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rider Tom Kirlin a 4-length beating in the 2mile event.
Four races later, the clouds had opened, heavy rain causing plenty of late-day scratches. But Berryman came to compete, he said, and the weather did little to dampen the enthusi-' , asm of his open hurdle entry, Safe Viewing. The gelding had broken his hurdle maiden at Old Dominion last year, and Berryman looked for a solid performance from the 5-year-old.
The Florida-bred son of Roman Diplomat did not disappoint. Owned in partnership by Ryan and Middleburg’s Emily Hutchison, Safe Viewing looked to relish the deteriorating going and bested Double Found, his only competition,, by 6 lengths.
“I try and stay in Virginia with this horse so Mrs. Hutchison can watch him run,” Berryman explained.
His Johnson City stable is central to most of the National Steeplechase Association race meets, though convenient to none. Berryman races equally on the Midwest circuit, in Virginia and in the Carolinas. <
“But I like Virginia best,” he said.
Berryman was bom and brought up near the Middleburg Training Track in the St. Louis community. He left the area to attend East Tennessee State University for three years, but soon, he quipped, “my brain got full. I had to get back into the horse business. My only degree is in horses.”
Best of the rest
• Ladies’ timber specialist Mojave Gold became the spring circuit’s only four-time winner with another division victory for rider Blair Waterman. *.
• Old Dominion Hounds subscriber and Ben Venue neighbor Matt Hatcher packed a onetwo punch in the soggy maiden hurdle. Indian Run Farm, owned by his father-in-law and former ODH master David Semmes, sent out winner Allegmane, Michael Cooney up, and second-placed Knight’s Bishop, Simon Hobson.
• Upperville’s Jim Whitner steered his Kiblah to owner-rider timber victory, the horse’s first lifetime jump win.
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