Horse profile
Open Secret (GB)
23 runs · 20 courses · from Dec 2023
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Naas & Redcar
Last run 28 Sep 2026 · 8th of 14
Last raced off OR 76
KTB Profile
Open Secret is 2 from 23 with both wins on turf. He won a Class 4 handicap at Redcar over 1m5f – 2m on soft in Oct 2024 off an official rating of 72 and a maiden hurdle at Naas over 2m1f – 2m4f on heavy in Dec 2025. Each win came on a first visit to the course. Ridden prominently in four of seven analysed runs, he finished 8 of 14 at Down Royal in Sep 2026 off an official rating of 76, 57lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 23 archived runs · run-style from 15 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
All wins on turf
OR ↓ 57lb off peak
- 2–23Wins / Runs
- 8.7%Strike rate
- 6 (26.1%)Placed
- −9.00£1 level staken=23 at SP
- 0.49Fair A/E n=23 · 0.42 incl. margin
- 133Highest OR
- 46dAvg 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 rating76↓ 57lb off peak
76
72–133
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 141
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 101B | 92 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 101A | 69 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 78B | 77 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 85A | 73 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 101A | 80.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 101B | 88 | 1 run · — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 141A | 95.5 | 3 runs · 141 / 88 |
| Heavy | 2 | 133B | 98.5 | 2 runs · 133 / 98.5 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 141A | 88 | 5 runs · 141 / 88 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 103B | 83.5 | 1 run · — |
Of 23 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 23 runs · as at 6 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 15 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Prominent 11 (73%) · 2 wins
- Held up 2 (13%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (7%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (7%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 1,794 runs since Jan 2008 (233 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 16.3% from 104. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.2% from 265.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 230 | 26 | 11.3% | −0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 415 | 48 | 11.6% | 0 | 0 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 216 | 32 | 14.8% | +3.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 252 | 28 | 11.1% | −0.5 | 1 from 7 |
| Heavy | 104 | 17 | 16.3% | +4.7 | 1 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 577 | 57 | 9.9% | −1.7 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 47 | 6 | 12.8% | +1.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 380 | 33 | 8.7% | −2.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 430 | 41 | 9.5% | −2.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 611 | 73 | 11.9% | +0.3 | 0 from 8 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 265 | 43 | 16.2% | +4.6 | 1 from 7 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 54 | 9 | 16.7% | +5.1 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | +31.3 | 0 from 2 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Byzantine (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Byzantine (IRE)).
Family form: Byzantine (IRE) finished 2nd of 7 at Newmarket, 22 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byzantine (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 7f | Class 3 |
| Lone Fighter (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Mister Mcgregor (IRE) | 30 | 0 | — | — |
| Ayre's Hawk (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 7 | 1 | 14% | +1.00 |
| Good | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +2.00 |
| Class 5 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Beverley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Goodwood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Down Royal (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 1 | 14% | +1.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Fanning | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jordan Gainford | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jack Kennedy | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.00 |
| Franny Norton | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Connor Beasley | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.00 |
| Nina Doherty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Smith | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Declan McDonogh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nathan Crosse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Archie Young | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Hart | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 10 | 1 | 10% | −4.00 |
| None | 10 | 1 | 10% | −2.00 |
| Visor | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 8% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 16 | 1 | 6% | −8.00 |
| Hurdle | 7 | 1 | 14% | −1.00 |
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 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Sep 26+176d | Down Royal (IRE) | Molson Coors Beverage Handicap Sat close to the front group early - settled midfield by halfway - dropped away 3f from home - well held at the finish | 8/14 | 4¾ | 9-1 | 76 | 84C | 62A | Nina Doherty | 16/1 |
| 05 Apr 26+23d | Cork | BAR 1 Betting Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack early - lost ground towards the back before 6 out - shaken up to make headway wide of rivals after 4 out - found nothing more from 3 out and finished well held | 12/19 | 6½ | 11-6 | 129 | 88B | 119A | Jordan Gainford | 16/1 |
| 13 Mar 26+22d | Cheltenham | Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Tracked front group early - dropped away after two out then drifted left and squeezed for room at the last - weakened close home to finish 14th | 14/24 | 2¼ | 11-4 | 133 | 71B | 123A | James Smith | 16/1 |
| 19 Feb 26+26d | Thurles | BOYLE Sports Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle (Grade 3) Sat close up early - third at halfway - asked for effort before two out - moved through on the outside to hit the front approaching the last - overtaken inside the final furlong and stayed on same gallop for second | 2/4 | ¾ | 11-0 | 128 | 64C | 128B | Jordan Gainford | 2/1 |
| 24 Jan 26+40d | Cheltenham | AIS Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered As The Classic Novices' Hurdle) (GBB Race) Driven to keep tabs early towards the back - made progress after the second-last - driven hard nearing the final flight but couldn't quicken - held on for fourth | 4/7 | 1¼ | 11-5 | 124 | 141A | 139B | Jack Kennedy | 14/1 |
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 15 Dec 25+50d | Naas | BAR 1 Betting Merry Christmas Maiden Hurdle Sat close to the pace - moved through to hit the front two out - shaken up to open a gap approaching the last stages - kept finding more to the line and won comfortably | 1/20 | 11-7 | — | 133B | 134A | Jack Kennedy | 5/1 | |
| 26 Oct 25+36d | Wexford | William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Maiden Hurdle Handy behind front group early - small error 5th and up to 4th by halfway - moved through to press pair 2 out - driven approaching last then stumbled after it - battled on same speed but couldn't get on terms with winner - finished second | 2/12 | 1¾ | 11-7 | — | 54A | 136A | Jordan Gainford | 2/1F |
| 20 Sep 25+52d | Navan | Meath Farm Machinery Maiden Hurdle Sat close to the front group early - pushed along in 6th two out before moving into 4th at the last - held no more under pressure inside the final furlong to finish 4th | 4/14 | nk | 11-9 | — | 103B | 116A | Jack Kennedy | 4/1 |
| 30 Jul 25+31d | Galway | Tote, Never Beaten By SP Handicap Sat close to the front pack early - 3rd at halfway then pressed for effort into the straight and down to 5th with a furlong left - unable to find extra and finished one-paced for 6th | 6/18 | 1¾ | 9-12 | 78 | — | 84A | Declan McDonogh | 11/1 |
| 29 Jun 25+261d | Curragh | Dubai Duty Free Irish European Breeders Fund Stayers Handicap Held up towards the back - pushed along and edged closer over 2f out - stayed on same tempo from the final furlong - finished 7th beaten 5 lengths | 7/25 | 1¼ | 8-7 | 78 | 98C | 78A | Nathan Crosse | 80/1 |
| 2024 · 12 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Oct 24+6d | Kempton (AW) | Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Handy early - pushed along but found nothing inside final 2f - dropped away final furlong - finished 7th | 7/7 | 1 | 9-13 | 72 | 60A | 66A | Jack Mitchell | 8/11F |
| 05 Oct 24+25d | Redcar | Market Cross Jewellers Handicap Sat just behind the front group early - moved through to hit the front approaching 2f out - pushed along a furlong later then powered clear inside the closing stages to score | 1/9 | 9-2 | 72 | 61A | 83A | Connor Beasley | 7/1 | |
| 10 Sep 24+16d | Lingfield (AW) | Steve Watts 20YRS At Lingfield Park Handicap Handy on the wide side early - roused to hit the front two out then drifted right approaching the final furlong - overtaken and slipped to third inside the last 110 yards | 3/5 | nk | 9-11 | 72 | 78C | 80B | Oisin Murphy | 11/10F |
| 25 Aug 24+17d | Beverley | Beverley Lions Handicap Tracked the pace from the outer - closed on the front-runner from 3f out - pushed along and drifted right approaching the final furlong and a half - weakened close home to finish fourth | 4/7 | 2 | 9-6 | 74 | 78B | 69A | Joe Fanning | 7/2 |
| 08 Aug 24+8d | Brighton | Star Construction & Maintenance Brighton Challenge Cup Handicap Went straight to front - driven to stay there before losing command 3f out - dropped away quickly after - finished seventh | 7/8 | 4 | 9-4 | 76 | 77C | 54C | Franny Norton | 13/8F |
| 31 Jul 24+12d | Goodwood | Coral Daily Rewards Shaker Handicap | 4/10 | ¾ | 8-7 | 76 | 69A | 76A | Joe Fanning | 33/1 |
| 19 Jul 24+20d | Newbury | Watch Weekend Winners With BetVictor Handicap | 7/7 | nse | 8-13 | 78 | 83A | 67A | Franny Norton | 15/2 |
| 29 Jun 24+8d | Chester | Whispering Angel Handicap | 2/7 | 9½ | 9-0 | 78 | 83A | 72A | Franny Norton | 10/3 |
| 21 Jun 24+20d | Goodwood | William Hill Epic Boost Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/9 | 2½ | 8-7 | 78 | 101B | 65A | Archie Young | 6/5F |
| 01 Jun 24+37d | Doncaster | Signet Industrial 25th Year Anniversary Handicap | 4/8 | 4 | 8-7 | 79 | 92A | 70A | Connor Beasley | 12/1 |
| 25 Apr 24+24d | Beverley | Still Alive At 75 Kathie Emery Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/6 | 3¾ | 9-4 | — | 85A | 69B | Joe Fanning | 5/2 |
| 01 Apr 24+107d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Tips For Every Race At raceday-ready.com Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/7 | 1 | 8-2 | — | 101A | 77A | Joe Fanning | 11/4 |
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 16 Dec 23 | Newcastle (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/6 | 1½ | 9-7 | — | 55A | 77B | Jason Hart | 10/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Open Secret won?
- Open Secret (GB) won 2 of 23 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 8.7%. Placed 6 times in total (26.1% of starts).
- Who trains Open Secret?
- Open Secret (GB) is trained by Gordon Elliott, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 28 September 2026.
- Who is Open Secret's sire?
- Open Secret (GB) is by Cracksman (GB) out of Pulcinella (IRE), whose sire is Dubawi.
- What going does Open Secret prefer?
- Open Secret (GB) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Open Secret's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 76, from the run on 28 September 2026. The highest on record is 133.
- What is Open Secret's sire's record?
- Cracksman (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 1,794 runs since Jan 2008 (233 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 16.3% from 104. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.2% from 265.
- Who are Open Secret's siblings?
- Out of Pulcinella (IRE), Open Secret (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Byzantine (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Byzantine (IRE)). The wins came over 7f. As at Oct 2026.