never so bold was initially based at the brook stud at newmarket, later moving to the cheveley park stud and then the britton house stud in somerset before arriving at the wood farm stud in shropshire in 1995. he was not a successful sire, the best of his offspring being the diomed stakes winner eton lad and the wokingham stakes winner venture capitalist. he was, however, the damsire of presvis, a gelding who earned prize money of more than £4 million, winning races including the queen elizabeth ii cup and the dubai duty free stakes. never so bold died of heart failure at wood farm on 8 february 2000.