Secret Testimony

That one win came at Newcastle in November 2025, and it remains the single moment Secret Testimony has hit the front. It was also the partnership's best result with Zak Wheatley, who rides this horse more than anyone else and has been on board for 7 of the 9 races together. Wheatley has managed 1 win from those 7 outings — roughly 1 in 7 — which mirrors the horse's own rate of finding the winner's enclosure. When it clicked at Newcastle, it clicked properly, but replicating it has so far proved elusive.

Behind the scenes, Secret Testimony is trained by Declan Carroll at Malton in North Yorkshire. Carroll's yard has sent out 24 winners this season, which suggests a training operation that knows how to get horses ready to perform. The fact that Secret Testimony hasn't added to its tally in the eight months since that Newcastle win will be a source of frustration, but the horse raced just yesterday, meaning Carroll is clearly still searching for the right opportunity to unlock another big day.

At 3 years old, there is still time for things to fall into place. Some horses take longer than others to work out what racing is actually about, and the erratic form — jumping from a win straight into two finishes in the bottom half of the field — suggests Secret Testimony may need everything to line up just right. When it does, as Newcastle showed, this horse can deliver.