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Outpouring of Grief for Nathan Berry

Published on Friday, April 4, 2014 in General

A racing industry so often divided by opinion has united in its grief over the death of young jockey Nathan Berry. 

The 23-year-old died in a Sydney hospital on Thursday afternoon, just hours after his family brought him home from Singapore where he had been seriously ill for more than two weeks.

Racing NSW CEO Peter V'landys said the racing industry was struggling to comprehend Berry's death.

"Sadness is not a sufficient word to describe this tragedy. We are all very distressed and could not imagine the grief the family must be going through," V'landys said in a statement made at the request of the Berry and Schofield families.

Read the full report at bloodstock.com.au


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