The 30-year-old jockey and Terry Robinson's Art Cadeau will start at favourites for Saturday's Racing NSW Country Championships final at Royal Randwick.

"I believe Art Cadeau has been the standout horse through the whole championships," Berry said.

"And even before then, he's claimed six wins and four second from his 10 starts - his record speaks for itself and he's a super consistent horse.

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"To me, he was the most dominant horse during all the qualifiers and he's still got a lot of improvement in him.

"In terms of the favouritism, I've dealt with it many times before and I'll just make sure I ride him calm and cool and give him the best opportunity from the gate.

"He shouldn't be too far from the speed - which can be a tricky element because there will be horses from all over the place for the big final.

"The speed will be difficult to read but I'll give him the best opportunity to win - if he's good enough on the day, he'll get the job done."

Berry and the four-year-old Regal Lodge-trained gelding will start from barrier two, at a track that is currently a heavy-eight.

"I would have preferred to have drawn a little further out, as he likes to get into a bit of room," Berry, who admits Art Cadeau can handle both the wet and dry track, said.

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"He did draw one at the qualifier at Goulburn but I was able to get him into the clear when I had to, so it's going to be up to me to do the same thing again on Saturday.

"I've just got to navigate a passage and have him in striking distance at the right time.

"I'll also make sure he gets into a good rhythm and make sure he switches off because he can get keen at times - if he does that, he'll be very hard to beat.

"And having spoken to Terry, he's happy with the progress Art Cadeau has made, especially as a horse who's had little setbacks in his preparation - I'm confident he'll be right come Saturday."

If Berry, who currently sits in second behind James McDonald in the Sydney Metropolitan premiership, and Art Cadeau cross the line in first, the Golden Slipper-winning jockey knows how special it will be to him and the whole team.

"It's not so much the race itself, rather who you do it for," Berry said.

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"The first time I won it was for Greg Bennett, who's a very good friend of mine and a very solid trainer.

"Obviously Terry is very much the same, being a trainer I've ridden for during my whole career - with us having a lot of success along the way.

"To win it for his entire team, who a great bunch of people - most of who are his family - would be incredible.

"I know first hand how hard Terry works - he's a trainer who puts everything into his horses and he places them very well."

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