Dark Secret (horse)

Dark Secret
Sire	Flying Ebony
Grandsire	The Finn
Dam	Silencia
Damsire	King James
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1929
Country	United States
Colour	Dark Bay/Brown
Breeder	Wheatley Stable
Owner	Wheatley Stable
Trainer	James E. Fitzsimmons & George Tappen
Record	57: 23-12-6
Earnings	US$89,375
Major wins
Potomac Handicap (1932) Bowie Handicap (1932) Kenner Stakes (1932) Speculation Claiming Handicap (1932) Brooklyn Handicap (1933) Washington Handicap (1933) Laurel Stakes (1933) Merchants and Citizens Handicap (1933) Empire City Handicap (1933) Whitney Gold Cup Trophy Handicap (1933) Manhattan Handicap (1933, 1934) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1933, 1934) Saratoga Cup (1934)
Horse (Equus ferus caballus)

Dark Secret (1929 – September 15, 1934) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred and raced by Wheatley Stable, a partnership between Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden Mills, the United States Secretary of the Treasury.

Dark Secret was the son of 1925 Kentucky Derby winner Flying Ebony. His dam was Silencia, a daughter of King James who was the American Champion Older Male Horse of 1909.

Among his important wins, in 1933 Dark Secret won the mile-and-half Manhattan Handicap and the two mile Jockey Club Gold Cup. The following year he won these two races again but after crossing the finish line in the Gold Cup he broke a foreleg and had to be put down. [1] [2]

References

• Dark Secret's pedigree and partial racing stats
• Breslin, Jimmy, Sunny Jim: The life of America's most beloved horseman, James Fitzsimmons. (1962) Doubleday & Company, Inc. ASIN: B0007DY5XS [3]