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Horse profile

Never To Be (USA)

6yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2017) · Last trainer Nikki Evans · Last owner John Berry Gwent
by Thewayyouare (USA) out of Kitty Foille (USA) (Black Minnaloushe)
25 runs · 13 courses · from Jul 2013
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 Mar 2017 — 3,506 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2017 · 14th of 14 2 wins · Kempton (AW) & Lingfield Last raced off OR 48
KTB Profile

Never To Be (USA) is 2 from 25. Hasn't won since Oct 2013. Last raced off 48, 36lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 25 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 36lb off peak
Official rating48↓ 36lb off peak
48 48–84

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 72 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Kempton (AW), 8 Mar 2017

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 6 figures · best 75C · median 52
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)472A51.5—
Good to Firm1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f475C66—
6f – 7f1———
1m2f – 1m4f1———

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 63A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kempton (AW), 8 Mar 2017 Official rating 48 at the last run, 22 Mar 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 24 figures · best 88A · median 64
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)1488A69.5—
Good to Firm481A50—
Good to Soft467A64.5—
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
6f – 7f1288A66—
1m – 1m1f1183B63—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

Of 25 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 25 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
Thewayyouare (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 2,152 runs since Jan 2008 (166 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm7114.3%+6—
Good to Firm247239.3%+11 from 4
Good489347%−1.30 from 1
Good to Soft249176.8%−1.50 from 5
Soft362246.6%−1.70 from 1
Heavy15395.9%−2.4—
Standard (AW)6457111%+2.71 from 14
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3825.3%−3—
6f – 7f364298%−0.32 from 12
1m – 1m1f489449%+0.70 from 11
1m2f – 1m4f5285410.2%+1.90 from 1
1m5f – 2m440327.3%−10 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f181105.5%−2.8—
2m5f – 3m9377.5%−0.8—
Over 3m1915.3%−3—

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
Kitty Foille (USA) (Black Minnaloushe)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 14 1 7% −7.50
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 4 1 25% −1.25
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 10 1 10% −3.50
Class 6 6 1 17% −3.25
Class 5 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 7 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 7 1 14% −0.50
Wolverhampton (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Chepstow 3 0 0% −3.00
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 1 100% +1.75
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 12 2 17% −2.75
1m – 1m1f 11 0 0% −11.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
William Buick 6 2 33% +3.25
Callum Shepherd 4 0 0% −4.00
Lulu Stanford 3 0 0% −3.00
Edward Greatrex 2 0 0% −2.00
Gary Mahon 2 0 0% −2.00
Chris Ward 1 0 0% −1.00
Luke Morris 1 0 0% −1.00
Pat Cosgrave 1 0 0% −1.00
Hayley Turner 1 0 0% −1.00
Graham Gibbons 1 0 0% −1.00
Robert Havlin 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Hanagan 1 0 0% −1.00
Nicky Mackay 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 12 2 17% −2.75
Hood + tongue tie 7 0 0% −7.00
Tongue tie + visor 4 0 0% −4.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 3 0 0% −3.00
2016 11 0 0% −11.00
2015 2 0 0% −2.00
2014 4 0 0% −4.00
2013 5 2 40% +4.25

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 24 2 8% −14.75
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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2017 · 3 runs
22 Mar 17+14d Kempton (AW) Racing UK Anywhere Handicap Class 7 · 8f · Standard · 14 ran 14/14 7 8-13 4860C30C Lulu Stanford 20/1
08 Mar 17+54d Kempton (AW) Racing UK HD Handicap Class 7 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 6/12 shd 9-1 4972A63A Lulu Stanford 14/1
13 Jan 17+22d Wolverhampton (AW) sunbets.co.uk Download The App Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 11/11 3¼ 8-12 5443C28C Callum Shepherd 22/1
2016 · 11 runs
22 Dec 16+71d Wolverhampton (AW) sunbets.co.uk Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 32 9-3 5426C33C Callum Shepherd 11/1
12 Oct 16+22d Bath Culloden Handicap Class 5 · 11.5f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 12/14 6 8-8 5744C42C Callum Shepherd 50/1
20 Sep 16+12d Ffos Las Free Spins At 188Bet Casino Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 6/14 1 9-5 5975C66A Callum Shepherd 22/1
08 Sep 16+48d Chepstow Watt Fences Supplies Chepstow Racecourse Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 7/7 11 8-9 62—34C Edward Greatrex 16/1
22 Jul 16+28d Chepstow County Marquees Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7/7 54 9-6 65—42C Edward Greatrex 14/1
24 Jun 16+14d Chester Gary Corbett Celebratory Claiming Stakes Class 4 · 7.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4/6 2¾ 8-4 65—63B Gary Mahon 33/1
10 Jun 16+52d Chepstow Mcl Logistics Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 5/10 1 8-8 67—67A Gary Mahon 50/1
19 Apr 16+74d Ludlow Family Day On 8th May Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran PU/8 — 10-7 ——— Chris Ward 33/1
05 Feb 16+18d Lingfield (AW) Download The Ladbrokes App Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 7 ran 3/7 ½ 8-7 70—65A Lulu Stanford 5/1
18 Jan 16+14d Wolverhampton (AW) Ladbrokes Classified Claiming Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 7/9 1½ 8-8 75—60A Luke Morris 3/1F
04 Jan 16+305d Wolverhampton (AW) Ladbrokes Selling Stakes Class 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 7 ran 2/7 3¾ 9-1 81—77A Pat Cosgrave 6/4F
2015 · 2 runs
05 Mar 15+13d Chelmsford City (AW) Bet toteexacta Handicap Class 3 · 8f · Standard · 7 ran 6/7 9 8-12 83—46C Hayley Turner 16/1
20 Feb 15+121d Lingfield (AW) Ladbrokes Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 5/9 ½ 9-7 83—78A Graham Gibbons 9/2
2014 · 4 runs
22 Oct 14+20d Kempton (AW) BetBright.com Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 2/14 3¼ 9-3 82—88A William Buick 6/1
02 Oct 14+15d Kempton (AW) BetVictor.com Handicap (Div 2) Class 4 · 8f · Standard · 9 ran 5/9 hd 9-3 83—82A William Buick 4/1
17 Sep 14+195d Yarmouth Sea-deer Handicap Class 4 · 8f · Good · 9 ran 5/9 2 9-5 84—80A William Buick 5/1
06 Mar 14+127d Kempton (AW) Download The BetVictor App Now Handicap (London Mile Series Qualifier) (Bobis Race) Class 4 · 8f · Standard · 6 ran 2/6 1½ 9-3 81—83B Robert Havlin 11/8F
2013 · 5 runs
30 Oct 13+7d Kempton (AW) 500 Free Bets At Betdaq Nursery Class 3 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 2/9 1 9-0 72—74A Paul Hanagan 6/5F
23 Oct 13+10d Kempton (AW) Winners Are Welcome At Betdaq Nursery Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 1/11 8-13 74—83A William Buick 11/2
13 Oct 13+71d Goodwood Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Nursery (Sunday 5k Bonus Race) Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 8 ran 5/8 2¾ 8-11 74—62A William Buick 5/2F
03 Aug 13+7d Lingfield Danny And Pip's 30th Anniversary Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 7.5f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 1/10 9-5 ——81A William Buick 7/4F
27 Jul 13 Newmarket Adnams Southwold Bitter E.b.f. Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 6/8 5 9-5 ——58A Nicky Mackay 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has Never To Be won?
Never To Be (USA) won 2 of 25 archived starts between 2013 and 2017, a strike rate of 8%. Placed 6 times in total (24% of starts).
Who trained Never To Be?
Never To Be (USA) was trained by Nikki Evans on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 22 March 2017.
Who is Never To Be's sire?
Never To Be (USA) is by Thewayyouare (USA) out of Kitty Foille (USA), whose sire is Black Minnaloushe.
What going does Never To Be prefer?
Never To Be (USA) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Never To Be's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 48, from the run on 22 March 2017. The highest on record is 84.
What is Never To Be's sire's record?
Thewayyouare (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 2,152 runs since Jan 2008 (166 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from July 2013. 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.