Never Too Late (horse)
| Never Too Late | |
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| Sire | Never Say Die |
| Grandsire | Nasrullah |
| Dam | Gloria Nicky |
| Damsire | Alycidon |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 10 March 1957 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Mrs Howell E. Jackson |
| Owner | Mrs Howell E. Jackson |
| Trainer | Etienne Pollet |
| Record | 9: 4-2-0 |
| Earnings | £40,165 |
| Major wins | |
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Prix de la Salamandre (1959) Prix Imprudence (1960) 1000 Guineas (1960) Epsom Oaks (1960) |
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| Honours | |
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Timeform top-rated European two-year-old filly (1959) Timeform rating: 130 |
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Never Too Late (foaled 10 March 1957) was an American-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career lasting from August 1959 until October 1960, the filly ran nine times and won four races. As a two-year-old she proved herself capable of competing against the leading French colts by winning the Prix de la Salamandre at Longchamp and being narrowly beaten in the Grand Criterium. In the following year she was sent to Britain where she won the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket and Oaks at Epsom. She was then retired to stud at the end of her three-year-old season, and had some success as a broodmare.
Never Too Late was a small chestnut filly bred by her owner Mrs Howell E. (Dorothy) Jackson's Bull Run Stud. Never Too Late's dam, Gloria Nicky was the top-rated British two-year-old filly of 1954, when her wins included the Cheveley Park Stakes. She was a half sister to Libra, a mare who produced the St Leger Stakes winners Ribocco and Ribero. Gloria Nicky was pregnant with her first foal (Never Too Late) when she was sold to Mrs Jackson for £30,000 in 1956. Never Too Late was from the second crop of foals sired by the Epsom Derby winner Never Say Die. The filly was sent to be trained in France by Etienne Pollet. When racing in Britain, the filly was known as Never Too Late II.
Never Too Late began her racing career in August 1959 when she finished fifth in a maiden race at Deauville-La Touques Racecourse before winning a similar event at Longchamp. In September she was stepped up markedly in class to contest the Prix de la Salamandre. The race at Longchamp was open to both colts and fillies and attracted a field which included the Prix Morny winner Pharamond. Never Too Late won the 1400m event, beating Pharamond into second. A month later, Never Too Late was again matched against colts in the Grand Criterium over 1600m. On this occasion she finished second, beaten a short neck to Angers, a colt who started favourite for the 1961 Epsom Derby.
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