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Horse profile

Never Up (GER)

8yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2019) · Last trainer Sue Smith · Last owner Mrs S Smith
by Danehill Dancer (IRE) out of Never Green (IRE) (Halling)
35 runs · 17 courses · from Jun 2014
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 26 Dec 2019 — 2,484 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2019 · 3rd of 11 6 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 109
KTB Profile

Never Up (GER) is 6 from 35. Hasn't won since Mar 2019. Last raced off 109, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 35 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating109↓ 10lb off peak
109 75–119

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 66 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Carlisle, 17 Oct 2019

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.

Jumps 13 figures · best 105B · median 63
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Soft499B56.5—
Good4105B52—
Heavy392B73—
Good to Soft275C70.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f892B60.5—
1m5f – 2m399B66—
2m5f – 3m2105B82.5—

Of 21 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (7) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 21 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 122A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Sedgefield, 26 Dec 2019 Official rating 109 at the last jumps run, 26 Dec 2019

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 82B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ripon, 27 Sep 2014 Official rating 78 at the last flat run, 28 Oct 2014

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.

Jumps 27 figures · best 123A · median 107
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Soft11122A107—
Good7120A105—
Heavy5123A115—
Good to Soft4115B113—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f15123A109—
1m5f – 2m9116C107—
2m5f – 3m2120A109—
Over 3m1———
Flat 5 figures · best 82B · median 66
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good to Soft366A63—
Good282B78—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f482B68.5—
1m – 1m1f1———

Of 34 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 32 figures from 34 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
Danehill Dancer (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 10,094 runs since Jan 2008 (783 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 130.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm911011%−0.2—
Good to Firm1,74022312.8%+1.6—
Good2,4992489.9%−1.31 from 10
Good to Soft1,08912011%−0.22 from 7
Soft1,73322412.9%+1.71 from 12
Heavy6567811.9%+0.72 from 6
Standard (AW)2,2852249.8%−1.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4035313.2%+2—
6f – 7f2,71033112.2%+1—
1m – 1m1f2,71531211.5%+0.30 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f2,31123710.3%−0.91 from 5
1m5f – 2m1,27013410.6%−0.62 from 9
2m1f – 2m4f533519.6%−1.63 from 16
2m5f – 3m13086.2%−50 from 3
Over 3m2214.5%−6.70 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

9 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Mojo Ego (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 6f–2m2½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Galipad (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Mojo Ego (IRE)2542m–2m2½fClass 3
Ecolo (FR)2326f—
Ever Pink (IRE)727f–1m—
Soblue (IRE)317½f—
Seasonal (IRE)711m2f—
Galipad (GB)811m4fListed
Mathematicienne (IRE)20——
Akohol (IRE)160——
Metaphore (FR)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 12 1 8% −10.00
Good 10 1 10% −8.27
Good to Soft 7 2 29% +1.50
Heavy 6 2 33% +5.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 20 5 25% +1.50
Class 3 11 0 0% −11.00
Class 5 3 1 33% −1.27

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Carlisle 7 2 29% +4.00
Sedgefield 4 0 0% −4.00
Haydock 3 0 0% −3.00
Wetherby 3 0 0% −3.00
Southwell 3 2 67% +2.50
Newcastle 2 0 0% −2.00
Catterick 2 0 0% −2.00
Cartmel 2 1 50% +3.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Ripon 1 1 100% +0.73
Thirsk 1 0 0% −1.00
Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00
Chantilly (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 16 3 19% +0.00
1m5f – 2m 9 2 22% −3.50
1m2f – 1m4f 5 1 20% −3.27
2m5f – 3m 3 0 0% −3.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Danny Cook 15 4 27% +1.50
Henry Brooke 7 1 14% −2.00
Sean Quinlan 6 0 0% −6.00
Daniel Tudhope 2 0 0% −2.00
Lucy Alexander 1 0 0% −1.00
David Nolan 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam James 1 0 0% −1.00
Graham Lee 1 1 100% +0.73
Olivier Peslier 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 8 1 13% −3.00
2018 4 0 0% −4.00
2017 9 3 33% +2.50
2016 3 0 0% −3.00
2015 5 1 20% +0.00
2014 6 1 17% −4.27

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 25 4 16% −8.50
Flat 6 1 17% −4.27
Hurdle 4 1 25% +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
26 Dec 19+22d Sedgefield Gary Wood Memorial Handicap Chase Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 11 ran 3/11 1¼ 11-6 109—122A Lucy Alexander 11/1
04 Dec 19+23d Haydock University Of Liverpool Thoroughbred Horseracing Industries MBA Handicap Chase Class 4 · 25.5f · Soft · 7 ran 4/7 2¾ 11-3 110—107B Danny Cook 11/1
11 Nov 19+25d Carlisle Watch Irish Racing On Racing Tv Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 7 ran 4/7 13 11-9 11255B100A Danny Cook 4/1
17 Oct 19+159d Carlisle Like Racing TV On Facebook Handicap Chase Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 4/12 9 11-10 11366A114A Danny Cook 8/1
11 May 19+30d Haydock Pertemps Network Handicap Chase Class 3 · 19f · Good · 7 ran 4/7 27 11-2 11535C96C Danny Cook 5/1
11 Apr 19+35d Wetherby Invest With tippertidoo.com Handicap Chase Class 3 · 24f · Good · 10 ran 6/10 shd 11-3 11560A98A Danny Cook 13/2
07 Mar 19+17d Carlisle GTR Contracts Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Heavy · 6 ran 1/6 11-8 11063A119B Danny Cook 4/1
18 Feb 19+347d Carlisle Watch Irish Racing On Racing TV Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 9 ran 5/9 7 11-7 11358A102A Sean Quinlan 16/1
08 Mar 18+17d Carlisle Enhanced Place Odds At 188Bet Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Heavy · 5 ran 4/5 32 11-10 117—92C Danny Cook 4/1
19 Feb 18+22d Carlisle 188bet.co.uk Handicap Chase Class 3 · 24.5f · Heavy · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-3 117—— Danny Cook 9/1
28 Jan 18+22d Sedgefield Happy Birthday Rebecca Tallentire Handicap Chase Class 3 · 19.5f · Soft · 5 ran 2/5 7 11-1 117—115B Danny Cook 7/4F
06 Jan 18+14d Sandown 32Red Handicap Chase (Qualifier) Class 3 · 20f · Heavy · 11 ran 3/11 3¼ 11-2 11773A115A Henry Brooke 14/1
23 Dec 17+24d Newcastle Bet365 Northumberland Handicap Chase Class 3 · 20f · Soft · 8 ran PU/8 — 10-13 119—— Sean Quinlan 11/1
29 Nov 17+34d Wetherby Bet At racinguk.com Handicap Chase Class 3 · 15f · Soft · 4 ran 4/4 26 10-5 11921C86C Danny Cook 7/4
26 Oct 17+166d Carlisle Racing Uk Available In Hd Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Heavy · 10 ran 1/10 11-7 11592B123A Danny Cook 5/1
13 May 17+24d Haydock Pertemps Network Handicap Chase Class 3 · 19f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 5 10-9 11344C114A Henry Brooke 5/2F
19 Apr 17+23d Sedgefield Phoenix Security Handicap Chase (Qualifier) Class 4 · 21f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 6 11-12 113105B120A Sean Quinlan 7/2
27 Mar 17+21d Market Rasen 32Red.com Limited Novices' Handicap Chase Class 3 · 17f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 4/5 1½ 11-1 11775C102B Sean Quinlan 11/4
06 Mar 17+8d Southwell grandnational2017.com Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) Class 4 · 15.5f · Soft · 3 ran 1/3 11-6 106—116C Danny Cook Evens
26 Feb 17+13d Southwell PHW Logistics Ltd Celebrating 1 Year Of Business Handicap Chase Class 4 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 1/6 11-4 106—115B Danny Cook 5/2F
13 Feb 17+238d Catterick racinguk.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 5 11-4 10799B107B Danny Cook 13/2
20 Jun 16+21d Southwell Bet On Tonight's Football At Ladbrokes Handicap Chase Class 4 · 15.5f · Soft · 9 ran 3/9 1¼ 11-0 108—111B Sean Quinlan 5/1
30 May 16+30d Cartmel Toteexacta Handicap Chase Class 3 · 17.5f · Good · 9 ran 4/9 nk 10-11 110—102A Sean Quinlan 8/1
30 Apr 16+133d Uttoxeter Sentinel May Un Mar Lady Beginners' Chase Class 3 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 5/7 35 11-0 110—92C Danny Cook 14/1
19 Dec 15+35d Newcastle 188bet.co.uk Novices' Limited Handicap Chase Class 4 · 16.5f · Heavy · 6 ran 3/6 18 11-0 113—93B Henry Brooke 8/1
14 Nov 15+155d Wetherby Racing UK Free For A Month Novices' Chase Class 4 · 15f · Soft · 5 ran 4/5 18 10-7 113—91C Henry Brooke 6/1
12 Jun 15+18d Aintree Aintree Golf Driving Range Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good · 7 ran 5/7 12 11-1 113—105C Henry Brooke 16/1
25 May 15+13d Cartmel Cartmel 25th Anniversary Sticky Toffee Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 1/4 10-12 ——112B Henry Brooke 4/1
12 May 15+196d Sedgefield Paxtons Supporting Customers With Peregrine Finance Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Good · 5 ran 2/5 1½ 10-8 ——109B Henry Brooke 5/1
28 Oct 14+17d Catterick Racing UK On Sky 432 Handicap Class 4 · 12f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 8/9 nk 9-2 78—58A David Nolan 20/1
11 Oct 14+14d York Coldstream Guards Association Cup (Handicap) Class 4 · 10.5f · Good To Soft · 19 ran 18/19 1½ 9-0 80—63C Sam James 14/1
27 Sep 14+11d Ripon Lisa Mclean's 40th Birthday Paraphernalia Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 12f · Good · 4 ran 1/4 9-3 75—82B Graham Lee 8/11F
16 Sep 14+14d Thirsk Thirsk Racecourse For Wedding Receptions Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 12f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 1½ 9-5 ——74A Daniel Tudhope 9/1
02 Sep 14+71d Hamilton Always Trying Open Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 9f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 4/9 2¼ 9-5 ——66A Daniel Tudhope 3/1
23 Jun 14 Chantilly (FR) Prix du Chene Sylvie (Maiden) (Unraced 3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 10f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 2½ 9-2 ——— Olivier Peslier 5/2

Quick answers

How many races has Never Up (GER) won?
Never Up (GER) won 6 of 35 archived starts between 2014 and 2019, a strike rate of 17.1%. Placed 14 times in total (40% of starts).
Who trained Never Up (GER)?
Never Up (GER) was trained by Sue Smith on the most recent run on record, at Sedgefield on 26 December 2019.
Who is Never Up (GER)'s sire?
Never Up (GER) is by Danehill Dancer (IRE) out of Never Green (IRE), whose sire is Halling.
What going does Never Up (GER) prefer?
Never Up (GER) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Never Up (GER)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 109, from the run on 26 December 2019. The highest on record is 119.
What is Never Up (GER)'s sire's record?
Danehill Dancer (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 10,094 runs since Jan 2008 (783 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 130.
Who are Never Up (GER)'s siblings?
Out of Never Green (IRE), Never Up (GER) has 9 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Mojo Ego (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Listed (Galipad (GB)). The wins came over 6f–2m2½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from June 2014. 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.