Bend Or
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| Sire | Doncaster |
| Grandsire | |
| Dam | Rouge Rose or Clemence |
| Damsire | Thormanby |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1877 |
| Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Eaton Stud |
| Owner | 1st Duke of Westminster |
| Trainer | Robert Peck |
| Record | 14: 10–2–0 |
| Earnings | £16,466 |
| Major wins | |
| Chesterfield Stakes (1879) Richmond Stakes (1879) Epsom Derby (1880) St. James's Palace Stakes (1880) City and Suburban Handicap (1881) Epsom Gold Cup (1881) Champion Stakes (1881) |
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Leading broodmare sire in Britain & Ireland (1901, 1902) |
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| Last updated on 6 November 2009 | |
Bend Or (1877–1903) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1880 Epsom Derby. His regular jockey Fred Archer, winner of thirteen consecutive British jockey titles, said Bend Or was probably the greatest horse he had ever ridden.
His name is the heraldic term for "a bend (i.e. diagonal stripe) which is golden or yellow in color", 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.
Bred and foaled at the 1st Duke of Westminster's Eaton Stud, Bend Or grew to be a large stallion but was noted for his unusual docility. He was a chestnut colt who stood 16.1 hands (65 inches, 165 cm) and had a white blaze. He was sired by Doncaster, a son of , out of the mare, Rouge Rose by Thormanby. Thormanby won the 1860 Epsom Derby and the 1861 Ascot Gold Cup and was in 1869 the leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland.
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