ACCLAIMED writer, breeder, owner, trainer and a man of many other talents, John Berry is one of the great characters of Newmarket and, together with his wife Emma, they are prolific and well respected chroniclers of the worlds of racing and breeding.

At Galway last Sunday Dream Walker ran for the 66th time in his career and won his 10th race, in the process capturing the feature on the last day of the festival for the second year running.