Secreto 1522822 209951189 2008-05-03T18:53:17Z Zafonic 153226 link amendment {{Thoroughbred racehorse infobox | horsename = Secreto | image = | caption = | sire = [[Northern Dancer]] | grandsire = [[Nearctic (horse)|Nearctic]] | dam = Betty's Secret | damsire = [[Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat]] | sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]] | foaled = 1981 | country = United States {{flagicon|USA}} | colour = [[Bay (color)|Bay]] | breeder = [[E. P. Taylor]] | owner = Luigi Miglietti | trainer = [[David O'Brien (horseman)|David O'Brien]] | record = 4: 3-0-1 | earnings = $326,537 (in UK) | race = [[Tetrarch Stakes]] (1984)<br>[[Epsom Derby]] (1984) | awards= | honours = | updated= March 1, 2007 }} '''Secreto''' (February 12, 1981-1999) was a [[Maryland]] bred [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]] who raced in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]]. A son of [[Northern Dancer]], Secretro's damsire was the [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|U.S. Triple Crown]] champion, [[Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat]]. He was bred by [[E. P. Taylor]] at the Maryland branch of his [[Windfields Farm]]. He was purchased by Luigi Miglietti and trained in Ireland by [[David O'Brien (horseman)|David O'Brien]]. In the 1984 [[Epsom Derby]], Secreto defeated the odds-on favourite [[El Gran Senor]], trained by David O'Briens's father [[Vincent O'Brien|Vincent]], by a short-head.<ref>[http://www.hri.ie/Content/HRI/hrigoracing.aspx?id=2930 Flat Racing Profiles] see section on Christy Roche </ref> He never ran again after his Derby success and was retired to stud at [[Calumet Farm]] in Kentucky before being sent to [[Japan]] in 1992 where he died in 1999. His most notable offspring was the [[1991]] English [[2,000 Guineas Stakes|2,000 Guineas]] winner [[Mystiko]]. Secreto's half brother [[Istabraq]] won the [[Champion Hurdle]] at Cheltenham's National Hunt Festival in 1998, 1999 and 2000. ==References== <references/> {{Pedigree |name = Secreto |f = [[Northern Dancer]] |m = Betty's Secret |ff = [[Nearctic (horse)|Nearctic]] |fm = Natalma |mf = [[Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat]] |mm = Betty Loraine |fff = [[Nearco]] |ffm = Lady Angela |fmf = [[Native Dancer]] |fmm = Almahmoud |mff = [[Bold Ruler]] |mfm = Somethingroyal |mmf = Prince John |mmm = Gay Hostess |ffff = Pharos |fffm = Nogara |ffmf = [[Hyperion (horse)|Hyperion]] |ffmm = Sister Sarah |fmff = Polynesian |fmfm = Geisha |fmmf = Mahmoud |fmmm = Arbitrator |mfff = [[Nasrullah]] |mffm = Miss Disco |mfmf = [[Princequillo]] |mfmm = Imperatrice |mmff = [[Princequillo]] |mmfm = Not Afraid |mmmf = [[Royal Charger]] |mmmm = Your Hostess |}} ==References== * [http://www.pedigreequery.com/secreto Secreto's pedigree and partial racing stats] {{racehorse-stub}} [[Category:1981 racehorse births]] [[Category:1999 racehorse deaths]] [[Category:Thoroughbred racehorses]] [[Category:Northern Dancer bloodline]] [[Category:Racehorses bred in Maryland]] [[Category:British racehorses]] [[Category:Racehorses trained in Ireland]] [[Category:British Classic Race winners]] [[ja:セクレト]]