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Horse profile

Hugh's Secret (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2017) · Last trainer Philip Kirby · Last owner Andrew Bradshaw
by Yeats (IRE) out of Walkyrie (FR) (Sleeping Car)
8 runs · 4 courses · from Dec 2015
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 Mar 2017 — 3,531 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2017 · 5th of 6 Last raced off OR 71
KTB Profile

Hugh's Secret (IRE) is yet to win from 8 starts. Last raced off a career-high mark of 71.

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 110 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Wetherby, 21 Feb 2017

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 3 figures · best 110B · median 80
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft280C59.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f280C59.5—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 84A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wetherby, 21 Feb 2017 Official rating 71 at the last run, 5 Mar 2017

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 6 figures · best 84A · median 74
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft476C70—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m484A77.5—
2m1f – 2m4f268C67—

Of 8 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 8 runs · as at 4 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,839 runs since Jul 2013 (707 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.2% from 820.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm500%−11.9—
Good to Firm2222812.6%+0.7—
Good3,44347613.8%+1.90 from 1
Good to Soft1,96421210.8%−1.10 from 1
Soft2,84130510.7%−1.20 from 5
Heavy1,16013611.7%−0.20 from 1
Standard (AW)204146.9%−5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f2813.6%−8.3—
1m – 1m1f8667%−4.9—
1m2f – 1m4f263269.9%−2—
1m5f – 2m2,44127411.2%−0.70 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f3,29435210.7%−1.20 from 3
2m5f – 3m2,90738713.3%+1.4—
Over 3m82012515.2%+3.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2013 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Walkyrie (FR) (Sleeping Car)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Walk On Son (IRE)130——
Nearly Home (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 4 4 0 0% −4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Catterick 4 0 0% −4.00
Sedgefield 2 0 0% −2.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 5 0 0% −5.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Nathan Moscrop 3 0 0% −3.00
Thomas Dowson 2 0 0% −2.00
Amie Waugh 1 0 0% −1.00
Paddy Aspell 1 0 0% −1.00
Callum Bewley 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 5 0 0% −5.00
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00
Hood + cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 3 0 0% −3.00
2016 3 0 0% −3.00
2015 2 0 0% −2.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2017 · 3 runs
05 Mar 17+5d Sedgefield Polonus Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m1f · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 10 9-9 7139C66C Thomas Dowson 7/1
28 Feb 17+7d Catterick racinguk.com Handicap Hurdle (Lady Amateur Riders) Class 5 · 2m3½f · Soft · 7 ran 5/7 16 9-11 6480C68C Amie Waugh 15/2
21 Feb 17+81d Wetherby Racing Uk Club Day Here Today Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Good To Soft · 13 ran 5/13 ½ 9-11 64110B84A Thomas Dowson 28/1
2016 · 3 runs
02 Dec 16+307d Sedgefield Wainwright Golden Beer Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m1f · Good · 12 ran PU/12 — 10-0 64—— Paddy Aspell 100/1
30 Jan 16+16d Uttoxeter Moorlands Racing Conditional Jockeys' Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 9 ran 7/9 46 10-7 ——79C Callum Bewley 150/1
14 Jan 16+17d Catterick Watch On 3 Devices Racinguk.com/anywhere Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 1m7½f · Soft · 13 ran 10/13 29 10-2 ——76C Nathan Moscrop 250/1
2015 · 2 runs
28 Dec 15+13d Catterick Watch On 3 Devices racinguk.com/anywhere Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) Class 4 · 1m7½f · Soft · 13 ran 11/13 53 10-2 ——72C Nathan Moscrop 250/1
15 Dec 15 Catterick Book Now For 28th December Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 1m7½f · Soft · 13 ran PU/13 — 10-7 ——— Nathan Moscrop 80/1

Quick answers

How many races has Hugh's Secret won?
Hugh's Secret (IRE) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2015 and 2017.
Who trained Hugh's Secret?
Hugh's Secret (IRE) was trained by Philip Kirby on the most recent run on record, at Sedgefield on 5 March 2017.
Who is Hugh's Secret's sire?
Hugh's Secret (IRE) is by Yeats (IRE) out of Walkyrie (FR), whose sire is Sleeping Car.
What is Hugh's Secret's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 71, from the run on 5 March 2017. That is also the highest on record.
What is Hugh's Secret's sire's record?
Yeats (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,839 runs since Jul 2013 (707 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.2% from 820.
Who are Hugh's Secret's siblings?
Out of Walkyrie (FR), Hugh's Secret (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from December 2015. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.