Refuse To Bend
Refuse To Bend | |
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Sire | (2004) |
Last updated on 7 September 2007 |
Refuse To Bend (17 March 2000 – 10 February 2012) was a
Background
Refuse To Bend was a bay horse with a white
Racing career
Refuse To Bend made his debut in August 2002 in
Ridden by regular
At age four, under trainer Saeed bin Suroor and jockey Frankie Dettori, Refuse To Bend came back to win two Group I races. He defeated Warrsan in the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park and in the Queen Anne Stakes, he beat both the top mare Soviet Song and the 2003 Breeders' Cup Mile champion, Six Perfections
Stud record
Refuse to Bend was retired at the end of the 2004 racing season. He stood at Darley's Kildangan Stud, in Kildangan, County Kildare, Ireland and Whitsbury Manor Stud.[2] Later he was transferred to Normandy.[2] His first crop of foals were born in 2006. His most known offspring are the French-trained Group 1 winners Sarafina and Wavering.[2]
Refuse To Bend died of a heart attack at the age of 12 at Haras du Logis in Normandy on 10 February 2012.[2]
Pedigree
Sire Sadler's Wells (USA) 1981 |
Northern Dancer (CAN) 1961 |
Nearctic | Nearco |
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Lady Angela | |||
Natalma | Native Dancer | ||
Almahmoud | |||
Fairy Bridge (USA) . 1975 |
Bold Reason | Hail to Reason
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Lalun
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Special | Forli | ||
Thong | |||
Dam Market Slide (USA) 1991 |
Gulch (USA) 1984 |
Mr. Prospector | Raise a Native |
Gold Digger | |||
Jameela | Rambunctious | ||
Asbury Mary | |||
Grenzen (USA) 1975 |
Grenfall | Graustark | |
Primonetta | |||
My Poly | Cyclotron | ||
Polywich (family: 10-a) |
References
- ^ a b "FREE 5-Cross Pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ a b c d e "Refuse To Bend dies at 12". Owners and Breeders. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2013.