Berry moves to within one of Kinane in title race

FRAN BERRY moved to within one of pace-setting 13 times champion Michael Kinane in the Jockeys Championship table when sharing the riding honours with Niall McCullagh ay Navan yesterday, each rider completing a double.

Berry brought his seasonal tally to 12 thanks to a double on Rathgowney Lad and Icklingham which completed a quickfire hat-trick for Curragh trainer and new owner Denis Reddan in the listed Vintage Crop Stakes.

“He’s been a great buy for Denis,” explained Oxx. “He had a couple of little pelvis fractures, one as a three-year-old and one at four, and Denis bought him for handy money.”