Secret Road: horse profile, stats, records and next races
Secret Road is an 8-year-old gelding by Gutaifan, trained by Samantha & Jacqueline Coward. He has won 7 of 50 starts and placed in 10 more, for £40,828 in prize money. His best trip is 6f, where 5 wins from 29 is a 17% strike rate against 10% at every other distance. He runs next in the 4:46 at Catterick on 8 September. His best performance rating is 84, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.
- Runs 50
- Wins 7
- Placed 17
- Strike rate 14%
- Prize money £40,828
- Best rating 84
- Official rating 59
Where Secret Road runs next
| Time | Course | Race | Best price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:46 | Catterick | Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap Stakes | — |
Secret Road form and race record
| Date | Course | Race | Dist | Going | Pos | Beaten | SP | Jockey | OR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 26 | Newcastle (AW) | Mini Golf At High Gosforth Park Handicap Stakes Class 6 | 6f | Standard | 13 | 7.25 | 66/1 | Rhys Elliott | 59 |
| 4 Jun 26 | Lingfield (AW) | Sky Sports Racing Virgin 512 Handicap Class 6 | 7f | Standard | 9 | 8 | 50/1 | Luke Morris | 61 |
| 1 Jun 26 | Lingfield (AW) | Free Tips On attheraces.com Handicap Class 6 | 1m | Standard | 10 | 17 | 28/1 | Luke Morris | 61 |
| 30 Apr 26 | Lingfield (AW) | Newsteam Group Handicap Class 6 | 1m | Standard | 12 | 14 | 22/1 | Rhys Clutterbuck | 62 |
| 27 Mar 26 | Lingfield (AW) | Always Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Class 6 | 1m | Standard | 4 | 4.25 | 8/1 | Luke Morris | 62 |
| 5 Mar 26 | Lingfield (AW) | Daily Profit Boosts At betmgm.co.uk Handicap Class 6 | 1m | Standard | 1 | — | 7/1 | Luke Morris | 57 |
| 5 Feb 26 | Southwell (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 | 7f | Standard | 6 | 2.75 | 9/1 | Luke Morris | 58 |
| 3 Feb 26 | Wolverhampton (AW) | Win 250,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap Class 6 | 7f | Standard | 4 | 7.75 | 5/1 | Luke Morris | 58 |
| 24 Jan 26 | Lingfield (AW) | BetMGM Supports Safer Gambling Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 | 7f | Standard | 3 | 1.5 | EvensF | Pat Cosgrave | 58 |
| 17 Jan 26 | Southwell (AW) | BetMGM Supports Safer Gambling Classified Stakes (Div 2) Class 6 | 1m | Standard | 2 | 1 | 2/1 | Sean D Bowen | 54 |
| 11 Jan 26 | Chelmsford City (AW) | Betfred Play Fred's 5 Million Handicap Class 6 | 7f | Standard | 2 | 1.25 | 3/1 | Rhys Clutterbuck | 48 |
| 10 Jan 26 | Lingfield (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Classified Stakes (Div 2) Class 6 | 7f | Standard | 1 | — | 1/2F | Pat Cosgrave | 48 |
| 6 Jan 26 | Wolverhampton (AW) | Make The Move To Midnite Classified Stakes (Div 1) Class 6 | 6f | Standard | 1 | — | 2/5F | Pat Cosgrave | 48 |
| 4 Jan 26 | Southwell (AW) | Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 | 6f | Standard | 2 | — | 11/8F | Callum Hutchinson | 48 |
| 13 Dec 25 | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Handicap Class 6 | 5f | Standard | 9 | 6 | 9/2 | Callum Shepherd | 51 |
| 1 Dec 25 | Wolverhampton (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 | 7f | Standard | 8 | 5.5 | 14/1 | Pat Cosgrave | 54 |
| 3 Nov 25 | Wolverhampton (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 | 7f | Standard | 12 | 11.25 | 28/1 | Jack Mitchell | 54 |
| 18 Oct 25 | Wolverhampton (AW) | Arc All-Weather 1MILLION Bonus Returns Handicap Class 6 | 6f | Standard | 7 | 6.5 | 50/1 | Alfie Redman | 57 |
| 12 Sep 25 | Chester | LiveScoreBet Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 | 6f | Good | 10 | 9.5 | 150/1 | Isobelle Chalmers | 60 |
| 28 Oct 24 | Southwell (AW) | BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets Handicap Class 5 | 6f | Standard | 5 | 6 | 6/1 | Marco Ghiani | 63 |
| 8 Oct 24 | Southwell (AW) | Southwell Golf Club Handicap Class 6 | 6f | Standard | 1 | — | 7/4F | Clifford Lee | 59 |
| 22 Sep 24 | Hamilton | Follow Us On X At hamiltonpark Handicap Class 5 | 6f | Good To Soft | 8 | 6.5 | 20/1 | Aiden Brookes | 61 |
| 10 Sep 24 | Newcastle (AW) | Download The Racecourse App Raceday Ready Handicap Class 6 | 7f | Standard To Slow | 10 | 15.5 | 11/1 | Jason Hart | 64 |
| 4 Sep 24 | Hamilton | Hampton By Hilton Hotel Handicap Class 6 | 6f | Heavy | 6 | 10.25 | 18/1 | Jason Hart | 64 |
| 29 Jul 24 | Southwell (AW) | Download The Star Sports App Handicap Class 5 | 6f | Standard | 5 | 4.25 | 9/1 | Aiden Brookes | 65 |
| 19 Jul 24 | Haydock | Victor Welsh Ltd Handicap Class 5 | 6f | Good | 3 | 3.5 | 16/1 | Aiden Brookes | 66 |
| 2 Jul 24 | Hamilton | Aspire At Hamilton-Park Handicap Class 4 | 6f | Good | 5 | 9 | 11/1 | James Sullivan | 67 |
| 20 Apr 24 | Thirsk | Happy 19th Birthday Lily Watkinson Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 | 6f | Soft | 5 | 5.25 | 13/2 | Jason Hart | 67 |
| 31 Mar 24 | Southwell (AW) | Join Southwell Golf Club Handicap Class 5 | 6f | Standard | 1 | — | 11/2 | Jason Hart | 64 |
| 8 Mar 24 | Newcastle (AW) | Find More Big Deals At BetUK Apprentice Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 | 6f | Standard | 4 | 2.75 | 5/1 | Mark Winn | 65 |
| 13 Feb 24 | Newcastle (AW) | Find More Big Deals At BetUK Handicap Class 4 | 6f | Standard | 7 | 6.25 | 17/2 | James Sullivan | 67 |
| 5 Feb 24 | Southwell (AW) | BetUK. Home Of The Acca-Fenwa Handicap (Div 2) Class 5 | 6f | Standard | 3 | 3.5 | 9/4F | Jason Hart | 67 |
| 16 Jan 24 | Newcastle (AW) | Build Your Acca With BetUK Handicap (Div 2) Class 4 | 6f | Standard | 3 | 3.25 | 7/1 | James Sullivan | 68 |
| 28 Dec 23 | Newcastle (AW) | BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets Handicap Class 5 | 6f | Standard | 7 | 7.5 | 7/2 | Phil Dennis | 68 |
| 12 Dec 23 | Southwell (AW) | Always Gamble Responsibly With BetUK Handicap Class 5 | 6f | Standard | 2 | — | 4/1J | Phil Dennis | 68 |
| 15 Nov 23 | Newcastle (AW) | Stay In Control At BetUK Handicap (Div 2) Class 4 | 6f | Standard | 1 | — | 12/1 | James Sullivan | 64 |
| 12 Oct 23 | Ayr | Virgin Bet Daily Extra Places Handicap Class 5 | 7f | Heavy | 10 | 15 | 20/1 | P J McDonald | 67 |
| 24 Sep 23 | Hamilton | William Cairns Memorial Celebrations Handicap Class 5 | 6f | Good To Soft | 4 | 5 | 12/1 | P J McDonald | 69 |
| 26 Aug 23 | Redcar | racingtv.com Handicap (Div 2) Class 5 | 6f | Good To Firm | 7 | 4 | 6/1 | Phil Dennis | 71 |
| 11 Aug 23 | Thirsk | Best Odds Guaranteed At Vickers.Bet Handicap Class 4 | 5f | Good | 16 | 7.75 | 12/1 | Ben Robinson | 72 |
| 23 Jun 23 | Limerick | Follow Limerick Races On Instagram Rated Race | 6.5f | Yielding To Soft | 3 | 2.75 | 10/1 | Seamie Heffernan | 72 |
| 9 Jun 23 | Fairyhouse | SP Or Better Guaranteed With Tote At Fairyhouse Handicap | 6f | Good | 4 | 7.5 | 2/1F | Colin Keane | 73 |
| 1 Jun 23 | Fairyhouse | Book Tickets Online At fairyhouse.ie Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) | 6f | Good | 1 | — | 7/2 | Colin Keane | 58 |
| 16 Apr 23 | Curragh | Tote Download The App Handicap (47-65) | 6f | Heavy | 14 | 9 | 18/1 | Colin Keane | 60 |
| 6 Apr 23 | Bellewstown | Lougher Stables Handicap (47-70) | 1m | Heavy | 13 | 23 | 14/1 | Mark Enright | 61 |
| 26 Sep 22 | Down Royal | Molson Coors Beverage Company Handicap (47-70) | 7f | Yielding To Soft | 10 | 7.25 | 11/4F | Colin Keane | 64 |
| 19 Sep 22 | Fairyhouse | Fairyhouse Flat Finale Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) | 6f | Good | 5 | 2.25 | 15/8F | Colin Keane | 64 |
| 10 Jul 22 | Fairyhouse | GAIN The Advantage Series Handicap (47-70) | 6f | Good | 2 | .5 | 11/2 | Colin Keane | 62 |
| 18 May 22 | Cork | Hot House Flowers Play Live July 8th Handicap | 7f | Yielding To Soft | 16 | 11.75 | 4/1J | Colin Keane | 65 |
| 2 May 22 | Curragh | Keadeen Hotel Handicap (47-75) | 6f | Yielding | 5 | 3.5 | 4/1 | Colin Keane | 65 |
Last time out
Finished 13 in the Mini Golf At High Gosforth Park Handicap Stakes at Newcastle (AW) on 20 August 2026. Held up close to the pace early - pushed along with over 2f left - dropped away quickly and beaten a long way home in 13th.
Secret Road by distance
| Split | Runs | Wins | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6f | 29 | 5 | 17% |
| 7f | 12 | 1 | 8% |
| 8f | 6 | 1 | 17% |
| 5f | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 6.5f | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Secret Road by going
| Split | Runs | Wins | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 29 | 6 | 21% |
| Good | 8 | 1 | 13% |
| Heavy | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Yielding To Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Good To Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Standard To Slow | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Good To Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Yielding | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Secret Road by course
| Split | Runs | Wins | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell (AW) | 9 | 2 | 22% |
| Newcastle (AW) | 7 | 1 | 14% |
| Lingfield (AW) | 7 | 2 | 29% |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 6 | 1 | 17% |
| Hamilton | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Fairyhouse | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Thirsk | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Secret Road breeding
- Sire Gutaifan (IRE)
- Dam Secret Path (IRE)
- Damsire Approve (IRE)
- Breeder Dominick Glennane
- Foaled 6 April 2018
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