Never So Brave (IRE)
Owner: Mr Saeed Suhail Trainer: A M Balding Sex: colt Age: 4
Breeding: No Nay Never / Chica Whopa (Oasis Dream)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in Places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft (Heavy In Places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Standard | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 3 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jun 2025 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm | 7f | 2 | Never So Brave | 9st 12lbs | 1 of 27 | Oisin Murphy | 4/1 |
| raced stands side, mid-division, going well when not much room over 2f out, gap opened on rail and closed over 1f out, led entering final furlong, soon clear, easily | |||||||||
| 31 May 2025 | Chester | Good | 7f 1y | 2 | Myal | 9st 8lbs | 2 of 13 | Jason Watson | 10/3 |
| wore red hood to post, chased leaders, raced keenly, not clear run briefly well over 1f out, soon pushed along and kept on, ridden in 3rd 110 yards out, stayed on and closing at finish | |||||||||
| 09 May 2025 | Chester | Good | 7f 127y | 2 | Two Tempting | 9st 8lbs | of 14 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 04 Oct 2024 | Ascot | Soft | 6f | 2 | Holkham Bay | 9st 7lbs | 10 of 10 | R L Moore | 11/4 |
| front rank, shaken up over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Aug 2024 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 7f | 2 | Ararat | 9st 8lbs | 2 of 5 | Callum Shepherd | 10/11 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along to chase winner over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 04 Aug 2024 | Chester | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 7f 1y | 2 | Yanifer | 9st 11lbs | 7 of 11 | Saffie Osborne | 13/8 |
| midfield on inner, ridden and some headway when hampered over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Jun 2024 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm | 7f | 1 | Haatem | 9st 3lbs | 6 of 19 | Saffie Osborne | 8/1 |
| keen prominent, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 09 May 2024 | Chester | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 7f 127y | 2 | Never So Brave | 9st 6lbs | 1 of 7 | R L Moore | 1/1 |
| led early, tracked leader, switched right over 1f out, pushed along to lead approaching final furlong, ran on, readily | |||||||||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Thirsk | Soft (Heavy In Places) | 7f | 5 | Never So Brave | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 12 | Saffie Osborne | 8/11 |
| bit keen in behind leaders, made challenge going best over 1f out, ridden and went clear inside final furlong, readily | |||||||||
| 21 Jul 2023 | Nottingham | Good to Soft | 6f 18y | 5 | Vandeek | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 12 | Harry Davies | 2/1 |
| tracked leaders, led 2f out, pushed along and headed entering final furlong, stayed on | |||||||||
| 24 Jun 2023 | Newmarket | Good (Good to Firm in Places) | 7f | 4 | Ancient Wisdom | 9st 4lbs | 2 of 6 | Rhys Clutterbuck | 10/1 |
| close up in rear, pushed along and headway approaching final furlong, ridden to chase winner inside final furlong, kept on | |||||||||