January was closing in and Fran Berry was in a hospital bed. He had ample time to reflect on his career, his life, a new future; that he once rode a winner at the Cheltenham Festival, which returned on Tuesday. Berry, whose dad Frank is long JP McManus’ racing manager, had been in action on the flat at Wolverhampton when his mount, Bamako Du Chatelet, fell around the two-furlong pole. Berry, now a colleague on the media circuit, avoided paralysis. He would never ride again. He was blessed to get out in good nick.  “What happened to you?” enquired a…

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