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. he won the six furlong rosslyn stakes at ascot racecourse in july and finished third in both the richmond stakes and dewhurst stakes. in the free handicap, a rating of the year's best british juveniles, never say die was allotted a weight of 115 pounds, eighteen pounds below the top-rated the pie king.