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Horse profile

Never Ambling (IRE)

3yo colt (at last run, Apr 2025) · Last trainer Mrs John Harrington · Last owner Edward M Walsh
by No Nay Never (USA) out of Strut (GB) (Danehill Dancer)
1 run · 1 course · from Apr 2025
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Apr 2025 — 558 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2025 · 2nd of 13
KTB Profile

Never Ambling is a lightly raced colt by No Nay Never out of a dam whose five foals to race have all been winners including Mince with eight wins. His only start came at Dundalk in Apr 2025 when he finished second of 13 in a maiden over 6f-7f on standard going having been held up. The sire's progeny in the archive have recorded 756 wins from 6,257 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · run-style from 1 commented run · updated 14 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 95 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Dundalk (AW), 4 Apr 2025

How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was.

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 88A the best of the last 1 rated run · Dundalk (AW), 4 Apr 2025

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race.

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,282 runs since Jan 2008 (703 horses).

Weakest on good to soft going: 9.1% from 607. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 184.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm16531.3%+19.2—
Good to Firm92712213.2%+1.1—
Good1,48017912.1%0—
Good to Soft607559.1%−3—
Soft84010913%+0.9—
Heavy2763613%+0.9—
Standard (AW)2,13625211.8%−0.30 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f90912213.4%+1.3—
6f – 7f3,35743513%+0.90 from 1
1m – 1m1f1,17112810.9%−1.2—
1m2f – 1m4f579549.3%−2.8—
1m5f – 2m184147.6%−4.5—
2m1f – 2m4f7756.5%−5.6—
2m5f – 3m500%−12.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Strut (GB) (Danehill Dancer)

5 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Mince (GB) (8 wins).

The wins came over 5½f–1m; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Mince (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Mince (GB)1886fGroup 3
Skate (GB)525½f–6fClass 4
Flying Tourbillon (GB)826fClass 4
Instrumental (GB)1021m—
Quick March (GB)916fClass 5

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
04 Apr 25 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Open All Summer Maiden 7f · Standard · 13 ran Sat behind the front group early - 5th at halfway - driven on the outside turning in - urged forward 1f from home - stayed on to take 2nd close home but narrowly denied 2/13 ½ 9-7 95B88A Shane Foley 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Never Ambling (IRE) won?
Never Ambling (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2025. Placed 1 time in total (100% of starts).
Who trained Never Ambling (IRE)?
Never Ambling (IRE) was trained by Mrs John Harrington on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 4 April 2025.
Who is Never Ambling (IRE)'s sire?
Never Ambling (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Strut (GB), whose sire is Danehill Dancer.
What is Never Ambling (IRE)'s sire's record?
No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,282 runs since Jan 2008 (703 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9.1% from 607. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 184.
Who are Never Ambling (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Strut (GB), Never Ambling (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Mince (GB) (8). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Mince (GB)). The wins came over 5½f–1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2025. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.