Best Kept Secret (IRE)
Owner: John P McManus Trainer: J P O'Brien Sex: gelding Age: 4
Breeding: Duke Of Marmalade / Rawabi (Sadler's Wells)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | |||
| Good ((Watering)) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Watering) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Firm in places, Watering) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Firm (Watering) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Standard | 8 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Totals | 23 | 1 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Jul 2016 | Cork | Good ((Watering)) | 2m | 0 | Chadic | 11st 6lbs | PulledUp of 27 | J S McGarvey | 7/1 |
| prominent, pushed along from 4th, no danger from 4 out, soon pulled up | |||||||||
| 16 Jun 2016 | Leopardstown | Soft (Yielding in places) | 1m 5f | 0 | Lagostovegas | 8st 11lbs | 6 of 14 | Anastasia O'Brien | 11/1 |
| mid-division, 8th 4f out, ridden in 7th over 2f out, soon no impression | |||||||||
| 06 Feb 2016 | Leopardstown | Soft | 2m | 1 | Footpad | 11st | PulledUp of 8 | M P Walsh | 100/0 |
| soon towards rear, last and not fluent 4th, soon detached, behind and pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 16 Jan 2016 | Naas | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 0 | Lagostovegas | 11st 7lbs | 5 of 16 | B J Geraghty | 5/0 |
| chased leaders, slightly slow 4th and pushed along briefly, slight mistake 5th, pushed along in moderate 3rd approaching straight, moderate 4th before 2 out where slight mistake, no extra | |||||||||
| 31 Dec 2015 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m | 1 | Jazz Ranger | 11st | 2 of 10 | M P Fogarty | 25/0 |
| tracked leaders, went 2nd 3 out, improved to dispute lead on inner 2 out, led and ridden entering straight, joined at last, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace close home | |||||||||
| 11 Nov 2015 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 2f 150y | 0 | Solar Benny | 8st 13lbs | 8 of 14 | Anastasia O'Brien | 7/0 |
| towards rear, pushed along and headway approaching straight, soon raced on outer, no impression from under 2f out, one pace | |||||||||
| 30 Oct 2015 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 2f 150y | 0 | Daliyan | 8st 9lbs | 5 of 17 | P B Beggy | 9/0 |
| mid-division, ridden from 2f out, no impression from 1f out and kept on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 16 Oct 2015 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 2f 150y | 0 | Honor Oak | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 17 | D O'Brien | 5/0 |
| mid-division, 11th halfway, progress under 2f out and 3rd 1f out, no chance with easy winner inside final furlong, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 02 Oct 2015 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Whatever It Takes | 9st 1lbs | 7 of 13 | Anastasia O'Brien | 15/0 |
| mid-division on inner, ridden entering straight, soon no impression, never a factor | |||||||||
| 21 Sep 2015 | Navan | Yielding | 1m 2f | 0 | The Nutcracker | 9st 2lbs | 9 of 21 | Anastasia O'Brien | 8/0 |
| mid-division, soon 10th, progress on inner straight, no impression over 1f out | |||||||||
| 20 Aug 2015 | Killarney | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 100y | 0 | Maknificent | 9st 2lbs | 5 of 18 | D O'Brien | 8/1 |
| mid-division, 9th halfway, ridden when slightly hampered 2 1/2f out, under pressure in 7th 2f out, kept on final furlong | |||||||||
| 31 Jul 2015 | Galway | Good to Yielding | 1m 73y | 0 | Tudor City | 9st 5lbs | 6 of 18 | Joseph O'Brien | 12/1 |
| rear of mid-division, progress outer approaching straight, under pressure in 7th 1f out, no impression inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 14 Jul 2015 | Killarney | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 3f | 0 | Lagostovegas | 9st 5lbs | 8 of 15 | Anastasia O'Brien | 8/1 |
| soon mid-division, 9th early, kept on same pace from over 2f out | |||||||||
| 30 Jun 2015 | Gowran Park | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 1f 100y | 0 | Brokopondo | 9st 12lbs | 4 of 14 | Anastasia O'Brien | 9/2 |
| prominent, soon moderate 2nd, no impression in 4th 1f out, one pace | |||||||||
| 23 Jun 2015 | Ballinrobe | Good (Watering) | 1m 1f 110y | 0 | Best Kept Secret | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 16 | Anastasia O'Brien | 8/1 |
| chased leaders, improved into 2nd under 3f out, soon ridden, led over 1f out, edged left briefly 1f out, stayed on well under pressure final furlong, all out close home | |||||||||
| 13 Jun 2015 | Navan | Good to Firm (Watering) | 1m | 0 | Caution | 8st 13lbs | 7 of 15 | Anastasia O'Brien | 8/1 |
| mid-division, 5th and ridden 2f out, no impression in 8th 1f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 11 Jun 2015 | Leopardstown | Good to Firm (Firm in places, Watering) | 1m 2f 100y | 0 | Uno Voce | 9st | 8 of 16 | Anastasia O'Brien | 7/1 |
| tracked leader, 2nd halfway, pushed along entering straight and 4th 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 30 May 2015 | Navan | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 2f | 0 | Muraabit | 8st 11lbs | 6 of 21 | Anastasia O'Brien | 8/1 |
| chased leaders early, mid-division halfway, ridden in 10th 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 15 May 2015 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m | 0 | Koybig | 8st 13lbs | 4 of 17 | Anastasia O'Brien | 20/1 |
| mid-division on outer, pushed along entering straight, checked briefly 2f out, soon ridden, 8th 1f out, kept on without threatening final furlong | |||||||||
| 23 Jan 2015 | Dundalk | Standard | 6f | 0 | Five Claw | 9st 5lbs | 5 of 7 | Anastasia O'Brien | 33/1 |
| in rear, never a factor, moderate 5th 1 1/2f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 16 Jan 2015 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m | 0 | Arif | 9st 5lbs | 11 of 13 | Anastasia O'Brien | 50/1 |
| dwelt, soon detached in rear, moderate 12th 1f out | |||||||||
| 09 Jan 2015 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Charlie Bear | 9st 5lbs | of 16 | Reserve 1 | |
| 08 Sep 2014 | Galway | Good | 1m 100y | 0 | Archangel Raphael | 9st 5lbs | 12 of 15 | C O'Donoghue | 33/1 |
| slowly into stride and towards rear, never a factor, pushed along and no impression approaching straigh, kept on one pace | |||||||||