Secret Sonata (GB)
Secret Sonata is 1 from 5 with three places, the win coming at Class 5 level over 6f-7f on good ground at Catterick in Oct 2025. All five runs have been over 6f-7f. She won last time out at Catterick off an official rating of 69. By Showcasing out of a Lawman mare, she has raced on turf four times and once on the all-weather.
- 1–5Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 3 (60%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 0.89Fair A/E n=5 · 0.79 incl. margin
- 70Highest OR
- 24dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 106
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 96B | 91 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 106A | 91 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 5 analysed runs since Jul 2025
- Led 3 (60%) · 1 win
- Prominent 2 (40%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 11,633 runs since Apr 2014 (998 horses).
Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 109.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 92 | 10 | 10.9% | +0.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,912 | 187 | 9.8% | −0.4 | — |
| Good | 2,277 | 232 | 10.2% | 0 | 1 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 1,141 | 116 | 10.2% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,272 | 133 | 10.5% | +0.3 | — |
| Heavy | 329 | 29 | 8.8% | −1.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4,610 | 475 | 10.3% | +0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,287 | 271 | 11.8% | +1.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 5,917 | 634 | 10.7% | +0.5 | 1 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,176 | 189 | 8.7% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 893 | 60 | 6.7% | −3.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 219 | 15 | 6.8% | −3.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 109 | 6 | 5.5% | −4.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 24 | 4 | 16.7% | +6.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 8 | 3 | 37.5% | +27.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2014 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Dartington (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 7f–2m; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Secret Satire (GB)).
Family form: Haldon Fire (GB) finished 2nd of 10 at Southwell (AW), 24 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dartington (IRE) | 23 | 5 | 1m–2m | Class 5 |
| Secret Shadow (IRE) | 18 | 4 | 1m3½f–1m6f | Class 3 |
| Secret Satire (GB) | 7 | 2 | 1m–1m2½f | Group 3 |
| Secret Solace (GB) | 7 | 1 | 7f | Class 4 |
| Haldon Fire (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catterick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Oct 25+26d | Catterick | Every Race Live On Racing TV Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Went straight to front - shaken up with a furlong left holding a big advantage - always in command late on | 1/9 | 9-1 | 69 | 82A | 96A | Callum Hutchinson | 2/1J | |
| 22 Sep 25+18d | Leicester | Fantastic Fireworks Fillies' Handicap Drifted right early and pulled hard - tracked the front group - pushed along and faded from 2f out to finish 5th | 5/6 | 2¼ | 9-11 | 70 | 83A | 69B | Callum Hutchinson | 10/3 |
| 04 Sep 25+31d | Southwell (AW) | At The Races App Expert Tips Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) Set the pace early - pushed along past the furlong marker before being overtaken close home - unable to find more finished third | 3/9 | 2¼ | 9-2 | — | 106A | 87A | Callum Hutchinson | 7/1 |
| 04 Aug 25+20d | Carlisle | Oddschecker Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Went straight to the front - pushed along a furlong out then overtaken close home - held on gamely for second | 2/6 | ½ | 9-2 | — | 96B | 84B | Callum Hutchinson | 5/2F |
| 15 Jul 25 | Nottingham | PricedUp EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) Drifted left at the off - settled behind the pace showing signs of inexperience early - improved position but drifted left approaching the furlong marker - lost momentum quickly to finish third | 3/3 | 3¼ | 9-2 | — | 91C | 61C | Callum Hutchinson | 5/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Secret Sonata won?
- Secret Sonata (GB) won 1 of 5 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 3 times in total (60% of starts).
- Who trained Secret Sonata?
- Secret Sonata (GB) was trained by Andrew Balding on the most recent run on record, at Catterick on 18 October 2025.
- Who is Secret Sonata's sire?
- Secret Sonata (GB) is by Showcasing (GB) out of Secret Pursuit (IRE), whose sire is Lawman.
- What going does Secret Sonata prefer?
- Secret Sonata (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Secret Sonata's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 69, from the run on 18 October 2025. The highest on record is 70.
- What is Secret Sonata's sire's record?
- Showcasing (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 11,633 runs since Apr 2014 (998 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 109.
- Who are Secret Sonata's siblings?
- Out of Secret Pursuit (IRE), Secret Sonata (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Dartington (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Secret Satire (GB)). The wins came over 7f–2m. As at Nov 2026.