He bumped with Shumoos leaving the gate, quickly recovered and forced a sharp pace in about path two, dueled with a slim advantage mid turn, shook clear of Trinniberg in upper stretch, widened his margin with a furlong remaining, wandered out towards the center of the track near the sixteenth pole, was guided back down and held on to win by a length.
[2] In 2013, Secret Circle returned from being injured in the 2012 Arkansas Derby,[3] where he finished 2nd to Bodemeister, by winning an allowance race at Santa Anita Racetrack.
He had good early speed between horses, dueled inside, put a head in front past the eighth pole, inched away from his pace rival in deep stretch but could not hold off the eventual winner Wild Dude.
Secret Circle was expected to run in the Grade III Count Fleet Sprint on April 10, 2014 at Oaklawn Park but was mistakenly tranquilized when flown.
It was confirmed that Secret Circle would return for a six-year-old campaign, and won the Golden Shaheen at Meydan Racecourse with Victor Espinoza as jockey.