 Before being retired, in the fall of that year, he finished second to Mongo in the United Nations Handicap and second to the Kelso in the Woodward Stakes.In October, Never Bend easily defeated Chateaugay in winning the Yankee Handicap by four lengths at Suffolk Downs.Never Bend retired to stand at stud for the 1964 season and became a very important sire, producing 61 stakes winners.