Leave In Secret
Leave In Secret is a 7-year-old with a modest record of 2 wins and 9 places from 19 races—wins roughly once in every 9 races, which puts this horse firmly in the middle ranks. The wins came in quick succession last year: first at Ballinrobe in August 2025, then at Galway a month later in September. Since that second victory, though, eleven months have passed without a winner's enclosure visit, which is a telling drought for a horse that hasn't shown the consistency needed to bounce back consistently.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Oneill Kinsella Partnership
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Recent form tells the story of a horse struggling to find the form it had last season. In the last six races, Leave In Secret has been placed twice—fourth and fourth—but has also finished further back with consecutive sevenths and a sixth. That fourth-place finish most recently, just a day ago, at least suggests the horse is still racing and still occasionally competitive, but the pattern is one of familiar disappointment. Under regular jockey Darragh O'Keeffe, the pair have managed 1 win from 6 rides together—a 17% win rate that is better than the overall record but still modest given the small sample. Thomas Gibney's Trim yard, which has sent out 5 winners this season, has kept Leave In Secret in work and in races, but eleven months without a win is a long time for any horse to carry, especially one at this level of ability. The signs point to a horse still searching for that spark that produced two wins within a month, but not yet finding it.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good_to_yielding ground: 1 wins from 6 starts (17%)
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to yielding (mild give)
Loves
Good (a little give)
Likes
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Right-handed, tight
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
8 Oct
6th
Tramore
1m6f – 2m · Yielding · 7 runners
8 Aug
2nd
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 9 runners
28 Jul
3rd
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 23 runners
30 Jun
4th
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
13 Jun
7th
Downpatrick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 14 runners
14 Dec
7th
Navan
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy · 12 runners
13 Nov
6th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 9 runners
26 Oct
4th
Wexford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 15 runners
3 Oct
3rd
Gowran Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 18 runners
8 Sep
🏆 Won
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 23 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
James Smith Current jockey
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Galway Tight |
5 |
1 win, 2 thirds, 2 other |
28 Jul |
20% |
| Wexford Sharp |
3 |
1 second, 2 other |
8 Aug |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
13 Nov |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
11 Aug |
100% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
3 Oct |
0% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
1 |
1 other |
23 Aug |
0% |
| Sligo Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
11 Jun |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
3 Jul |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
27 Aug |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
3 Oct |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
5 Jul |
0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
8 Oct |
0% |
| Downpatrick Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
13 Jun |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
14 Dec |
0% |