Never Ending Tale (GB)
Never Ending Tale (GB) is 2 from 12. Hasn't won since Jun 2009. Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off 77, 8lb below the career-high mark.
- 2–12Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 4 (33.3%)Placed
- +3.00£1 level staken=12 at SP
- 1.78Fair A/E n=11 · 1.51 incl. margin
- 85Highest OR
- 73dAvg between runs
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
No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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 12% of 4,376 runs since Jan 2008 (378 horses).
Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 8.5% from 118.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 45 | 9 | 20% | +8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 868 | 119 | 13.7% | +1.7 | 1 from 6 |
| Good | 1,054 | 108 | 10.2% | −1.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 442 | 51 | 11.5% | −0.5 | — |
| Soft | 524 | 51 | 9.7% | −2.3 | — |
| Heavy | 172 | 23 | 13.4% | +1.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,269 | 165 | 13% | +1 | 1 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 79 | 17 | 21.5% | +9.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 461 | 60 | 13% | +1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 973 | 116 | 11.9% | −0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,613 | 202 | 12.5% | +0.5 | 2 from 7 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 788 | 91 | 11.5% | −0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 318 | 30 | 9.4% | −2.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 118 | 10 | 8.5% | −3.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 26 | 1 | 3.8% | −8.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 6 | 1 | 17% | +1.00 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 7 | 2 | 29% | +8.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liam Keniry | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Adrian McCarthy | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.00 |
| Ted Durcan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Greg Fairley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alan Munro | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 8 | 1 | 13% | +0.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| 2008 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +2.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 · 3 runs | |||||||||
| 28 Jun 10+30d | Windsor | 40 Live Football Markets At Totesport.com Handicap | 4/7 | 2 | 9-11 | 77 | 78A | Liam Keniry | 14/1 |
| 29 May 10+38d | Newmarket | Course Of Champions Handicap | 9/9 | 3¼ | 9-6 | 82 | 71C | Liam Keniry | 28/1 |
| 21 Apr 10+305d | Epsom Downs | Investec Property Investments City And Suburban Handicap | 13/15 | 8 | 8-7 | 85 | 64C | Richard Kingscote | 50/1 |
| 2009 · 3 runs | |||||||||
| 20 Jun 09+15d | Haydock | Mtb Group Handicap | 7/7 | 1¾ | 9-13 | 85 | 55C | Greg Fairley | 4/1 |
| 05 Jun 09+50d | Doncaster | Multifab Metals Engineering & Fabrication Handicap | 1/10 | 9-3 | 81 | 91A | Richard Kingscote | 6/1 | |
| 16 Apr 09+204d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Stay At The Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Handicap | 2/7 | ¾ | 9-3 | 79 | 93A | Liam Keniry | 3/1 |
| 2008 · 6 runs | |||||||||
| 24 Sep 08+26d | Goodwood | Coors Brewers Celebrating John Spiers Retirement Handicap | 10/10 | 26 | 9-1 | 82 | 61C | Alan Munro | 10/1 |
| 29 Aug 08+31d | Chester | Axon Resourcing Handicap | 5/7 | ¾ | 9-2 | 83 | 72A | Jamie Spencer | 4/1 |
| 29 Jul 08+24d | Beverley | Wilford Watts Memorial Handicap | 3/9 | ¾ | 9-4 | 83 | 79A | Adrian McCarthy | 14/1 |
| 05 Jul 08+35d | Sandown | Sodexo Prestige Handicap | 12/12 | nk | 9-7 | 85 | 63C | Ted Durcan | 8/1 |
| 31 May 08+44d | Lingfield (AW) | Allan McConnochie Memorial Maiden Stakes (AW) | 1/10 | 9-3 | 83 | 84A | Adrian McCarthy | 7/1 | |
| 17 Apr 08 | Newmarket | Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Wood Ditton Stakes (Div 1) | 5/10 | shd | 9-3 | 83 | 81A | Ted Durcan | 66/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Never Ending Tale won?
- Never Ending Tale (GB) won 2 of 12 archived starts between 2008 and 2010, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 4 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Never Ending Tale?
- Never Ending Tale (GB) was trained by Ed Vaughan on the most recent run on record, at Windsor on 28 June 2010.
- Who is Never Ending Tale's sire?
- Never Ending Tale (GB) is by Singspiel (IRE) out of Bright Finish (USA), whose sire is Zilzal.
- What going does Never Ending Tale prefer?
- Never Ending Tale (GB) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). 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 Tale's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 77, from the run on 28 June 2010. The highest on record is 85.
- What is Never Ending Tale's sire's record?
- Singspiel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12% of 4,376 runs since Jan 2008 (378 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 8.5% from 118.