Cruisin Susan

Two of her three career wins have come at Tramore, the tight, seaside track on the south coast of Ireland, and that's no coincidence. Out of 15 races there, she has won twice — that's roughly 1 in every 7 or 8 attempts at the track, which is a noticeably better return than her overall record. Some horses simply suit a particular course — the bends, the camber, the way the ground sits — and Tramore appears to bring out the best in Cruisin Susan. Her last win came there on 15 August 2024, now 22 months ago, but it underlines that she remains a horse worth keeping an eye on when Tramore is in the calendar.

Ground conditions matter too. On normal ground, she has won 2 of 10 races — that's 1 in 5, a win rate that would make her look like a completely different horse if you only had those figures in front of you. When conditions suit her, she performs. When they don't, she tends to fade into the mid-field, as her recent form suggests — finishing 5th, 7th, and 13th in her last three completed races.

Her partnership with jockey Mr J P Berry is the thread running through most of her career. He has been in the saddle for 30 of her 36 races, and all three wins have come with him aboard — 3 wins from 30 rides together works out to 1 in every 10, comfortably above her overall average. That kind of long-running partnership matters in racing; a jockey who knows a horse's quirks and preferred racing style is a genuine advantage, and Berry clearly knows how to get the best from her.

She raced just one day ago and has six races without a win to her name right now. At nine, she is not a young horse building toward something — but on her terms, at her track, on the right ground, Cruisin Susan has shown she can still deliver.