Tommy Berry wins in Singapore

Monday 18 November 2013, 2:03pm

Tommy Berry's stellar year has continued with victory aboard Tropaios in the Group One Singapore International Gold Cup.

Berry made a flying visit to Singapore on Sunday, winning the feature for ex-pat trainer Michael Freedman and claiming another race on the program aboard Rite Of Spring for the same stable.

The 22-year-old enjoyed a similar success in April when he made an immediate impact on his first day of a limited Hong Kong contract when he won the QEII Cup at Sha Tin.

The winner of the Golden Slipper and Doncaster Mile in the Sydney autumn, Berry said it was an unbelievable achievement to win such a big race at his first visit to Kranji.

"I was able to achieve something similar six or seven months ago in Hong Kong," Berry told the Singapore Turf Club.

"It's great coming to new tracks, sitting aboard new horses and getting the job done and it's a place that I would like to get back to in the future.

"I had a plan before the race and with the little bit of rain I thought that would be even better for him.

"But before the race I had a bit of a change of mind. I originally wanted to ride back and come up on the inside of them, but the fence was chopped up a bit so I decided to come out.

"At the top of the straight I thought he was going to win, but then he hit a bit of a flat spot half-way down the straight.

"Luckily he picked up again and we were able to get there in the end."

A UK-bred four-year-old, Tropaios is raced by the China Horse Club.

Freedman has been associated with some of Australia's best horses over the past 25 years with his brother Lee, but says the victory of Tropaios is his greatest thrill in racing.

"I've been involved in some big wins back home, but this is my biggest thrill in racing," he said.

"It's great for Tommy to win the race. He's a world class rider and had a plan for the race before he went out.

"The plan worked perfectly and full marks must go to him."

Berry was one of four Australian jockeys to make the trip to Singapore for the meeting with Craig Newitt the best of the rest on Dragonfly who finished third in the Cup.

Glen Boss and Dean Yendall finished out of the money and out of favour with stewards with both copping suspensions from the meeting.

Boss was outed for two Singapore meetings, November 27 to December 1, for weighing in a kilogram over after the Cup while Yendall was suspended for the same period for careless riding in the last race.

– AAP

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