 Never Say Die's dam, Singing Grass won seven unimportant races in England.Clark sent the colt to England as a yearling to be trained by Joseph Lawson, who had already won nine Classics Clark's other British trainer, Harry Peacock had been given first choice of the owner's yearlings but had rejected Never Say Die because of his low opinion of Nasrullah's stock.In six races as a two-year-old, Never Say Die showed some good form but appeared to be somewhat below the best of his generation.