Racing runs through the veins of Nick Ryan and the young Caulfield Trainer was always destined to enjoy a life dedicated to the care of thoroughbreds.

Ryan is a third-generation horseman who as a seventeen-year-old apprentice jockey broke record after record. In 2004/05 he not only became the Victorian Champion Apprentice, he also took out the title of Australian Champion Apprentice.

Ryan had taken the racing world by storm and also won the 2004/05 Victoria Metropolitan Jockey Premiership as a third-year apprentice. In 50 years, only three apprentices have won the Victorian Senior Jockey Premiership in Damien Oliver, Darren Gauci and Ryan.

Following a difficult battle with weight in the saddle, Ryan decided he wanted to embark on a career as a horse trainer. He cut his teeth with some wonderfully gifted horse people at home and abroad, before opening Nick Ryan Racing in 2014.

Ryan put in the hard yards early building his boutique stable, selecting stable favourite Mahamedeis as a yearling for $24,000 and his grand campaigner has gone close to amassing $1,000,000 in stakes, with more to come.

Ryan has a strong and loyal team supporting him in his quest for racetrack success and this year he was awarded the Colin Alderson Rising Star Award for his achievements in 2019/20, which included his first feature with Sircconi in the Listed Winter Championship Final and Mahamedeis in the VOBIS Gold Stayers.