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Keep It A Secret claimed the victory in the $12,000 third leg of the Indiana Sires Stakes for three-year-old colt and gelding trotters.

Bigboybyetsem and driver Doug Rideout trotted to the front of the pack early on, covering the first panel in :29.2. The duo led the field on the backstretch, setting the half-mile fraction at 1:00.2. Reinsman Walter Haynes, Jr. moved Secret Breeze to the outside from the four hole to take the lead heading into the final turn. The duo pulled ahead by three lengths, covering three-quarters of a mile in 1:29.3.

Bigboybyetsem and LF Gulf Made (with Don Eash) challenged Secret Breeze in the stretch, but the three-year-old was too much, covering the final panel in :29.2 for the two and one-quarter length win. Bigboybyetsem took second, while LF Gulf Made held on for the third spot.

Haynes has always been impressed by the speed of Secret Breeze. However, keeping that speed in check has proven to be a problem at times.

“Last time I raced him here (Hoosier Park) he got third,” said Haynes. “I was tugging on him pretty good that night. I had to hold him back the whole trip. He’s fast, it is just hard sometimes to keep him from running.”

This trip worked out a little better for Haynes and Secret Breeze this time around.

“The trip worked out real well,” said Haynes. “They (his parents) said he went a monstrous mile last week and got second. They worked with him a little more and he trotted good tonight. He’s always been a fast horse. It’s just a matter of holding him together the whole mile.”

Secret Breeze is owned by Walter E. Haynes of Crete, Illinois. The elder Haynes also trains the three-year-old. Secret Breeze has spent the last three weeks racing at Balmoral Park. The Haynes’ move the gelding back and forth between tracks during the meet. The win is the second for Secret Breeze this season, putting him over the $11,000 mark for 2005. Secret Breeze paid $5.60, $3.00, and $3.60 across the board for the victory.