Never Rains (IRE)
Never Rains (IRE) is 2 from 32. Hasn't won since Sep 2019. Both wins have come on turf — 0 from 12 on the all-weather.
- 2–32Wins / Runs
- 6.3%Strike rate
- 8 (25%)Placed
- −23.17£1 level staken=32 at SP
- 0.86Fair A/E n=31 · 0.66 incl. margin
- 70Highest OR
- 45dAvg 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
Best recent Speed 104
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 12 | 104B | 83 | — |
| Good | 6 | 95C | 82 | — |
| Soft | 5 | 87A | 64 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 91C | 81 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 70C | 56 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 104C | 90.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 15 | 104B | 82 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 15 | 94C | 79 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 32 figures from 32 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 12.1% of 6,310 runs since Jan 2008 (705 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | +19.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 927 | 122 | 13.2% | +1.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 1,489 | 181 | 12.2% | +0.1 | 1 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 612 | 55 | 9% | −3.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 843 | 109 | 12.9% | +0.8 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 276 | 36 | 13% | +0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,147 | 253 | 11.8% | −0.3 | 0 from 12 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 910 | 122 | 13.4% | +1.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,374 | 437 | 13% | +0.9 | 0 from 15 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,177 | 129 | 11% | −1.1 | 2 from 15 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 582 | 54 | 9.3% | −2.8 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 185 | 14 | 7.6% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 77 | 5 | 6.5% | −5.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Sonoran (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoran (IRE) | 14 | 2 | 7f–1m | — |
| Preamble (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 6f | — |
| Famille Verte (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Ballinahulla (IRE) | 12 | 0 | — | — |
| One Cool County (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Good | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.67 |
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.50 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Gowran Park | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.50 |
| Tipperary | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cork | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 15 | 2 | 13% | −6.17 |
| 6f – 7f | 15 | 0 | 0% | −15.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J M Sheridan | 14 | 1 | 7% | −9.50 |
| Chris Hayes | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Joe Doyle | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Andrew Slattery | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Jack G Gilligan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Whearty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paddy Harnett | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rory Cleary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| John Shinnick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leigh Roche | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood | 13 | 2 | 15% | −4.17 |
| Blinkers | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| None | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2020 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2019 | 19 | 2 | 11% | −10.17 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 31 | 2 | 6% | −22.17 |
| Hurdle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Never Rains (IRE) won?
- Never Rains (IRE) won 2 of 32 archived starts between 2018 and 2022, a strike rate of 6.3%. Placed 8 times in total (25% of starts).
- Who trained Never Rains (IRE)?
- Never Rains (IRE) was trained by Jennifer Monaghan on the most recent run on record, at Bellewstown on 2 July 2022.
- Who is Never Rains (IRE)'s sire?
- Never Rains (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Falling Rain (IRE), whose sire is Danehill Dancer.
- What going does Never Rains (IRE) prefer?
- Never Rains (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Never Rains (IRE)'s official rating?
- Never Rains (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 70.
- What is Never Rains (IRE)'s sire's record?
- No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,310 runs since Jan 2008 (705 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
- Who are Never Rains (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Falling Rain (IRE), Never Rains (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Sonoran (IRE) (2). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Oct 2026.