Habit Secret will stand the 2026 season at West Central Vet Services

By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch

ROCKVILLE, IN–JANUARY 6, 2026–Habits Secret, a hidden gem standing in Indiana, will stand the 2026 season at West Central Veterinary Services. Owned by A Partnership, his fee is set at $1,500.

Habits Secret is Indiana’s leading sire by average earnings per starter. With more than $2.1 million in progeny earnings and an average of nearly $45,000 per starter, he offers serious value at $1,500. From just 48 starters, he has sired 27 winners and 13 black-type horses (27%).

Habits Secret holds many accolades, including the 2024 Horse of the Year title in Indiana.

He is the sire of five runners with earnings topping $100,000, led by Tachas Secret SI 104 ($500,011), a four-time stakes winner and the recipient of Central Hi-Point Three-Year-Old Filly and Central Hi-Point Aged Mare honors. Her stakes victories include the Horseshoe Indianapolis Classic Stakes (twice), the Bradford Stakes, and the Horseshoe Indianapolis August Overnight Stakes.=

Other top earners include:
Streakindownthebeach SI 108 ($253,512), a nine-time winner whose resume features wins in the Bob Woodard Memorial Classic Stakes, Easys Night Beat Overnight Stakes, and Air Born Leader Overnight Stakes, plus a runner-up finish in the Escondido Beach Overnight Stakes.

Nachor Secret SI 105 ($228,967), a six-time winner with stakes scores in the Blue River Derby, Harley Greene Derby, and Born Runner Classic Stakes, and second in the Air Born Leader Overnight Stakes.

Tin Knocker SI 94 ($132,439), a four-time winner who was second in the Leader of the Class Sale Futurity and third in the Paul Martin Overnight Stakes, Sterlie Bertram Memorial Stakes, and Blue River Derby.

Packin Secrets SI 93 ($100,294), a five-time winner and the winner of the Heartland Futurity and Indiana Grand QHRAI Derby.

Sin Tachas Secret SI 95 ($92,934), who earned Central Hi-Point Three-Year-Old Filly honors and placed second in both the Julie Veltman Overnight Stakes and Sterlie Bertram Memorial Stakes.

First Habits SI 90 ($86,214), a three-time winner led by a victory in the Harley Greene Derby, and third in the QHRA of Indiana Stallion Service Auction Futurity [R].

A FORCE ON THE TRACK

Habits Secret put together a durable, stakes-tested career that stretched across multiple seasons, states, and class levels—taking on stakes competition early and continuing to show up against top performers as he aged.

His first stakes appearances came at 2 in 2012, when he finished second in the Heartland Futurity at Horseshoe Indianapolis. He capped his juvenile season with a breakthrough win in the Governor’s Stakes at Hoosier Park, and later finished a finalist in the Hialeah Laddie Futurity.

At 3 in 2013, Habits Secret elevated his game. He delivered his signature performance early with a win in the South Florida Derby at Hialeah Park. Back at Horseshoe Indianapolis, he finished second in the QHRAI Derby and third in the Indiana Live QHRAI Derby. He returned to Hialeah late in the year and finished second in the Hialeah Derby, a performance that helped earn him Central Hi-Point Three-Year-Old Colt honors.

At 4 in 2014, Habits Secret opened the season with a win in the Bradford Stakes at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Later that summer, he shipped to Prairie Meadows and finished third in the Prairie Meadows Championship Challenge (G2). He wrapped up the year with a start in the Indiana Grand Championship, finishing eighth.

After a year away, he returned to stakes company at 6 in 2016. He finished sixth in the Sam Abbey Memorial Invitational at Hialeah Park, then rebounded with a win in the Sawgrass Stakes. He later finished fifth in the Prairie Meadows Championship Challenge (G2) and closed his career with a sixth-place finish in the Indiana Championship Stakes at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Across four states, Habits Secret carved out a hard-knocking career, repeatedly stepping into major events and delivering when it mattered. Those winning traits are showing up in his foals.

BACKED BY CHAMPION BLOODLINES

Bred by Vessels Stallion Farm, LLC, Habits Secret was purchased for $5,000 at the 2011 Los Alamitos Equine Sale, one of the last horses sold from the Habitual Dreamer line.

Habits Secret is by No Secrets Here, who won the 440-yard All American Futurity (G1) in 2006 in :20.886. Habits Secret was bred in California by Vessels Stallion Farm, LLC out of the Apollo (TB) mare Habitual Dreamer.

He is the top money-earning son of No Secrets Here, whose offspring have earned more than $5.3 million, including Secrets Fly ($206,417), Fetching Beauty ($135,000), and Secretzzoom ($109,411).

Habits Secret is out of Habitual Dreamer, a full sister to multiple champion Old Habits ($680,491) and Grade 1 Los Alamitos Derby winner One More Habit ($272,510). She is also a half-sister to leang  First Wrangler ($95,805). Bred by Vessels Stallion Farm, LLC, Habits Secret was purchased for $5,000 at the 2011 Los Alamitos Equine Sale—one of the last horses sold from the Habitual Dreamer line.

For more information or breeding contracts, contact Ted Harpold, DVM at 765-569-3210 or email wcvsrockville@westcentralvet.com.

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