Roman Secret

The five-year-old is trained by Kevin Frost at Averham Park in Nottinghamshire, a yard that has sent out 23 winners already this season, so there is clearly no shortage of ability in the operation. Roman Secret tends to race at Class 5, which is the bread-and-butter level of British racing rather than the glamour end, and has won 1 from 10 races at that level — roughly 1 in every 10 efforts. Modest on paper, but the overall numbers are softened considerably by what happens when this horse goes to Wolverhampton.

The two wins also share something else in common: both came on normal ground, over a distance of around a mile and a furlong to a mile and two furlongs. In those specific conditions, Roman Secret has won 2 from 6 races — 1 in every 3 — which is a genuinely strong record, the kind a trainer notices and plans around. It tells you this horse is not just getting lucky; it has clear preferences, and when those boxes are ticked, it delivers.

What makes the story particularly fresh is that Roman Secret raced just yesterday and won — its second career victory coming at Wolverhampton on 17 April 2026, the same track where it all started back in November 2023. Regular jockey Alec Voikhansky had not managed to win together with this horse in six previous attempts, so whoever was in the saddle this week will have made that a memorable ride. Roman Secret may never trouble the top races, but as a horse that knows exactly where it wants to be and what it wants to do, it is hard not to warm to.