Suitcase Smith

Suitcase Smith competes at Class 5, which is the entry-level tier of British racing — the races where horses are finding their feet or simply doing their best at the level the sport has sorted them into. Three of its six races have come at this level, and it has yet to win any of them. That is not necessarily a death sentence. Some horses take time to click, and a yard that has sent out 13 winners this season is clearly capable of getting horses to perform. Trainer John Berry, based at Newmarket — the historic heartland of British flat racing — clearly knows what a winning horse looks like. The question is whether Suitcase Smith can become one of them.

The horse raced just yesterday, so it is bang in the middle of its campaign right now. There is still time for the form to turn. But with nothing on the scorecard yet, Suitcase Smith needs to find some improvement from somewhere — and find it soon.