Treasure Beach filly is no longer a secret

If Thoroughbred Daily News hasn’t put Raymundo’s Secret on its ‘TDN Rising Star’ list, they are no doubt missing the boat after the 3-year-old filly by Treasure Beach out of the Greatness mare Paulette Caveat made it 2-for-2 yesterday with another eye-catching performance on the grass.

Raymundo’s Secret was bred at Pleasant Acres by the familiar partnership of Ed Seltzer, Beverly Anderson and Joe and Helen Barbazon, and didn’t make her career debut until Jan. 16 at Tampa Bay Downs. At odds of 40-1, racing one mile on the turf in the names of Joe Barbazon and JC Racing, the filly sat a perfect trip in second place and coasted home by six lengths, clocked in 1:36.73 and paying $83.40, $43 and $18.60.

As is usual after many such debut performances, the “phone rang off the hook,” and the filly wound up in the barn of Sierra Racing and Sterling Stables. After a layoff of more than six months, Raymundo’s Secret made her return at Del Mar yesterday in a $37,053 starter allowance with talented Flavien Prat aboard, again at one mile on the grass.

It turned out to be an exact replica of her first try, with Raymundo’s Secret sitting second until the turn, moving to the leader for a brief battle, then cruising to the wire five lengths in front amid announcer Trevor Denman’s call of “Flavien Prat and Raymundo’s Secret win as far as they like.”

There were two major differences from her first score – (1) she paid $2.80, and (2) she was clocked in 1:34.28, about 13 lengths faster than her debut.

The filly’s dam, Paulette Caveat, has one other runner – Trolobus – a 5-year-old horse who campaigns in Puerto Rico and has compiled a record of 5-10-2 in 35 starts. There’s also a Poseidon’s Warrior yearling on the farm and she’s in foal again to Treasure Beach, who has moved up to fifth place among active stallions on Florida’s general sire list.