John Berry
@JohnWathenBerry
Racehorse trainer; breeder; columnist Winning Post (Aus), TDN (Europe); Newmarket Town Councillor (independent), former Mayor of Newmarket.
A grey start to the day in Newmarket. The odd drop of rain. A very comfortable temperature, neither cold nor hot. 12 degrees early on, currently 16, forecast high 21.

Great skies this morning @NewmarketGallop. @AlfredMunnings would have loved it.




Thrilled to top the charts as leading jockey in The 2025 Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer festival! • 5 Wins 🥇 • 2 Seconds 🥈 • 1 Third 🥉
With the weekend that's in it, here's the late Matty McCormack, of Horage fame, riding work on the great Grundy in 1975.
A lovely warm, sunny start to Monday morning in Newmarket. Currently 15 degrees; forecast high 23.




A relaxing & comfortably warm Sunday morning in Newmarket. Drying out after yesterday afternoon’s rain. #Dereham mooching around in his usual manner after a gallop up the Al Bahathri.
It was overcast in Newmarket this morning but warm & dry; quite a lot of rain this afternoon. Currently 20 degrees.


Luna out in the paddocks first thing this morning to tell her gal pals about her big day out @yorkracecourse 🌟🌟🌟
A real pleasure to speak to Franca, a master horsewoman who played her own special part in Grundy's big day 50 years ago.
🗣️ "He was a hell of a horse. I'm very lucky to have been around when he was there." 50 years since the Grundy vs. Bustino showdown in the 1975 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and it still thrills Franca Vittadini. @CollingsBerry ✍️ thoroughbreddailynews.com/diamonds-are-f…
We ended up having quite a lot of rain yesterday in Newmarket but today is sunny and warming up nicely. Currently 21 degrees, forecast high 25. Very pleasant.




I knew we’d miss the hot, sunny weather once it had gone! We started overcast this morning in Newmarket and then rain moved in after 9.00. Still warm but less so than it’s been. 18 degrees but feels colder in the rain. Likely to be dry & much warmer again tomorrow.




Good finally to find some soft ground for @STandARPartners’ #SolarSaving. He was beaten a fair way in finishing fourth @CatterickRaces but we should be able to find races weaker than today’s. The winner @HeathHouseNkt’s Golden Horn filly Bosphorous Rose looks very smart.

As the past couple of days in Newmarket, bits of cloud & bits of blue sky this morning. Still pleasantly warm, day & night. Currently 16 degrees, forecast high 22 #FlyingStar #TarbatNess #DoubleMeaning




Real treat on the Tommo farewell show on @SkySportsRacing from @WolvesRaces this evening: two broadcasting legends on together. Great entertainment.

Great coverage on @SkySportsRacing of @tommoracing’s last shift of commentating @ Wolverhampton tonight. @SimonMapletoft perfect master of ceremonies for a v. special occasion. Tommo has been (& remains) such a big part of the game. Great work by @WolvesRaces with the race names.


The Festival of Racing Countdown is on! Memories of Roy Rocket 🐴 the quirky grey who won 9 times at Brighton, including a legendary final victory in 2018 that had the crowd roaring. A true fan favorite. Read more here 👉 brighton-racecourse.co.uk/news/Racing/fe…
A bit of sun today in Newmarket, a bit of cloud. Breezy. Warm. Currently 19 degrees, forecast high 22. A tint of green has appeared in the previously brown grass after the weekend’s rain.




We had a fair bit of rain in Newmarket over the weekend, mostly Saturday afternoon plus a bit more on Sunday. Drizzled off & on this morning but it’s brightening up this afternoon. Still very warm, currently 18 degrees.




@JohnWathenBerry I've got a few of these horse racing greats in portrait to sell and half the proceeds will be donated to horse racing welfare to help horses that need help after retirement etc so if you know anyone that would like to purchase 1 let me know
One could say that this performance is less than the sum of its parts, but what parts they are! John Denver, Johnny Cash & this song. Doesn’t get any better than that. Teardrops in my eyes.
Johnny Cash and John Denver perform "Take Me Home, Country Roads" in their only performance together (1978)