Nick Ryan

Mahamedeis prevails in VOBIS Gold Heath at Caulfield

Posted on April 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nick Ryan has quickly made a statement from his new training base landing the first two winners on Victorian Owners and Breeders Day at Caulfield. Ryan made the move across town to set up his boutique stable at Flemington earlier this month after eight years training at Caulfield and claimed the first two races on[...]

Posted on March 29, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nick Ryan is looking forward to Easter. On Thursday Ryan moves into a new stable complex at Flemington and a couple of days later will saddle up Mahamedeis in the Group 3 Easter Cup (2000m) at Caulfield. Ryan has been based at Caulfield for the past four years and has steadily built his team, but[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Thoughts of contesting the big juvenile races at carnival times did not cross the mind of Caulfield trainer Nick Ryan despite knowing he had a more than handy two-year-old on his hands. Instead, Ryan was content to look at good money options in a bid to build a nice bank balance for connections. One of[...]

Posted on February 12, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Twelve years after winning a Lightning Stakes with Scenic Blast, trainer Danny Morton is hoping to claim another with rising star Elite Street.

Posted on December 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Almost 35 years to the day since Glen Boss rode in his first race, the champion jockey remains at the top of his game.

Posted on December 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Emerging Victorian trainer Nick Ryan is hoping to plunder Sydney's prize money coffers with stakes placegetter Express Pass, who lines up at Rosehill.

Posted on September 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Six weeks ago Caulfield trainer Nick Ryan devised a plan for his two stars, Mahamedeis and Sircconi, to clash in the Feehan Stakes and that is about to come to fruition. Ryan believes he is going into Saturday’s feature race at The Valley with “two live chances” in the eight-horse field. The winner will get[...]

Posted on July 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mahamedeis has delayed a jumping career for the short-term with an impressive staying performance at Caulfield. The Nick Ryan-trained galloper took out Saturday’s Laurelle Owens VOBIS Gold Stayers to go with a victory at the track in late May. Ryan was contemplating sending Mahamedeis to race over jumps, but following Saturday’s victory will now consider[...]

Posted on July 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

An inside barrier draw for Romancer in a 1600m handicap at Flemington has trainer Grahame Begg hopeful the gelding can land the first win of his current campaign. Romancer heads into Saturday’s James Dunbar’s Flemington Inn (1600m) off an unplaced finish in the Listed Winter Championship Series Final over the same course and distance last[...]

Posted on July 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After dominating the recent Listed Winter Championship Series Final, five-year-old gelding Sircconi is set to head back to Flemington to chase another win over the course and distance. Sircconi made a one-act affair of the Winter Championship Series Final (1600m) last Saturday week, winning by four lengths. It gave former jockey Nick Ryan his first[...]

Posted on July 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Racing on a seven-day back-up and dropping in distance, Sircconi has demolished his rivals in the Listed Winter Championship Series Final at Flemington to deliver Nick Ryan his first stakes victory as a trainer. Ridden by Daniel Stackhouse, who continued his successful season in Victoria in which he leads the statewide jockeys’ premiership, Sircconi ($10)[...]

Posted on June 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Nick Ryan has no reservations in tackling a stakes race with Sircconi a week after the gelding placed at his first attempt at a middle distance. Sircconi stepped up to 2000m at Caulfield, finishing second to Mirimar, and drops to 1600m on Saturday when he runs in the Listed VRC-CRV Winter Championship Series Final[...]

Posted on June 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Nick Ryan is counting on a different training regime to bring out the best in Mahamedeis over a proper staying trip at Flemington. Ryan has wanted to try Mahamedeis over an extended journey right from the time he took the gelding to Brisbane for the Queensland Derby as a three-year-old. Mahamedeis finished fifth in[...]

Posted on May 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mahamedeis has broken through for a long overdue win, coming with a late flourish to score at Caulfield. The Nick Ryan-trained gelding had been winless since scoring over 1600m at Caulfield in April last year. Relishing the 2000m journey on Saturday, Mahamedeis registered his third Caulfield victory when taking out the Neds Toolbox Handicap. Sent[...]

Posted on April 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Nick Ryan has the choice of a couple of races for stable favourite Mahamedeis at the rich Victorian Owners and Breeders race day at Caulfield. Ryan is contemplating the VOBIS Gold Mile (1600m) or the VOBIS Gold Heath (2000m) both of which carry prize money of $200,000. The Caulfield trainer resisted the temptation to[...]

Posted on April 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Nick Ryan is looking forward to seeing Sircconi back in action at Caulfield after a frustrating run of setbacks. Ryan will accept with Sircconi in Saturday’s Victoria Handicap (1400m) and providing a blood test later in the week is given the all-clear, the gelding will take his place. Sircconi has only been with Ryan[...]

Posted on January 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Melbourne’s weather will have the final say on the autumn reappearance of Express Pass. Trainer Nick Ryan has accepted with the three-year-old in the Alinta Energy Handicap (1000m) at The Valley on Friday night and the Group Three Manfred Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Ryan prefers The Valley option but a predicted top temperature[...]

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Boss Continues His Wild Ride At Rosehill

Nick Ryan Making Express Sydney Visit

Ryan Pair Boast Fitness Edge In Feehan

Mahamedeis Outstays Rivals At Caulfield

Begg Happy With Low Draw For Romancer

Sircconi Set For Another Flemington Race

Sircconi Wins Winter Championship Final

Sircconi Set For Back Up Run At Flemington

Flemington Distance Trial For Mahamedeis

Mahamedeis Back In Business At Caulfield

Caulfield Vobis Options For Mahamedeis

Sircconi Back On Track For Caulfield Test

Nick Ryan On Weather Watch For Stable Star

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