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Secret Beach: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Secret Beach is a 5-year-old gelding by Footstepsinthesand, trained by Donald McCain. He has won 2 of 22 starts and placed in 6 more, for £45,446 in prize money. His best trip is 1m 4f, where 2 wins from 6 is a 33% strike rate against 0% at every other distance. He runs next in the 5:42 at Bangor-on-Dee on 8 September, where the best price is 12/1 with SmarketsSBK. His best performance rating is 100, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 22
  • Wins 2
  • Placed 8
  • Strike rate 9%
  • Prize money £45,446
  • Best rating 100
  • Official rating 79

Where Secret Beach runs next

Time Course Race Best price
5:42 Bangor-on-Dee Paul Ferguson's Jumpers To Follow Novices' Hurdle Race (gbb Race) 12/1 SmarketsSBK SBK

Secret Beach form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
2 Aug 26 Chester Tom Jones Live At Chester Racecourse Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race) Class 4 1m 2.5f Good 4 6 4/1 Toby Moore 79
25 Jul 26 Chester John Smith's Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 2.5f Good 2 .5 15/2 Luke Morris 78
10 Jul 26 York William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Apprentice Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 4f Good To Firm 4 6 28/1 Warren Fentiman 79
24 Jun 26 Carlisle Stablemate By AGMA Cumberland Plate Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 3f Good To Firm 7 17.75 33/1 David Nolan 80
8 May 26 Chester Chester Roman Day On 30th May Apprentice Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 4.5f Good 5 2.25 25/1 Jack Dace 80
8 Apr 26 Nottingham Watch Racing TV Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 2f Good 9 19.75 33/1 Dougie Costello 81
17 Dec 25 Newbury Best Odds Guaranteed Still At BetVictor Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 2m 0.5f Good To Soft 8 29.5 22/1 Brian Hughes –
25 Sep 25 Newmarket Budds Horseracing Memorabilia Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 4f Good 1 — 5/1 J F Egan 79
13 Sep 25 Chester John Smith's Jump Jockeys Challenge Handicap (Professional Jump Jockeys) (GBBPlus Race) (Div 2) Class 4 1m 4.5f Good 2 3.25 4/1 Jack Quinlan 77
14 Aug 25 Windsor Racing League Race 27 Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 3 1m 3.5f Good To Firm 4 3.5 15/2 Alistair Rawlinson 77
24 Jul 25 Yarmouth Racing League Race 1 Handicap (Trainers Registered to Racing League) (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 3.5f Soft 10 9 10/1 Alistair Rawlinson 77
11 Jul 25 York William Hill Bet In Running Apprentice Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 4f Good To Firm 1 — 10/3F Alec Voikhansky 70
24 Jun 25 Newbury Racehorse Ownership From 25 At racingclub.com Apprentice Handicap Class 5 1m 3f Good To Firm 2 — 3/1J Ryan Kavanagh 68
30 May 25 Brighton Star Sports 'Confined' Handicap Class 5 1m 4f Good 3 3 11/1 George Wood 68
15 Sep 24 Doncaster Graham Lee Vickers.Bet Leger Legends Classified Stakes (Str) Class 5 1m Soft 11 13 9/1 Bridget Andrews 70
22 Aug 24 Newcastle (AW) Tote.co.uk Alreet Pet Racing League Race 30 Handicap (Trainers Registered To Racing League) Class 4 1m 2f Standard To Slow 7 6.25 13/2 Sean Levey 71
11 Jul 24 Epsom Downs Betfred Nifty 50 Handicap Class 5 1m 4f Good To Soft 2 2.5 7/2 Jack Gilligan 70
27 Jun 24 Newmarket TrustaTrader Handicap Class 5 1m 4f Good To Firm 2 .5 10/3 Jack Gilligan 67
14 Jun 24 Goodwood William Hill Extra Place Races Handicap Class 5 1m 2f Good To Soft 4 2.75 28/1 Sean D Bowen 67
30 Apr 24 Yarmouth QuinnBet Best Odds Guaranteed Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 1m Good 10 11.25 66/1 Jack Gilligan –
30 Jun 23 Doncaster Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 7f Good 4 4 11/1 Kieran O'Neill –
15 Jun 23 Nottingham British Stallion Studs Ebf Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 6f Good To Firm 4 4.75 9/1 Harry Davies –

Last time out

Finished 4 in the Tom Jones Live At Chester Racecourse Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race) at Chester on 2 August 2026. Disputed pace early before hitting front after 2f - pushed along a furlong out then lost advantage - faded inside final 110 yards.

Secret Beach by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
12f 6 2 33%
10f 3 0 0%
10.5f 2 0 0%
11f 2 0 0%
12.5f 2 0 0%
11.5f 2 0 0%
8f 2 0 0%
16.5f 1 0 0%
7f 1 0 0%
6f 1 0 0%

Secret Beach by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good 9 1 11%
Good To Firm 7 1 14%
Good To Soft 3 0 0%
Soft 2 0 0%
Standard To Slow 1 0 0%

Secret Beach by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Chester 4 0 0%
York 2 1 50%
Nottingham 2 0 0%
Newbury 2 0 0%
Newmarket 2 1 50%
Yarmouth 2 0 0%
Doncaster 2 0 0%
Carlisle 1 0 0%
Windsor 1 0 0%
Brighton 1 0 0%

Secret Beach breeding

  • Sire Footstepsinthesand (GB)
  • Dam Dubai (IRE)
  • Damsire Galileo (IRE)
  • Breeder Canice Farrell
  • Foaled 26 March 2021

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