The Secret is Out!

He has big shoes to fill as a half-brother to a $12million earner, but there is no secret about his ability!

Promising three year old King’s Secret (Shalaa x Confidential Queen) recorded his second win from only five starts at Rosehill yesterday over 1100m.
Relishing the heavy ground, the Joe Pride trained gelding went to the post untroubled ahead of the filly Codetta (Nicconi) with Ellipsis (Written Tycoon) in third.

King’s Secret is a half brother to the Pride stable’s gifted and durable sprinter miler Private Eye (Al Maher) and like him was a Proven Thoroughbreds / Pride Thoroughbred yearling purchase.

Private Eye though now a 7yo retains plenty of zest for racing and has earned almost $12m from his 47 lifetime starts to date – the G1 Epsom Hcp winner and dual Everest placed warrior has placed in a further four G1s and has been in the money in 11 stakes races overall.

Not a bad return on a $62,500 purchase price!

King’s Secret was a $100,000 buy at the 2023 Inglis Easter from the draft of Goodwood Farm.

From his five starts he has two wins, has never been unplaced, has already banked $152,875 and is giving every indication of a very successful career to come.

King’s Secret is the fourth foal of Confidential Queen who was a savvy $13,000 Inglis Broodmare Select Sale pickup in 2015 by Goodwood Farm, who have bred all her foals.

The daughter of mighty Shamardal was unplaced in her three race starts but she had the pedigree to become a top producer and so she has proved to be.

Her four foals to race are all winners – Royal Witness (g by Star Witness, 6 wins, over $400k), Private Eye and his full brother Secret Spy (2 wins) and King’s Secret.

Still to make her race debut is Confidential Queen’s fifth foal and her first filly, a full sister to King’s Secret named Confidentiality, The two year old is also with Pride and recently placed in a Warwick Farm trial before being spelled.

In 2023 the mare missed to the cover of Farnan but last year she foaled another daughter, this one by Darley’s superstar Anamoe and she is back in foal to him.
Confidential Queen is a grand daughter of Snippets Lass by Snippets, and thus a member of one of Australia’s best producing families whose flag bearer is the champion and increasingly influential sire Snitzel by Redoute’s Choice.

Copy: Breednet