Never Thought (IRE)
Never Thought is a filly by Buratino out of Marinebird who was yet to win from six starts. She raced over 6f to 1m4f on good ground and on the all-weather without placing. Her last run, at Dundalk in Jan 2025, was her first in first-time headgear when she finished 12 of 13 in a handicap off an official rating of 53, 8lb below her highest ever mark of 61.
- 0–6Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −6.00£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=6 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 61Highest OR
- 50dAvg 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 86
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 72C | 54 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 86B | 78.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 72C | 59 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 86B | 65 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 1,879 runs since Jan 2008 (118 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 4.2% from 118.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −7.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 131 | 7 | 5.3% | −2.2 | — |
| Good | 511 | 44 | 8.6% | +1.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 193 | 13 | 6.7% | −0.8 | — |
| Soft | 315 | 23 | 7.3% | −0.2 | — |
| Heavy | 118 | 5 | 4.2% | −3.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 607 | 49 | 8.1% | +0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 144 | 13 | 9% | +1.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 687 | 54 | 7.9% | +0.4 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 377 | 26 | 6.9% | −0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 286 | 20 | 7% | −0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 242 | 18 | 7.4% | −0.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 116 | 8 | 6.9% | −0.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 26 | 2 | 7.7% | +0.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −7.5 | — |
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, 3 winners — best of them Flying Bear (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Flying Bear (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flying Bear (IRE) | 37 | 5 | 5f–6f | Class 2 |
| Yulong Minister (IRE) | 11 | 4 | 5f–6f | Class 3 |
| Clonville (IRE) | 21 | 1 | 7f | — |
| Bon Marine (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Rockin Jack (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neve Bennett | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Gavin Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leigh Roche | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ronan Whelan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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 | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jan 25+13d | Dundalk (AW) | Join Us On Our Social Channels Handicap (47-65) Hesitant start - held up at the rear - made no impression - finished well beaten in 12th | 12/13 | 1¾ | 8-11 | 53 | 86B | 42A | Neve Bennett | 125/1 |
| 14 Jan 25+194d | Dundalk (AW) | Friday Night Lights Return To Dundalk Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) Settled midfield - pressed for effort turning for home - dropped away in the straight - finished ninth | 9/10 | 6½ | 8-12 | 54 | 71A | 41A | Neve Bennett | 100/1 |
| 04 Jul 24+12d | Bellewstown | Champion Lettings Handicap (47-65) | 10/12 | 2¼ | 9-10 | 61 | 44A | 53A | Gavin Ryan | 80/1 |
| 22 Jun 24+17d | Limerick | Regeneron 'Celebrating 10 Years In The Mid-West' Maiden | 9/15 | 1¼ | 8-10 | — | 49C | 43A | Neve Bennett | 200/1 |
| 05 Jun 24+12d | Curragh | Manguard Plus Maiden | 13/18 | 3 | 9-3 | — | 72C | 43C | Leigh Roche | 100/1 |
| 24 May 24 | Curragh | Cavalor Equine Nutrition Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden | 8/10 | 1 | 9-3 | — | 59A | 67A | Ronan Whelan | 150/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Never Thought (IRE) won?
- Never Thought (IRE) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts between 2024 and 2025.
- Who trained Never Thought (IRE)?
- Never Thought (IRE) was trained by Jarlath P Fahey on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 27 January 2025.
- Who is Never Thought (IRE)'s sire?
- Never Thought (IRE) is by Buratino (IRE) out of Marinebird (IRE), whose sire is Bad As I Wanna Be.
- What is Never Thought (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 53, from the run on 27 January 2025. The highest on record is 61.
- What is Never Thought (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Buratino (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 1,879 runs since Jan 2008 (118 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 4.2% from 118.
- Who are Never Thought (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Marinebird (IRE), Never Thought (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Flying Bear (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Flying Bear (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Oct 2026.