Fundamentalist one of many stars to pass through Berry's hands

Two life-long supporters of point-to-points passed away earlier this week as we lost both Padge Berry and Frank Kiernan.

Over a number of decades Berry was one of the leading producers of young horses through point-to-points with a number of top-class performers passing through his hands. Snoopy Loopy, winner of the 2008 Grade 1 Betfair Chase at Haydock, was one of his leading graduates having won both his six-year-old maiden at Bennetsbridge and a winners of one contest at Lingstown within the space of a week in 2004.

Bewleys Berry, a three-time point winner who went on to win a Grade 2 Novice Hurdle, and Cockle Strand, the 1982 Scottish Grand National victor, are two others to have graduated out of Berry’s Wexford yard.