Emma Berry

Following an interview with Guy Harwood to mark the 40th anniversary of Dancing Brave's Classic season, we examine the horse's stud career in Britain and Japan  By Emma Berry "Neither of us thought we'd ever get another horse like him," says Grant Pritchard-Gordon, former racing manager to Prince Khalid Abdullah in the early days of Juddmonte and, crucially, through the 1986 tour de force of Dancing Brave.  "Then I remember when Frankel won his Guineas, I was in the box with Prince Khalid and I said to him, 'I never...

Angus Gold is the man in the hotseat for the latest edition of TDN Conversations as he joins Emma Berry in Newmarket to chat about some of his most memorable times in the business and a busy year ahead. From Nashwan to Nayef, Battaash to Baaeed, Gold has had the inside track on some of the great names of the turf during his time as racing manager for Shadwell and this year he embarks on his 40th year in that role "I was very wet behind the ears," he says...

Angus Gold is the man in the hotseat for the latest edition of TDN Conversations as he joins Emma Berry in Newmarket to chat about some of his most memorable times in the business and a busy year ahead.  

As a trainer, Luca Cumani's name has long been etched in the history books among an elite group to have trained two Derby winners. Along with Kahyasi and High-Rise, other equine stars to have graced his stable over more than four decades include Barathea, One So Wonderful, Gossamer, Alkaased, Falbrav and Zomaradah, who is now better known as the dam of Dubawi. Perhaps one of the most special was the Fillies' Mile winner Shamshir, who carried the colours of Sheikh Mohammed but had been bred by Luca and his wife...

Adam Houghton, who joined the team at TDN Europe two years ago as an associate editor, has been appointed deputy European editor, while European and international editor Emma Berry will assume a new role as chief correspondent. "With an encyclopaedic knowledge of racing and as an eagle-eyed sub-editor, Adam has proved to be an outstanding addition to the TDN's line-up in Europe and is thoroughly deserving of this new enhanced role," said TDN's senior vice-president, Gary King. "TDN Europe has gone from strength to strength since its launch in 2016....

Emma Berry, European editor at Thoroughbred Daily News, is among the writers shortlisted for the 2025 HWPA Derby Awards, which take place at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on Monday, December 1. Berry is nominated in the Specialist Writer of the Year category, along with Bill Barber and Alan Sweetman from the Racing Post and Laura Joy from European Bloodstock News. The shortlist for the Racing Writer of the Year features three previous winners in Lee Mottershead, bidding for a fourth victory, Peter Thomas, who lifted the trophy in...

The TDN's Emma Berry will succeed Simon Sweeting as chair of the British EBF in January 2026. Berry, who joined the Thoroughbred Daily News as European editor in 2015, previously worked as deputy editor of Pacemaker magazine, deputy editor and racing editor of Horse & Hound, bloodstock editor of Thoroughbred Owner Breeder and associate editor of Bloodstock Notebook. She also completed a stint for Darley at Dalham Hall Stud for three years. A small owner-breeder with two broodmares, Berry sits on the BHA Flat Pattern Committee and is a member...

For the latest instalment of the TDN Conversations Podcast sponsored by Saracen Horse Feeds, we are taking a step back in time to the 20th century to reflect on the careers of three extraordinary two-year-olds: Spindrifter, trained by Sir Mark Prescott, and Provideo and Timeless Times, both of whom were trained by Bill O'Gorman.

For the latest instalment of the TDN Conversations podcast we took a trip to Oghill House Stud in County Kildare. There, Johnny Hyland represents the fifth generation of his family to be running what has become a notably successful nursery for Thoroughbreds. In recent years the likes of Group 1 winner Marcel, Royal Ascot winners Washington DC and Quick Suzy, and French group winners Romantic Style and Caius Chorister are among some of the top horses to have been bred or raised at Oghill House. The stud will offer a...

For the latest instalment of the TDN Conversations podcast, sponsored by Saracen Horse Feeds, Emma Berry took a trip to Oghill House Stud in County Kildare. There, Johnny Hyland represents the fifth generation of his family to be running what has become a notably successful nursery for Thoroughbreds.

A visit to Richard Kent at Mickley Stud is guaranteed to involve some lively conversation - and lots of it - spiced with opinion, tips on horsemanship, and often some scurrilous gossip. Tune in to our latest episode of the TDN Conversations podcast with the breeder of Royal Ascot winner Docklands.

In the latest edition of the TDN's Conversations podcast, Emma Berry takes a tour around New England Stud with Peter Stanley. As well as lending their name to the NHL's Stanley Cup, the Stanley family has a centuries-long association with the turf, with various members of the dynasty having made immensely significant contributions to British Thoroughbred breeding and racing. In 1780, Stanley's forebear, the 12th Earl of Derby, gave his name to the race that many believe to be the greatest test of a Thoroughbred. The fillies' equivalent of the...