Best Secret

Trained in France by S Wattel, Best Secret has raced just twice in total, winning once and finishing third in the other, giving a record of 1 win and 2 places from 2 races — a win rate of 50%, or one in every two outings. For context, most horses race far more often before they ever win anything. To have already won half of your career races, including a top-level British contest, at just three years old suggests a horse with genuine ability.

The only real question mark is time. Best Secret hasn't raced in roughly eight months, which is a long break for a young horse still building a career. Whether that absence was planned or enforced, the yard will be hoping the Goodwood form still holds when the horse returns to the track. Wattel's operation has sent out one winner in Britain this season, so this horse carries much of the expectation on its own. When Best Secret does reappear, it will be worth paying attention — a horse who can win a Class 2 race at Goodwood on debut doesn't come along every day.