NEVER GIVE UP Thoroughbred



Never Give Up is a thoroughbred horse born in Australia in 2019. Race horse Never Give Up is by Heroic Valour (AUS) out of Virginia Plain (AUS) , trained by Corey & Kylie Geran. Never Give Up form is available here. Owned by G M Goodrum, B Ible, D J Hayward, J M Toms, T R Holyoak, C G Geran, D Saunders, Miss A Porter-Brown, P Porter, Miss S Brown, J E Pickering & Miss S L Bird.


Pedigree :
Sire HEROIC VALOUR (AUS) 2013
Dam VIRGINIA PLAIN (AUS) 2010
Dam Sire SEBRING (AUS) 2005

About the horse :
Foal Date 15 Sep 2019
Description 6yo B Gelding
Trainer Corey & Kylie Geran
Owner G M Goodrum, B Ible, D J Hayward, J M Toms, T R Holyoak, C G Geran, D Saunders, Miss A Porter Brown, P Porter, Miss S Brown, J E Pickering & Miss S L Bird
Career 5 Wins (16%) - 5 Placings (32%) - 31 starts
Wins 1200m (3), 1300m (1), 1400m (1)

Sale Information :
offline

2024 JANUARY (Late) Online Sale (12)  

Owners 

Not mentioned

AUD $ 7,000

offline

2021 Gold Coast March Yearling Sale (408)  

Raheen Stud, Darling Downs, Qld 

Vandyke Racing

AUD $ 155,000



Starts:

31

Win Rate:

16%

Place Rate:

32%










Never Give Up Past Races

5 of 6, 24 Jan 2026, R5 ELDERS GLEN INNES & JACK LYNCH MEMORIAL DEEPWATER CUP 1400m | AUD $17,200 | 53.0kg | J: KAYLA BARKER | T: COREY & KYLIE GERAN | | 1:22.38 | Winner: UNDER THE CAP
5 of 7, 03 Jan 2026, R4 TOOWOOMBA TRUCK SPARES BENCHMARK 70 HANDICAP 1300m | AUD $22,500 | 58.0kg | J: G GERAN | T: COREY & KYLIE GERAN | Got Bk-Fair but safely held | 1:18.90 | Winner: TAKE A PICTURE
5 of 10, 20 Dec 2025, R4 WDC CHINCHILLA CUP OPEN HANDICAP 1400m | AUD $15,000 | 52.0kg | J: REECE O'CONNELL | T: COREY & KYLIE GERAN | MF-Even effort. | 1:22.04 | Winner: BASIL'S BOW
3 of 10, 06 Dec 2025, R3 MOORE TRAILERS BENCHMARK 70 HANDICAP 1300m | AUD $22,500 | 56.0kg | J: OLIVIA WEBB | T: COREY & KYLIE GERAN | OP-Decent effort. | 1:18.61 | Winner: GALWAY HUSSLER
5 of 10, 15 Nov 2025, R3 WAGNER CIVIL BENCHMARK 70 HANDICAP 1300m | AUD $22,500 | 58.5kg | J: G GERAN | T: COREY & KYLIE GERAN | MF-Moderate effort | 1:19.02 | Winner: THE LOUVRE
3 of 9, 20 Sep 2025, R1 RUGBY RACEDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 2025 BENCHMARK 62 HANDICAP 1200m | AUD $20,000 | 58.5kg | J: REECE O'CONNELL | T: COREY & KYLIE GERAN | OP-Battling effort. | 1:10.25 | Winner: ARAMINTA
3 of 7, 02 Oct 2025, R4 CRITERION HOTEL DALBY BENCHMARK 70 HANDICAP 1400m | AUD $20,000 | 57.0kg | J: REECE O'CONNELL | T: COREY & KYLIE GERAN | OP-Fair effort. | 1:22.64 | Winner: CONNEWARRE
6 of 7, 05 Sep 2025, R4 TAB CLASS 5 HANDICAP 1200m | AUD $20,000 | 63.5kg | J: G GERAN | T: COREY & KYLIE GERAN | Last-Never in the hunt | 1:09.07 | Winner: BLERIOT
6 of 8, 23 Aug 2025, R5 BROWN FAMILY WINE GROUP BENCHMARK 65 HANDICAP 1200m | AUD $22,500 | 61.5kg | J: K ZECHNER | T: COREY & KYLIE GERAN | MF-Got home fair | 1:13.17 | Winner: PROVANCE
4 of 6, 21 Jun 2025, R4 T&S METAL WORKS OPEN PLATE 1380m | AUD $10,000 | 56.0kg | J: MS K GATES | T: COREY & KYLIE GERAN | | 1:22.08 | Winner: HEAT



Horse Stat

Jockey
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
KARL ZECHNER 2 25% 1 12% 8 $35,420 19 99
KYLE WILSON-TAYLOR 1 25% 1 25% 4 $24,050 -13 43
JUSTIN HUXTABLE 1 25% 0 0% 4 $18,600 -1 72
JAMES ORMAN 1 50% 0 0% 2 $17,500 30 200
CEJAY GRAHAM 0 0% 0 0% 1 $760 -10 0
LESLIE TILLEY 0 0% 0 0% 1 $420 -10 0
LANDAN SYKES 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
JAKE MOLLOY 0 0% 0 0% 1 $750 -10 0
KELLY GATES 0 0% 0 0% 1 $500 -10 0
GARY GERAN 0 0% 0 0% 3 $1,585 -30 0
REECE O'CONNELL 0 0% 2 67% 3 $3,800 -30 0
OLIVIA WEBB 0 0% 1 100% 1 $2,150 -10 0
KAYLA BARKER 0 0% 0 0% 1 $350 -10 0

Course
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
SUNSHINE COAST 2 33% 2 33% 6 $44,450 17 95
TOOWOOMBA 2 25% 1 12% 8 $30,075 19 99
IPSWICH 1 33% 0 0% 3 $18,600 9 97
DALBY 0 0% 2 50% 4 $4,200 -40 0
DOOMBEN 0 0% 0 0% 4 $3,660 -40 0
KILCOY 0 0% 0 0% 1 $1,900 -10 0
BEAUDESERT 0 0% 0 0% 1 $1,900 -10 0
BUNDABERG 0 0% 0 0% 1 $500 -10 0
BIRDSVILLE 0 0% 0 0% 1 $250 -10 0
CHINCHILLA 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
DEEPWATER 0 0% 0 0% 1 $350 -10 0