Horse profile
Evans Secret (GB)
by Nathaniel (IRE) out of Woodland Aria (GB) (Singspiel)
21 runs · 8 courses · from May 2022
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Sligo
Last run 12 Jul 2026
Last raced off OR 100
KTB Profile
Evans Secret is a gelding with one win from 21 starts on turf. The win came at Sligo over 3m on good ground in Jul 2025 off an official rating of 92. He has raced nine times at Sligo for that sole success. Last ran at Sligo in Jul 2026 off a career-high mark of 100.
Based on 21 archived runs · run-style from 9 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
Wins on good or faster
OR at career high
- 1–21Wins / Runs
- 4.8%Strike rate
- 6 (28.6%)Placed
- −15.50£1 level staken=21 at SP
- 0.59Fair A/E n=21 · 0.47 incl. margin
- 100Highest OR
- 76dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating100At career-high mark
100
63–100
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 112
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 112A | 98.5 | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 3 | 81B | 70 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 95C | 75.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 102B | 81 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 112A | 110.5 | 1 run · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 89C | 72 | — |
| Good | 2 | 100A | 90 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 69A | 66.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 72A | 69 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 100A | 89 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 21 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 21 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style from 9 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 6 (67%) · 1 win
- Prominent 2 (22%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (11%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 7,072 runs since Jan 2008 (635 horses).
Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.5% from 325.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 21 | 4 | 19% | +7.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 784 | 102 | 13% | +1.3 | — |
| Good | 1,867 | 232 | 12.4% | +0.7 | 1 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 1,004 | 114 | 11.4% | −0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 1,229 | 141 | 11.5% | −0.2 | 0 from 7 |
| Heavy | 405 | 47 | 11.6% | −0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,760 | 184 | 10.5% | −1.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 325 | 21 | 6.5% | −5.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 878 | 78 | 8.9% | −2.8 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,498 | 333 | 13.3% | +1.6 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,139 | 252 | 11.8% | +0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 821 | 91 | 11.1% | −0.6 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 338 | 32 | 9.5% | −2.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Over 3m | 69 | 17 | 24.6% | +12.9 | 1 from 3 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Woodland Aria (GB) (Singspiel)
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Spanish Aria (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Spanish Aria (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Aria (GB) | 11 | 1 | 1m | Class 3 |
| Blue Aria (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Flagstaff Gardens (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 1 | 10% | −4.50 |
| Soft | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sligo | 9 | 1 | 11% | −3.50 |
| Ballinrobe | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Galway | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Over 3m | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Enright | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.50 |
| Philip Byrnes | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Siobhan Rutledge | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Bird | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Keithen Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Hassett | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J J Slevin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr B Barry | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor Stone-Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gavin Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gary Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 15 | 1 | 7% | −9.50 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 13 | 1 | 8% | −7.50 |
| Flat | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Jul 26+61d | Sligo | Sligo Park Hotel Handicap Hurdle held towards the back for most of the way - driven along without finding more 4 out and began to fade - pulled up before the last | PU/15 | — | 11-2 | 100 | — | — | Darragh O'Keeffe | 5/1 |
| 12 May 26+303d | Sligo | Solar Generation Handicap Hurdle Settled towards the back of the pack - still 9th at halfway - hampered when hooked up towards the front pair 3 out - into 3rd on the approach to the straight - asked for effort entering the straight - moved up into 2nd early in the run-in - came under pressure 150 yards out and edged narrowly held at the line | 2/12 | nk | 11-0 | 98 | 112A | 127A | Phillip Enright | 11/1 |
| 2025 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 13 Jul 25+47d | Sligo | Sligo Park Hotel Handicap Hurdle Settled towards the back of the pack - hit the 4th - 9th at the midway point - travelling wide of rivals - burst clear approaching the final fence - driven out after it to stay on strongly | 1/11 | 10-8 | 92 | 109A | 111A | Phillip Enright | 9/2 | |
| 27 May 25+14d | Ballinrobe | FBD Handicap Hurdle Settled towards the rear of the pack early - pushed along two out - unable to make further headway - well beaten in 10th | 10/13 | 2 | 10-9 | 93 | 80B | 93A | Phillip Enright | 4/1F |
| 13 May 25+32d | Sligo | Johnston Farm Equipment Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Settled just behind the pace - back in 7th at halfway - urged into 5th turning for home - stayed on well to snatch 3rd near the line | 3/15 | 1¼ | 11-8 | 93 | — | 118A | Phillip Enright | 7/1 |
| 11 Apr 25+213d | Ballinrobe | Sherry Fitzgerald Mayo Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Held up towards the back - improving into 10th two out - pressed for effort soon after - up to 4th by the last but unable to find more on the run-in | 6/15 | 2½ | 11-7 | 93 | 81B | 109A | Phillip Enright | 10/1 |
| 2024 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 10 Sep 24+6d | Galway | Galway Apprentice Handicap (47-70) Held up towards the back for most of the way - pressed for effort but made no headway 2f out - well held at the finish | 14/15 | 3 | 9-2 | 63 | 69C | 49A | Sean Bird | 25/1 |
| 04 Sep 24+28d | Kilbeggan | Racing Again On Friday Handicap Hurdle (80-95) Sat close to the pace early - pushed along into 4th before two out and still there at the last - unable to close on the front pair late finished 5th | 5/14 | ½ | 11-12 | 93 | 81B | 111A | Phillip Enright | 6/1 |
| 07 Aug 24+30d | Sligo | Rockshore Cider Handicap (47-65) Settled in the pack - 8th at halfway - driven with 3f left but unable to close and finished without a response | 11/14 | nk | 9-9 | 65 | 89C | 65A | Keithen Kennedy | 13/2C |
| 08 Jul 24+41d | Roscommon | Roscommon Herald Handicap Hurdle (80-95) | 3/16 | ¾ | 11-7 | 91 | 102B | 122A | Philip Byrnes | 7/2F |
| 28 May 24+13d | Ballinrobe | FBD Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) | 2/16 | 1 | 11-7 | 88 | — | 116A | Phillip Enright | 9/2 |
| 15 May 24+19d | Sligo | countysligoraces.com Maiden | 3/8 | 3 | 10-0 | 65 | 100A | 67A | Wayne Hassett | 8/1 |
| 26 Apr 24+153d | Downpatrick | Grant Bros Developments Handicap Hurdle (80-95) | 5/15 | 3½ | 11-4 | 88 | 95C | 97A | Philip Byrnes | 14/1 |
| 2023 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 25 Nov 23+29d | Punchestown | CourtClinic.ie Chartered Physiotherapists Supporting Kilmacud Crokes GAA Maiden Hurdle | 14/19 | 1¼ | 11-7 | — | 70C | 101C | J J Slevin | 100/1 |
| 27 Oct 23+28d | Sligo | John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Maiden Hurdle | 7/13 | 1¼ | 11-0 | — | 29B | 104A | Mr B Barry | 33/1 |
| 29 Sep 23+17d | Gowran Park | Xenon Security Maiden Hurdle | 7/20 | 12 | 11-7 | — | 61C | 103C | Phillip Enright | 28/1 |
| 12 Sep 23+40d | Galway | Galway Apprentice Handicap (47-70) | 6/9 | shd | 9-12 | 67 | 72A | 71A | Conor Stone-Walsh | 4/1 |
| 03 Aug 23+79d | Galway | Guinness 0.0 Handicap (50-70) | 5/18 | 4 | 10-0 | 68 | — | 79A | Gavin Ryan | 40/1 |
| 16 May 23+330d | Sligo | countysligoraces.com Maiden | 6/11 | ½ | 10-7 | — | 64A | 73A | Gary Carroll | 40/1 |
| 2022 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Jun 22+34d | Ballinrobe | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 4/9 | 2¾ | 9-3 | — | 80A | 64A | Siobhan Rutledge | 28/1 |
| 17 May 22 | Sligo | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden | 8/11 | ½ | 9-3 | — | 69A | 59A | Siobhan Rutledge | 25/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Evans Secret won?
- Evans Secret (GB) won 1 of 21 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 4.8%. Placed 6 times in total (28.6% of starts).
- Who trains Evans Secret?
- Evans Secret (GB) is trained by Mark Michael McNiff, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 12 July 2026.
- Who is Evans Secret's sire?
- Evans Secret (GB) is by Nathaniel (IRE) out of Woodland Aria (GB), whose sire is Singspiel.
- What going does Evans Secret prefer?
- Evans Secret (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 10 starts (10%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Evans Secret's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 100, from the run on 12 July 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Evans Secret's sire's record?
- Nathaniel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 7,072 runs since Jan 2008 (635 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.5% from 325.
- Who are Evans Secret's siblings?
- Out of Woodland Aria (GB), Evans Secret (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Spanish Aria (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Spanish Aria (GB)). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.