She was from the ninth crop of foals sired by Daiwa Major, an outstanding miler whose wins included the Tenno Sho, Mile Championship and Yasuda Kinen.

As a breeding stallion he has also sired Major Emblem, Curren Black Hill (NHK Mile Cup), Reine Minoru (Oka Sho) and Admire Mars.

[3] She came from a female-line family which had produced numerous major winners in South America as well as Hawk Wing, La Lorgnette, Bayakoa and Kitasan Black.

Resistencia made her track debut in a contest for previously unraced juveniles over 1400 metres at Kyoto Racecourse on 14 October and won from Key Dia and sixteen others.

[9] On her first run as a three-year-old Resistencia started 2/5 favourite for the Grade 2 Tulip Sho over 1600 metres at Hanshin on 7 March but after leading for most of the way she sustained her first defeat as she was overtaken in the closing stages and finished third, beaten a nose and one and a quarter lengths by Maltese Diosa and Cravache d'Or.

[10] Christophe Lemaire took the ride when Resistencia was matched against colts in the Grade 1 NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on 10 May and started the 2/1 favourite in an eighteen-runner field.

The race was dominated from the start by Resistencia and the colt Lauda Sion, with the filly getting the better of an early struggle for the lead before succumbing in the closing stages and finishing second, beaten one and a half lengths by her male rival.

[12] Resistencia returned to the track for the Grade 1 Mile Championship over 1600 metres at Hanshin on 22 November in which she was ridden by Kitamura and went off the 8.9/1 fourth choice in a seventeen-runner field.

[24] Resistencia made her final run at the 1351 Turf Sprint at the King Abdulaziz Racetrack on February 25, 2023, where she finished at 5th place behind Bathrat Leon [ja].