Devil | 2:48 | Fred Archer |
June 1880 | St. James's Palace Stakes
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8 | Ascot | 1550 | 30/100 | 5 | 1 | Head | Fernandez | G Fordham | |
15 September 1880 | St Leger
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14.5 | Doncaster | 6100 | 4/5 | 12 | 6 | Robert the Devil | 3:32 | ||
28 September 1880 | Great Foal Stakes | 10 | Newmarket | 2697 | 9/2 | 7 | 2 | Head | Robert the Devil | 2:25 | Tom Cannon |
14 October 1880 | Champion Stakes | 10 | Newmarket | 2071 | 5/4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | Robert the Devil | 2:10 | G Fordham |
27 April 1881 | City and Suburban Handicap | 10 | Epsom Downs | 1230 | 100/8 | 24 | 1 | 1.5 | Foxhall | 2:07 | Fred Archer |
3 June 1881 | Epsom Gold Cup | 12 | Epsom Downs | 500 | 2 | 1 | Robert the Devil | ||||
13 October 1881 | Champion Stakes | 10 | Newmarket | 2087 | 4/6 | 8 | 1 | 0.75 | Scobell | 2:23.6 | Fred Archer |
25 October 1881 | Cambridgeshire Stakes | 9 | Newmarket | 2017 | 9/2 | 32 | 7 | Foxhall | 2:15.4 | Fred Archer |
Stud record
Bend Or had white flecks on his
Standing at
Notable progeny
Foaled | Name | Sex | Major Wins |
1883 | Kendal | c | July Stakes |
1883 | Ormonde | c | St. James's Palace Stakes, Hardwicke Stakes (twice), St Leger Stakes, Great Foal Stakes, Champion Stakes, Rous Memorial Stakes, Imperial Gold Cup
|
1885 | Orbit | c | Eclipse Stakes |
1885 | Ossory | c | St. James's Palace Stakes , Great Yorkshire Stakes
|
1887 | Martagon | c | Goodwood Cup |
1888 | Orion | c | Champion Stakes |
1888 | Orvieto | c | Sussex Stakes |
1889 | Bona Vista | c | 2000 Guineas
|
1892 | Laveno | c | Champion Stakes |
1897 | Lord Bobs | c | Dewhurst Stakes, July Cup |
1902 | Rouge Croix | c | Dewhurst Stakes |
1903 | Radium | c | Goodwood Cup, Doncaster Cup |
Bend Or did not produce many top race mares, but many of them were top broodmares. His daughter Fairy Gold was exported to America and was the dam of Fair Play and Belmont Stakes winner Friar Rock. Another daughter Ornament was the dam of Sceptre, winner of four classics in 1902. Disorder was produced Eclipse Stakes winner Epsom Lad. Bend Or was also damsire to Prix du Jockey Club winner Ex Voto, through is daughter Golden Rod. Through his daughter Quetta, Bend Or was damsire to Coronation Stakes winner Helm and Dewhurst Stakes winner Frontier (who was sired by his grandson Orme).
Bend Or was twice the leading
Pedigree
Sire Doncaster ch. 1870 |
Stockwell ch. 1849 |
The Baron ch. 1842 |
Birdcatcher
|
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Echidna | |||
Pocahontas b. 1837 |
Glencoe | ||
Marpessa | |||
Marigold ch. 1860 |
Teddington br. 1848 |
Orlando | |
Miss Twickenham | |||
Ratan mare b. 1852 |
Ratan | ||
Melbourne mare | |||
Dam Rouge Rose ch. 1865 |
Thormanby ch. 1857 |
Windhound br. 1847 |
Pantaloon |
Phayne | |||
Alice Hawthorn b. 1838 |
Muley Moloch | ||
Rebecca | |||
Ellen Horne br. 1844 |
Redshank b. 1833 |
Sandbeck | |
Johanna | |||
Delhi 1838 |
Plenipotentiary | ||
Pawn Junior |
Note: b. =
See also
References
- ^ a b Osborne, Joseph (1898). Horse-Breeders' Handbook. Seale, London.
- ^ a b Ahnert, Rainer L. (editor in chief), "Thoroughbred Breeding of the World", Pozdun Publishing, Germany, 1970
- ^ "Papers Past — Otago Witness — 30 August 1879 — NEWMARKET JULY". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
- ^ "Papers Past — Otago Witness — 18 October 1879 — YORK. August 26th, 27th, 28th". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ "Papers Past — Otago Witness — 1 November 1879 — ENGLISH". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ "Papers Past — Otago Witness — 1 May 1880 — NOTES BY BEACON". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ "Papers Past — Hawke's Bay Herald — 28 July 1880 — EPSOM SUMMER MEETING". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
- ^ "Papers Past — Otago Witness — 7 August 1880 — RACING IN ENGLAND". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
- ^ "Papers Past — Star — 2 September 1880 — THE DERBY SCANDAL". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ "Papers Past — Otago Witness — 14 August 1880 — ENGLISH". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ Tony Morris (2011-05-11). "The mystery of Bend Or". Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder Magazine. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
- ^ "Papers Past — Otago Witness — 18 December 1880 — RACING IN ENGLAND". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
- ^ "Papers Past — Otago Witness — 25 June 1881 — RACING IN ENGLAND. EPSOM SPRING. April 27th". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
- ^ "Papers Past — Otago Witness — 24 December 1881 — RACING IN ENGLAND". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
- ^ Thoroughbred Heritage: Bend Or Retrieved 2009-11-6