Berry king for a day on Honorine

JOHNNY Murtagh's decision to bypass Cork, in favour of Naas, saw Fran Berry grab the opportunity with both hands and land the featured King Charlemagne Stakes on Miss Honorine at the southern venue yesterday.

Murtagh, he enjoyed a double at Naas, is first jockey to the powerful John Oxx yard, but Berry is a more than able deputy and proved it again here with a copybook drive aboard the Highest Honor filly.

Phariseek tried to make all, but was strongly pressed way up the straight by One Won One.