Have Secret

The most striking thing about its recent form is the timing. Two wins from its last six races is a sharp uptick for a horse sitting on a 13% career win rate, and its last victory came at Pontefract just four weeks ago. It raced again only yesterday, which tells you this is a horse being kept very busy right now — the Fahey yard at Musley Bank clearly has it in a good spell and is making the most of it. Richard and Peter Fahey have sent out 9 winners already this season, so this is a yard that knows when a horse is ready to fire.

The ground matters a lot to Have Secret. On normal conditions, it has won 4 times from 12 races — that is a 33% win rate, which is genuinely impressive. One in three is the kind of number that gets trainers excited. Put it on wet or dry ground, though, and that sharpness fades. It is essentially a fair-weather performer in the most literal sense.

The one number that raises an eyebrow is its record at Class 2 level — that is one of the top tiers of racing in Britain — where it has run 18 times without winning. Not once. That is a horse that competes consistently at a high level but has not quite been able to break through when the quality around it is at its sharpest. The fact it keeps getting entered in those races, though, says the team believes it belongs there.

Oisin Orr is the jockey most associated with Have Secret, though their partnership has only produced 1 win from 12 races together — about 1 in 12, which is modest. The horse's first career win came at Haydock Park back in August 2022, and it has been a steady, reliable competitor ever since. Not a superstar, but a horse that turns up, tries hard, and every so often reminds everyone exactly what it is capable of.