Open Secret

Trained by Gordon Elliott out of Longwood in County Meath, Open Secret is in one of the most powerful yards in the game right now. Elliott's team have sent out 209 winners this season alone — a number that reflects an operation firing on all cylinders. When a horse with Open Secret's profile lands in a yard like that, it tends to get every opportunity to find its level and fulfil its potential.

That level appears to be Class 4 company, where Open Secret has won 1 from 6 races — roughly 1 in every 6 attempts at that grade, or about 17%. That might not sound dramatic, but it tells you the horse is competitive at a consistent level without quite dominating it. The first career win came at Redcar in October 2024, and the most recent at Naas in December 2025 — four months ago now, though the horse remains active.

The recent form is what makes Open Secret particularly interesting to follow right now. Reading the last six runs from most recent backwards — 12, 14, 2, 4, 1, 2 — you can see a horse that won, then ran second, then had a couple of quieter efforts, and has since drifted back towards the tail of the field. Those finishing positions of 12 and 14 in the last two outings are a noticeable dip from what came before, and the key question now is whether that represents a temporary blip or a horse that has gone off the boil. Given Elliott's record of placing horses shrewdly, it would be no surprise to see Open Secret bounced back into a race that suits and return to the kind of form that produced back-to-back top-two finishes not long ago.