Berry ends turf season on a high with 150/1 treble

FRAN BERRY ended the 2010 turf season on a high with a spectacular 150/1 treble at Leopardstown yesterday, highlighted by the emphatic victory of three-year-old filly What A Charm in the Leopardstownm November Handicap and Luisant’s success in the listed Knockaire Stakes.

Runner-up in the Irish Cesarewitch, What A Charm the second leg of a double for trainer John Oxx, sluiced through the soft ground to slam Prince Chaparral by four and a half lengths, to the delight of her trainer who emphasised: “It’s a very good achievement for a three-year-old to win the November Handicap, particularly a filly.”

He added: “This is the first time she’s had her ground all year. She must have it soft and I had her entered everywhere all year, but I wouldn’t run her on unfavourable ground. She went up 3lb. for her Cesarewitch second, which was a concern. The soft ground was the key today.”