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{{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==
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{{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]
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[[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]]