{{short description|Australian thoroughbred racehorse}} {{For|the 2013 American film|In Secret (film)}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = In Secret | image = | image_name = Racing silks of Godolphin.svg | caption = Racing Silks of Godolphin | sire = I Am Invincible | grandsire = Invincible Spirit | dam = Eloping | damsire = Choisir | sex = Mare | foaled = 2 September 2019 | country = Australia | colour = Bay | breeder = Segenhoe Thoroughbreds Australia | owner = Godolphin | trainer = James Cummings | jockey = | record = 15: 6-3-3 | earnings = A$5,283,100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racenet.com.au/profiles/horse/in-secret-aus |title= In Secret Horse Profile Search |publisher=racenet.com.au |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref> | race = The Run To The Rose (2022)<br>Coolmore Stud Stakes (2022)<br>Light Fingers Stakes (2023)<br>Newmarket Handicap (2023) | awards = Australian Champion Three Year Old Filly (2023) }}
'''In Secret''' (foaled 2 September 2019) is a retired multiple Group 1 winning Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare.
==Background==
In Secret was bred by Longwood Thoroughbred Farm and Segenhoe Stud and consigned for sale at the 2021 Magic Millions sale. She was the only horse purchased at these sales by Godolphin for $900,000. In Secret's broodmare, Eloping, won over $1 million in her racing career, culminating with Group 3 victories in the Keith Mackay Handicap and Champagne Stakes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.breednet.com.au/news/19442/simply-sensational-%E2%80%93-in-secret-wins-g1-coolmore-stud-stakes |title=In Secret Wins G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes |publisher=breednet.com.au |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref>
==Racing career== In Secret had her first race start at Scone Racecourse on the 14 May 2022 in the Woodlands Stakes. She won the race comfortably when ridden by Hugh Bowman, who stated after the race, "She has got a bit of a class edge on this lot, and she is certainly up to better things."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skyracing.com.au/read/thoroughbred/74558 |title=In Secret Wins at Scone |publisher=skyracing.com.au |access-date=30 October 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
After running second at her next start in the Silver Slipper Stakes, In Secret next contested The Run To The Rose which she won by 1.5 lengths. In Secret then ran second in the Golden Rose Stakes before winning the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington Racecourse when ridden by James McDonald.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/news/story/mcdonald-and-in-secret-dominate-the-coolmore-148086?section=Australia |title=McDonald and In Secret dominate the Coolmore |publisher=thoroughbrednews.com.au |access-date=30 October 2022 |archive-date=29 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029140554/https://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/News/Story/mcdonald-and-in-secret-dominate-the-coolmore-148086?section=Australia |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In July 2024 it was announced In Secret would be retired from racing and begin breeding duties due to a suspensory ligament injury in her right foreleg.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.punters.com.au/news/everestbound-godolphin-speedster-in-secret-retired-due-to-leg-injury-20240722/ |title=Everest bound Godolphin speedster In Secret retired |publisher=punters.com.au |access-date=23 July 2024}}</ref>
==Pedigree==
{{ Pedigree
| name = In Secret (AUS) 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/in+secret5 |title=In Secret Horse Profile |publisher=pedigreequery.com |access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref>
| f = I Am Invincible (AUS)<br>2004 | m = Eloping (AUS)<br>2011 | ff = Invincible Spirit (IRE)<br>1997 | fm = Cannarelle (AUS)<br>1998 | mf = Choisir (AUS)<br>1999 | mm = Runaway Jesse (AUS)<br>1992 | fff = Green Desert | ffm = Rafha | fmf = Canny Lad | fmm = Countess Pedrille | mff = Danehill Dancer | mfm = Great Selection | mmf = Rory's Jester | mmm = Runaway Babe | ffff = Danzig | fffm = Foreign Courier | ffmf = Kris | ffmm = Eljazzi | fmff = Bletchingly | fmfm = Jesmond Lass | fmmf = Zoffany | fmmm = Sister Pedrille | mfff = Danehill | mffm = Mira Adonde | mfmf = Lunchtime | mfmm = Pensive Mood | mmff = Crown Jester | mmfm = Rory’s Rocket | mmmf = Semipalatinsk | mmmm = Zac Sky |}}
==References ==
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Category:Racehorses bred in Australia Category:Racehorses trained in Australia Category:2019 racehorse births Category:Thoroughbred family 19-c