3 minute read
Sara Ryan admits she is sick of running third and is confident her runners at Tuesday’s Wyong meeting can buck the trend and see her back in the winner’s stall.
Sara Ryan, 28, is in her first full season as a trainer and to date has posted four wins and nine placings from her 51 runners.
The experienced horsewoman took over as Domeland's head trainer in June last year and has been on somewhat of a learning curve since.
"It's taken a while to get all the systems in place, but everything is running really smoothly now," she said.
"The horses are racing well and I'm confident the results will come."
Ryan trains a team of 31 horses from Domeland's Central Coast base, including Group 3 winner Parry Sound, who lined up in Saturday's Listed Parramatta Cup at Rosehill.
She saddles up two runners at Tuesday's home track meeting and considers one to be a winning chance.
"I'm sick of running third, that's for sure," Ryan laughed. "It would be so good if one or more can win and I am pretty confident."
Four of Ryan's past eight runners have finished third including Chief Conductor on Saturday.
The well-bred son of I Am Invincible, who was a dual acceptor at Gosford and Wyong, finished third on Saturday when Ryan opted to start him there.
She now has her hopes pinned on her own horse, six-year-old gelding Vegas Outlaw, can put his best foot forward in the 1600m Provincial Maiden.
She paid just $400 for the lightly raced Casino Prince gelding who she describes as a work in progress.
"I suppose you would describe him as a pet project for me. I brought him so I could get my trainers licence initially and it's taken a long time for the penny to drop.
"He ran a nice race at Port last start finishing third over 1506m, but they ran very fast up front and he didn't get a chance to get his momentum going.
"We will press forward with him on Tuesday and let him be comfortable and I expect a much better performance. It will be exciting if he can break his maiden."
Vegas Outlaw has had six starts to date and was placed third at Wyong over 1600m in his first preparation.
The second of Ryan's runners is $120,000 Magic Millions yearling Iconic Icon, debuting in the 1100m CG&E Maiden.
Ryan said the Extreme Choice colt is a "work in progress" but believes he is also an exciting prospect.
"His trials haven't been good on paper, but we'll ride him quite on Tuesday and give him a chance to find his feet.
"He's shown us a lot more at home than what he does in the trials. If he gets his head right, he could be a very handy horse."
The first of eight races on our BJ Howes Race Day gets underway at 1.15pm.
SELECTIONS:
Race 1 – 1 SILVAKIA, 2 Condrieu, 3 Street Candi, 4 Maralago.
Race 2 - 1 GRAND CRUSADER, 2 Cool Jakey, 3 Free Enterprise, 4 Mission Ridge.
Race 3 - 1 DAYTONA GAL, 2 Royal Empress, 3 Choose Your Words, 4 Sacred Girl.
Race 4 – 1 AMBASSADORS, 2 Mindspace, 3 Regal Inheritance.
Race 5 – 1 OWARI, 2 Higher Hand, 3 Steam Clock, 4 Vegas Outlaw.
Race 6 – 1 MISS VIOLET, 2 Nasdaq Dubai, 3 Florida Sky, 4 Crystalane.
Race 7 – 1 PHAROAH'S REIGN, 2 Speak Now, 3 Capital Asset, 4 The Himalayas.
Race 8 – 1 WEALTHOFKNOWLEDGE, 2 Mad Darcey, 3 Hasten Delight, 4 Notifies.
