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News.com.au
13-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Domeland conditioner Sara Ryan eyes Brisbane Group 1 targets ahead of public training move
Big Dance-winning trainer Sara Ryan is eager to cap off a successful stint at Central Coast operation Domeland with a Brisbane winter carnival Group 1 raid before becoming a public trainer from next season. Racing and breeding operation Domeland announced on Monday afternoon that Ryan would be leaving her position as the operation's private trainer at the end of the 2024/25 season. Ryan has been Domeland's trainer for the past two-and-a-half years and enjoyed success on the big stage in the 2023 $3m The Big Dance with Attractable and last month's $1 million Provincial-Midway Championships Final with Matcha Latte. She plans to head to Queensland with Attractable and Matcha Latte, with both holding nominations for the Group 1 $3m Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm on June 14. Attractable is on the comeback trial after a year on the sidelines and won a trial at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. He was nominated for Saturday's Listed $200,000 Luskin Star Stakes (1300m) at Scone but will instead be saved for Brisbane. 1⃣ Attractable 2⃣ Verona Rose 3⃣ Movin Out The 2023 Big Dance ðŸ'ƒ winner leads all the way to win a 1200m trial at Warwick Farm on Tuesday. Thunderlips, Flying Bandit and Engine Room were behind the placings. @tabcomau — Racing NSW (@racing_nsw) May 12, 2025 'We've got a team four or five heading up to Queensland so that will be exciting,' Ryan said. 'Attractable trialled this morning and will go to the next week's BRC Sprint (1350m) first-up. He needed another trial after a year off. 'I have been umming and ahhing whether to give him a hit out today for the race this weekend but felt like he has had so long off, and the way he races, he is so honest and will gutter himself first-up so I want him fit enough to be able to do that.' 'Matcha Latte is going to the BRC Sprint too and the Stradbroke, those are his two targets.' Two-year-old Is It Spectacular will be on trial for a crack at the Group 2 BRC Sires' Produce Stakes when he lines up in the opener at Randwick Kensington on Wednesday. Ryan, who played a pivotal role as a pre-trainer before taking over full-time training, will depart Domeland shortly after the winter carnival. She will continue training at Wyong where she has about 30 stables on-course. 'It is a little bit heartbreaking because these horses are like my children and I've had them for six years so know them inside and out,' she said. 'I really do get to know my horses so it's been heartbreaking and will continue to be, but there comes a time when you have to sink or swim again and it's that time now. 'Domeland gave me a great opportunity, which I am very grateful for, and it's been a great building block but I think it's come to that time where I want the chance to train for other people.' Ryan will play a role in helping Domeland find her successor with the decision hoped to be made before her current contract ends.
News.com.au
12-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Sara Ryan to leave Domeland to launch private training venture
Big Dance-winning trainer Sara Ryan will step down as head trainer for Central Coast operation Domeland later this year as she prepares to set up as a public trainer. Ryan – who has been with Domeland for more than six years, the past two-and-a-half as head trainer – has prepared more than 50 winners for Domeland including Attractable in the $3 million The Big Dance and Matcha Latte in the $1 million Provincial-Midway Championships Final. 'Sara has been instrumental to Domeland's success on the racetrack over the past few seasons and I am grateful for the dedication she brought to the role,' Domeland's managing director King Cheng said. 'Sara's work has laid a strong foundation for the future. We're proud of what she's accomplished and excited about what's ahead for both her and Domeland. 'We remain fully committed to our private training model and will continue to have the same number of horses in training, operating from our dual locations (Kulnura and Wyong) on the Central Coast.' Attractable takes the BIG DANCE! 🕰🰩ðŸ'ƒ @Reganbayliss delivers a peach to give Sara Ryan the biggest win of her career. — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) November 7, 2023 • Boom colt Beadman spelled as The Everest looms large Ryan, who will continue to lead Domeland through the stable's Queensland winter campaign, said Domeland had been wonderful for her career. 'The support and trust they've shown me gave me the confidence to train the way I do, and I'll always be grateful for that,' she said. 'I will continue to train the horses to the best of my abilities until my final day, before embarking on a new venture as a public trainer.' “I’m so proud of the team.â€� Matcha Latte’s victory in the Provincial-Midway Championships Final today was the culmination of a lot of love, time and effort! Hear from @sara_r_racing and @AshMorgan6 not long ago. @aus_turf_club — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 12, 2025 Domeland aims to appoint Ryan's successor at the beginning of the 2025-2026 racing season, prior to the end of Ryan's current contract.
