Tommy Berry adjusting to instant stardom in Hong Kong Australian jockey Tommy Berry celebrates winning the Queen Elizabeth II Cup on Military Attack. TOMMY Berry is quickly adjusting to his new-found stardom that will only continue because of his immediate success in Hong Kong. Less than 24 hours after he wrapped up a brilliant autumn carnival at Royal Randwick, Berry kicked home Military Attack in the Group 1 QEII Cup at Sha Tin for trainer John Moore. Berry fronted the local press early yesterday, and later told The Daily Telegraph he was trying to get his head around the excitement. He quipped he may have to fly his twin brother, fellow hoop Nathan Berry, to Hong Kong so he can pose for photos and sign autographs. "I've had a fair bit of publicity of late, but in Hong Kong it's totally different," said Berry, who gave up his quest for the Sydney jockeys' premiership for a two-month sabbatical in Hong Kong. As soon as you walk out the front door of your apartment and walk across the road to the track, people are taking photos. I walked the track more than four hours before the first race, and people were taking photos. Even when I walked out of the jockey's room after the last, what should have been a two-minute walk back home became half an hour because of media interviews and photos. The (racegoers) ask you to sign everything, from caps, T-shirts and racebooks. Berry has been in red-hot form and already has a full book of rides for Happy Valley tomorrow. At least another half-dozen rides await him this weekend. While he has quickly made a name for himself abroad, Berry said he would wait until he returns home in a couple of months before weighing up a more permanent move to the Asian racing mecca. He left Australia in the form of his life, including a Golden Slipper win on Overreach and Doncaster aboard Sacred Falls, and was initially keen to return home knowing he had the backing of trainer Gai Waterhouse. "I've got 10 weeks when I get home to think about it, but at this stage Australia is home, I'm only young and there's a lot I want to do," he said. Berry steered Military Attack to victory in the $1.75 million QE II Cup, and got going early to avoid being boxed in by the local hoops. The horse went on to win by nearly two lengths, with Berry always confident the horse would sustain a long sprint. "It was good to get plenty of rides straight away, but to get the Group 1 is even better," he said. Despite Hong Kong being Berry's first overseas visit, he was made to feel at home when Aussie jockey Tye Angland greeted him with some groceries. Tim Clark, who finished his Hong Kong stint on Sunday - and makes his Aussie return at Kembla Grange today - also showed him the ropes, as did Aussie Zac Purton.