Never Ending Story (IRE)
Never Ending Story won three of 13 starts on turf, all over 6f – 7f. Her biggest success came in the Group 3 Ballylinch Stud 'Priory Belle' 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes at Leopardstown on heavy ground in Apr 2023, one of two Group 3 wins held in the archive. She also landed the Silver Flash Stakes at Leopardstown on good ground in Jul 2022 and a maiden at the Curragh on good ground in Jun 2022. The filly, aged 3 at her last run in Sep 2023, finished eighth of 11 in the Moyglare ''Jewels'' Blandford Stakes at the Curragh off an official rating of 108.
- 3–13Wins / Runs
- 23.1%Strike rate
- 6 (46.2%)Placed
- −6.44£1 level staken=13 at SP
- 1.31Fair A/E n=13 · 1.08 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 27dBetween runs (median)longest 182 d
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 95
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. What this means →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 105A | 82 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 95A | 87 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 79A | 73.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 105A | 82 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 95A | 72 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 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.
Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,979 runs since Apr 2009 (1,530 horses).
Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 48 | 11 | 22.9% | +4.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,323 | 477 | 20.5% | +2.1 | — |
| Good | 3,167 | 564 | 17.8% | −0.6 | 2 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 1,749 | 311 | 17.8% | −0.6 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 1,916 | 329 | 17.2% | −1.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 598 | 103 | 17.2% | −1.2 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 3,176 | 586 | 18.5% | +0.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 429 | 42 | 9.8% | −8.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,128 | 581 | 18.6% | +0.2 | 3 from 6 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,870 | 727 | 18.8% | +0.4 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,838 | 771 | 20.1% | +1.7 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,210 | 189 | 15.6% | −2.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 334 | 48 | 14.4% | −4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 138 | 19 | 13.8% | −4.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 32 | 6 | 18.8% | +0.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2009 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Navy Seal (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navy Seal (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 1m½f | — |
| Circle Of Life (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mariinsky Theatre (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 2 | 40% | −1.44 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.27 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 2 | 100% | +2.83 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chantilly (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Deauville (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 3 | 50% | +0.56 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Moore | 8 | 3 | 38% | −1.44 |
| Wayne Lordan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mikey Sheehy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ioritz Mendizabal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.00 |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | 33% | −2.44 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
Quick answers
- How many races has Never Ending Story won?
- Never Ending Story (IRE) won 3 of 13 archived starts between 2022 and 2023, a strike rate of 23.1%. Placed 6 times in total (46.2% of starts).
- Who trained Never Ending Story?
- Never Ending Story (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 10 September 2023.
- Who is Never Ending Story's sire?
- Never Ending Story (IRE) is by Dubawi (IRE) out of Athena (IRE), whose sire is Camelot.
- What going does Never Ending Story prefer?
- Never Ending Story (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Never Ending Story's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 108, from the run on 10 September 2023. The highest on record is 110.
- What is Never Ending Story's sire's record?
- Dubawi (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,979 runs since Apr 2009 (1,530 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.
- Who are Never Ending Story's siblings?
- Out of Athena (IRE), Never Ending Story (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Navy Seal (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m½f. As at Nov 2026.