Secret Rock

The Kilbeggan win on 31 May 2026 was the fourth of its career, and the team at Cian Collins's yard in Navan will be hoping there's more to come. Collins has had a productive season — 20 winners sent out already — and Secret Rock looks like one of the horses he's keeping ticking over with purpose. The horse first got off the mark at Wexford back in March 2023, and has shown since then that it knows how to win rather than just fill out a field.

Where Secret Rock really becomes interesting is on slightly soft ground — wet but not heavy, the kind of surface that puts some horses off but clearly suits this one down to the ground. It has won 2 of its 3 races in those conditions, meaning it wins 2 in every 3 times the ground is in its favour. That is a genuinely impressive ratio and tells you that when the forecast is damp, Secret Rock is well worth keeping an eye on. Similarly, over distances of a mile and six furlongs to two miles — the longer end of the spectrum — it has won 3 from 11, or roughly 1 in every 4, which is its clearest comfort zone.

Recent form shows a win second time out from the last six runs, sandwiched between some tougher days, but a horse that raced yesterday and won seven weeks ago is in a very different place from one that's been absent or struggling. Ben Coen, who rides it most regularly, has won 1 from 6 together — about 1 in every 6 — which suggests they're still working out the best of each other. Give Secret Rock soft ground, the right trip, and a bit of patience, and it's the kind of horse a knowledgeable friend would quietly nudge you towards.