Never Back Down

7-year-old gelding with 1 win from 20 runs over 1m1f – 1m2f.
Quick facts
Age
7 years old
Sex
Gelding
Father
Kodiac
Mother
Steer By The Stars
Owner
Patrick M O'Brien & Stephen Luddy & Larry Murray
Official rating
54

📊 Key numbers

Career totals for this horse
20
Career races
1
Wins
5%
Win rate
avg ~10%
20%
Top-3 rate
avg ~30%
1464 days
Since last race

⚡ Strengths and risks

What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 1m1f – 1m2f distances: 12% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Returning from a 1236-day absence

🎯 Where this horse runs best

Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
1M1F – 1M2F
Loves
5F – 6½F
Unknown
7F – 1M
Avoids
1M3F – 1M4F
Avoids
1M6F – 2M
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown

📅 Recent runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
9 Nov
10th
Dundalk
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 17 runners
2 Nov
11th
Dundalk
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 17 runners
30 Sep
7th
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 17 runners
3 Sep
10th
Navan
1m3f – 1m4f · Yielding_To_Soft · 17 runners
24 Aug
7th
Bellewstown
7f – 1m · Good · 18 runners
15 Aug
8th
Dundalk
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 17 runners
9 Jul
6th
Navan
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 11 runners
30 Jun
11th
Bellewstown
7f – 1m · Yielding · 18 runners
12 Jun
5th
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 19 runners
6 Jun
3rd
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 19 runners

🏇 Jockeys

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
Joe Doyle
12.5%
Win rate
1/8
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/5
Wins / rides
Seamie Heffernan Current jockey
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
Dean Curran
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides

🏟 Course record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast runWin rate
Dundalk
Galloping
14 1 win, 1 second, 1 third, 11 other 9 Nov 7.1%
Navan
Galloping
2 2 other 3 Sep 0%
Bellewstown
Sharp
2 2 other 24 Aug 0%
Gowran Park
Undulating
2 1 third, 1 other 12 Jun 0%