Horse profile · Flat & NH

Royal Defence

20yo g · Trainer Richard Ford
Refuse To Bend — Alessia (by Warning)

95Official rating

55R 5W 41LCareer

-23.9%£1 backed all runs

0120000PLast 8 · recent right

By going

Going	W-Runs	SR
Soft	1-13	7.7%
Good	2-13	15.4%
Standard	1-9	11.1%
Good To Firm	1-8	12.5%
Good To Soft	0-7	0%
Heavy	0-4	0%
Firm	0-1	0%

By distance

Trip	W-Runs	SR
7-8f	1-5	20%
9-11f	2-16	12.5%
12-14f	2-18	11.1%
15f+	0-5	0%
2m & under	0-7	0%
2m-2.5m	0-2	0%
2.5m-3m	0-2	0%

By course

Course	W-Runs	SR
Brighton	2-11	18.2%
Wolverhampton (AW)	1-4	25%
Thirsk	1-3	33.3%
Ripon	1-2	50%
Yarmouth	0-6	0%
Huntingdon	0-5	0%
Leicester	0-3	0%
Lingfield	0-3	0%
Lingfield (AW)	0-2	0%
Kempton (AW)	0-2	0%
Towcester	0-2	0%
Ayr	0-1	0%
Musselburgh	0-1	0%
Newmarket	0-1	0%
Newmarket July	0-1	0%
Nottingham	0-1	0%
Fakenham	0-1	0%
Southwell (AW)	0-1	0%
Epsom	0-1	0%
Cartmel	0-1	0%
Chester	0-1	0%
Worcester	0-1	0%
Haydock	0-1	0%

Full form history

all runs · wins tinted gold

Date ↓	Course	Cond.	Cls	Pos	Jockey	OR	SP
2014-08-23	Cartmel	2m6f · Good	Class 5	PU/11	Harry Challoner	95	16/1
2014-08-18	Wolverhampton (AW)	1m6f · Standard	Class 6	8/10	Connor Beasley	51	16/1
2014-06-25	Kempton (AW)	2m · Standard	Class 6	9/9	Frederik Tylicki	53	10/1
2014-06-09	Ayr	1m5f · Soft	Class 6	6/7	Paul Hanagan	54	13/2
2014-05-12	Musselburgh	2m · Good	Class 6	8/11	Miss Serena Brotherton	55	9/2
2014-04-04	Wolverhampton (AW)	2m5f · Standard	Class 6	2/6	Connor Beasley	51	5/2
2014-03-28	Wolverhampton (AW)	1m6f · Standard	Class 6	1/4	Connor Beasley	46	14/1
2014-01-17	Lingfield (AW)	2m · Standard	Class 6	9/10	Liam Jones	46	33/1
2013-11-19	Lingfield	2m · Heavy	Class 5	7/9	Dougie Costello	99	20/1
2013-11-12	Huntingdon	2m4½f · Soft	Class 4	PU/11	Ryan Mahon	99	16/1
2013-10-29	Yarmouth	1m6f · Soft	Class 6	5/12	Robert Tart	47	14/1
2013-10-15	Huntingdon	2m · Soft	Class 4	2/10	Ryan Mahon	99	25/1
2013-09-16	Brighton	1m4f · Good To Soft	Class 6	4/9	Martin Lane	48	10/1
2013-09-09	Huntingdon	2m3½f · Good	Class 4	3/3	Ryan Mahon	100	18/1
2013-08-13	Worcester	2m · Good	Class 5	4/12	Ryan Mahon	100	50/1
2013-06-10	Brighton	1m4f · Firm	Class 6	4/6	Andrea Atzeni	48	7/2
2013-05-30	Lingfield	1m3½f · Soft	Class 6	2/11	Andrea Atzeni	46	25/1
2013-05-13	Towcester	2m · Good	Class 5	UR/8	Andrew Tinkler	100	20/1
2013-04-16	Southwell (AW)	1m6f · Standard	Class 5	7/7	Shelley Birkett	48	10/1
2013-03-03	Huntingdon	2m · Good	Class 4	8/15	Andrew Tinkler	105	100/1
2013-02-04	Wolverhampton (AW)	1m6f · Standard	Class 6	3/11	Robert Tart	48	28/1
2013-01-01	Fakenham	2m4f · Soft	Class 5	PU/5	Andrew Tinkler	—	7/2
2012-12-04	Towcester	2m · Soft	Class 5	6/11	Andrew Tinkler	—	33/1
2012-11-13	Huntingdon	2m · Soft	Class 4	4/13	Andrew Tinkler	—	100/1
2012-10-30	Yarmouth	1m6f · Heavy	Class 6	6/9	Sean Levey	50	11/1
2012-10-09	Brighton	1m4f · Heavy	Class 6	11/14	Ian Burns	53	12/1
2012-07-19	Brighton	1m4f · Good To Soft	Class 6	5/8	Toby Atkinson	55	16/1
2012-06-26	Brighton	1m4f · Good	Class 6	6/9	Pat Cosgrave	56	10/1
2012-06-12	Brighton	1m4f · Soft	Class 6	2/7	Pat Cosgrave	57	10/1
2012-05-10	Yarmouth	1m3½f · Heavy	Class 6	6/8	Laura Pike	58	18/1
2012-04-26	Brighton	1m2f · Good To Soft	Class 6	12/13	Seb Sanders	60	11/2
2012-04-10	Yarmouth	1m3½f · Good To Soft	Class 5	6/6	Pat Cosgrave	61	20/1
2011-10-11	Leicester	1m4f · Good	Class 6	3/9	Sean Levey	61	11/2
2011-09-12	Brighton	1m4f · Soft	Class 6	1/8	Sean Levey	56	100/30
2011-08-08	Lingfield	1m3½f · Soft	Class 6	4/8	Pat Cosgrave	58	6/1
2011-07-18	Yarmouth	1m2f · Soft	Class 6	5/6	Matthew Lawson	60	7/2
2011-07-12	Brighton	1m2f · Good To Firm	Class 6	3/9	Pat Cosgrave	60	11/4F
2011-06-28	Brighton	1m2f · Good	Class 6	1/11	Pat Cosgrave	54	11/2
2011-06-18	Newmarket July	1m5f · Good To Soft	Class 5	8/13	Simon Pearce	56	25/1
2011-06-09	Yarmouth	2m · Good To Firm	Class 6	8/8	Ian Burns	57	14/1
2011-05-30	Leicester	1m4f · Good	Class 6	4/10	Ian Burns	57	6/1
2011-05-12	Newmarket	1m2f · Good To Firm	Class 5	6/10	Louis-Philippe Beuzelin	62	25/1
2011-04-16	Leicester	1m2f · Good To Firm	Class 5	5/8	Martin Harley	67	25/1
2011-03-18	Lingfield (AW)	1m2f · Standard	Class 6	6/6	Franny Norton	72	33/1
2010-10-13	Kempton (AW)	1m2f · Standard	Class 6	9/9	J-P Guillambert	77	25/1
2010-09-08	Epsom	1m2f · Good	Class 4	6/8	J-P Guillambert	81	33/1
2010-06-09	Haydock	1m2½f · Good To Soft	Class 4	11/12	Robert Havlin	84	50/1
2010-05-10	Brighton	1m · Good To Firm	Class 3	7/7	Darryll Holland	84	13/2
2009-09-05	Thirsk	1m · Soft	Class 3	4/9	Franny Norton	84	14/1
2009-08-22	Ripon	1m2f · Good To Firm	Class 4	1/5	Franny Norton	80	5/1
2009-07-31	Thirsk	1m · Good	Class 4	1/15	Ahmed Ajtebi	77	9/1
2009-06-02	Ripon	1m2f · Good To Firm	Class 4	8/8	Adrian Nicholls	77	11/1
2009-05-19	Nottingham	1m5f · Good	Class 5	4/12	Franny Norton	—	12/1
2009-05-02	Thirsk	7f · Good To Firm	Class 4	4/13	Adrian Nicholls	—	9/4
2008-09-13	Chester	7f · Good To Soft	Class 4	2/12	Franny Norton	—	12/1

Standout signals

FOR2 wins at Brighton

AGAINST0/7 on Good To Soft

Official rating

last 12 runs

Career-high 99 · current 95

Pedigree

Sire Refuse To Bend

Dam Alessia by Warning

At a glance: 5 wins · 9 places from 55 runs. Current OR 95.