LOCATION:
Rosehill
FACILITIES:
Onsite boxes, 2 walkers and access to pool.
BACKGROUND
Commencing his career as a jockey, Gerald Ryan has been involved in the thoroughbred racing industry for 5 decades. He is known for his vast knowledge and true horsemanship and many of his charges have continued to have successful stud careers. Upon retiring from race riding, he became foreman for John Hawkes at Epsom before becoming a trainer in his right, and over the years has established stables at Flemington, Gold Coast, Murwillumbah, and Rosehill Gardens. His only Group 1 victory as a jockey, Gerald is also the only person to win the G1 All Aged Stakes as both a jockey (Bit of a Skite 1980) and trainer (Hurricane Sky 1995 & Trapeze Artist 2018). Sterling Alexiou started his career on the Gold Coast with trainer Gillian Heinrich before making the move to Sydney to work for Gerald, rising quickly to the role of foreman, and becoming co-trainer in mid-2020.
NOTABLE WINS
Hurricane Sky – 1994 Blue Diamond Stakes (Gerald’s first Group 1 win)
Mrs Onassis – 2013 Oakleigh Plate
Melito – Multiple Group winner including 2010 G1 TJ Smith, now a successful broodmare overseas
Snitzel – Multiple Group race winner and now multiple Champion Sire at Arrowfield Stud
Ironstein – A stable warhorse, racing until he was 8yo and won 4 stakes races
Snitzerland – 6 of her 8 wins were at Group level and was 2nd behind Pierro in 2012 Golden Slipper
Trapeze Artist –2018 TJ Smith, 2018 All Aged Stakes & 2019 Canterbury Stakes
Menari – 2017 Run to the Rose
Rubick – 2014 Schillaci Stakes
Peltzer – His 2020 Stan Fox Stakes was the first Group win for the new co-training partnership of Gerald and Sterling.
CONTACT
Phone: Gerald 0419 304 419 or Sterling 0417 760 369
Email address: admin@raracing.com.au
Website: www.raracing.com.au
Twitter: @GRyanRacing
Instagram: @geraldryanracing