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Horse profile

Never Give In (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2017) · Last trainer John Weymes · Last owner Cedars Two
by Alfred Nobel (IRE) out of Mad Annie (USA) (Anabaa)
7 runs · 7 courses · from Jul 2015
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 Jul 2017 — 3,401 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2017 · 15th of 17 Last raced off OR 62
KTB Profile

Never Give In (GB) is yet to win from 7 starts. Best effort: 4th of 9 at Newbury (Oct 2015). Last raced off 62, 8lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 7 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Flat 4 figures · best 81C · median 63
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good267C63—
Good to Firm281C60—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
6f – 7f281C74—
1m2f – 1m4f259C49—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 58A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Redcar, 24 Jun 2017 Official rating 62 at the last run, 5 Jul 2017

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. What this means →

Flat 7 figures · best 79A · median 51
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Firm358A45—
Good251C47—
Standard (AW)1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
6f – 7f579A51—
1m2f – 1m4f251C48—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 runs · 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.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Alfred Nobel (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 7% of 985 runs since Jan 2008 (63 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm600%−7—
Good to Firm133107.5%+0.50 from 3
Good244145.7%−1.30 from 2
Good to Soft10454.8%−2.20 from 1
Soft154159.7%+2.7—
Heavy6623%−4—
Standard (AW)278238.3%+1.30 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f40410%+3—
6f – 7f459367.8%+0.80 from 5
1m – 1m1f195115.6%−1.4—
1m2f – 1m4f10055%−20 from 2
1m5f – 2m10965.5%−1.5—
2m1f – 2m4f4624.3%−2.7—
2m5f – 3m25416%+9—
Over 3m1119.1%+2.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Mad Annie (USA) (Anabaa)

7 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Always Resolute (GB) (11 wins).

The wins came over 6f–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Always Resolute (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Always Resolute (GB)72111m2f–2m4½fClass 3
Another Try (IRE)6796f–7fClass 4
Oetzi (GB)2537f–1m2fClass 5
Gordalan (GB)1411m6fClass 6
Li Shih Chen (GB)1317fClass 5
All Spin (IRE)140——
Total Distraction (GB)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Thirsk 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Phil Dennis 2 0 0% −2.00
Martin Harley 1 0 0% −1.00
Fergus Sweeney 1 0 0% −1.00
Dougie Costello 1 0 0% −1.00
Patrick O'Donnell 1 0 0% −1.00
Jordan Vaughan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 5 0 0% −5.00
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 3 0 0% −3.00
2016 2 0 0% −2.00
2015 2 0 0% −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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2017 · 3 runs
05 Jul 17+11d Thirsk 'Beer Festival' Evening Racing - Tuesday 18th July Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Good · 17 ran 15/17 2¾ 9-2 6267C43C Phil Dennis 66/1
24 Jun 17+5d Redcar Watch Racing UK With Free Trial Now Claiming Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 9/13 1¾ 9-2 6781C58A Phil Dennis 33/1
19 Jun 17+251d Wetherby D M Keith Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7/7 5 9-1 6739C45C Martin Harley 33/1
2016 · 2 runs
11 Oct 16+109d Leicester Stewards Handicap (Div 2) Class 5 · 10f · Good · 9 ran 9/9 4½ 9-0 7059C51C Fergus Sweeney 25/1
24 Jun 16+245d Newcastle (AW) Betfred 'bet On The Euros' Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 9/14 1½ 9-3 ——51A Dougie Costello 25/1
2015 · 2 runs
23 Oct 15+90d Newbury New Hot To Trot Syndicate EBF Stallions Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) (Div 2) Class 4 · 6.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 4/9 1¼ 9-0 ——79A Patrick O'Donnell 33/1
25 Jul 15 York Sky Bet Making Betting Better Median Auction Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 6f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 7/8 3½ 9-0 ——42A Jordan Vaughan 10/1

Quick answers

How many races has Never Give In won?
Never Give In (GB) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts between 2015 and 2017.
Who trained Never Give In?
Never Give In (GB) was trained by John Weymes on the most recent run on record, at Thirsk on 5 July 2017.
Who is Never Give In's sire?
Never Give In (GB) is by Alfred Nobel (IRE) out of Mad Annie (USA), whose sire is Anabaa.
What is Never Give In's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 62, from the run on 5 July 2017. The highest on record is 70.
What is Never Give In's sire's record?
Alfred Nobel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7% of 985 runs since Jan 2008 (63 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Never Give In's siblings?
Out of Mad Annie (USA), Never Give In (GB) has 7 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Always Resolute (GB) (11). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Always Resolute (GB)). The wins came over 6f–2m4½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2015. 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.