Never Just A Dream (2020) Horse

Foal Date

21-Mar-20

Colour

chestnut

Sire

No Nay Never

Dam

Poetic Imagination

Prize Money

56416

Trainer

T Kent

Owners

Mr Saeed H Altayer

About

Never Just A Dream is a six-year-old chestnut gelding, by No Nay Never out of Poetic Imagination. He is trained by T Kent and owned by Mr Saeed H Altayer. From 22 starts he has claimed four wins and a third‑place finish, earning $56,416 in prize money. His most recent start was at Doncaster on 23 October 2026, finishing 4th of 11 starters. His latest victory came at Jebel Ali on 1 March 2024.

Race Record

Event Summary Runner Stats Rank
Newmarket 30-Oct-26 1006m GOOD TO SOFT R4 157 Grosser Preis Von Baden Handicap, SP: 8.50 K Shoemark neck 8 (13)
Doncaster 23-Oct-26 1209m HEAVY (SOFT IN PLACES) CL4 Flat, SP: 17/2 Went early to post, towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, plugged on same pace towards finish Ray Dawson 59.4kg 2 1/2l 4 (11)
Haydock 04-Sep-26 1207m HEAVY CL4 Flat, SP: 9/1 Prominent stands side, led group over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong Callum Rodriguez 60.3kg 2 1/2l 3 (14)
Hamilton 12-Aug-26 1212m GOOD R6 CL4 Hcp Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:09.180, SP: 10.00 1st Dandy Magic ( L Young 119 , Cd 114 ) 2nd Milford ( D Tudhope 135 ) 1.25L 3rd Station X ( P Mulrennan 136 ) 2.00L 11th Never Just A Dream ( A Rawlinson 133 ) 5.55L See full results A Rawlinson 60.3kg 5.55L 11 (14)
Newmarket 10-Jul-26 1006m GOOD R6 CL3 Hcp (of $29,847) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:58.210, SP: 15.00 1st Twilight Calls ( S Osborne 135 ) 2nd Rapper's Delight ( G Wood 135 ) 0.20L 9th Never Just A Dream ( T Marquand 133 ) 5.60L See full results T Marquand 60.3kg 5.60L 9 (12)
Newbury 11-Jun-26 1207m SOFT R4 CL4 Hcp $1,643 (of $26,313) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:13.030, SP: 29.00 1st Wild Clary ( S M Levey 132 ) 2nd Kiniro ( O Murphy 129 ) 2.00L 3rd Pressure'S On ( H Crouch 128 ) 2.50L 4th Never Just A Dream ( T Marquand 137 ) 3.25L See full results T Marquand 62.1kg 3.25L 4 (9)
Southwell 01-Nov-25 1220m GOOD R4 CL3 Hcp (of $15,927) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:13.070, SP: 23.00 1st Lakers ( R Scott 131 ) 2nd Prince Of Pillo ( H Russell 127 ) 2.50L 3rd Artagnan ( C Rodriguez 129 ) 0.15L 12th Never Just A Dream ( K T O'neill 135 ) 8.90L See full results K T O'neill 61.2kg 8.90L 12 (13)
Dundalk 15-Aug-25 1210m SYNTHETIC R2 Hcp $1,971 (of $22,702) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:11.240, SP: 10.00 1st Genesis ( R Cleary 119 ) 2nd Valiant Force ( S Coen 149 ) 1.25L 3rd Collective Power ( W Hassett 119 ) 0.30L 4th Never Just A Dream ( C Keane 132 ) 2.30L See full results C Keane 59.9kg 2.30L 4 (9)
Newcastle 28-Jun-25 1207m STANDARD CL2 Flat, SP: 28/1 Prominent, driven over 1f out, soon weakened H Crouch 61.7kg 1 3/4 length 12 (13)
Newcastle 29-Jun-24 1207m STANDARD / SLOW CL1 Flat, SP: 28/1 Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon lost place Callum Shepherd 59.4kg Neck 8 (11)
Jebel Ali 16-Mar-24 1006m FAST Flat, SP: 8/1 M Rodrigues 60.8kg Neck 9 (16)
Jebel Ali 01-Mar-24 1207m FAST Flat, SP: 18/1 M Rodrigues 61.7kg 1 (15)
Jebel Ali 20-Jan-24 1006m FAST Flat, SP: 6/1 P Cosgrave 57.2kg Neck 6 (8)
Meydan 05-Jan-24 1207m FAST Flat, SP: 66/1 Bernardo Pinheiro 57.2kg 3 1/2l 10 (12)
Meydan 08-Dec-23 1207m Flat, SP: 16/1 J Da Silva 57.2kg 2 1/4l 5 (10)
Kempton 04-Oct-23 1207m STANDARD / SLOW CL2 Flat, SP: 4/1 Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, lost 4th close home James Doyle 58.5kg 3/4 length 5 (6)
Meydan 03-Feb-23 1207m FAST Flat, SP: 28/1 G Malune 53.5kg 1 1/4 length 5 (12)
Newcastle 18-Oct-22 1207m STANDARD CL2 Flat, SP: 4/1 Made all, travelled strongly, shaken up 2f out, pushed out final furlong, ran on well, unchallenged Cameron Noble 62.1kg 1 (7)
Newmarket 24-Sep-22 1207m GOOD CL1 Flat, SP: 80/1 Led, headed over 3f out, remained handy, ridden 2f out, soon edged and weakened Cameron Noble 58.1kg 5l 8 (8)
Newcastle 15-Sep-22 1207m STANDARD CL4 Flat, SP: 85/40 Wore hood to post, chased leader, led inside final 2f, came clear final furlong, ran on well Cameron Noble 61.2kg 1 (10)
York 19-Aug-22 1207m GOOD (GOOD TO FIRM IN PLACES) CL1 Flat, SP: 50/1 Raced keenly, led, ridden and headed 2f out, soon beaten Callum Shepherd 58.1kg Neck 12 (12)
Wolverhampton 08-Aug-22 1225m STANDARD / SLOW CL5 Flat, SP: 10/1 Raced wide, prominent, switched left to lead over 3f out, pushed along 2f out, ridden and ran on K Shoemark 60.3kg 1 (9)
Ascot 22-Jul-22 1207m GOOD TO FIRM (GOOD IN PLACES) CL3 Flat, SP: 11/4 Wore hood to post, chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out R L Moore 58.1kg Nose 8 (10)