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ed into the Hall of Fame in 1992 after earning five National Steeplechase Association leading jockey titles.
From that quiet start, Ryan has won hundreds of races since.
His lifetime point-to-point record stands at 152 wins, 127 seconds and 73 thirds at press time. Ever the active participant, when not working at his mortgage investment career, Ryan rides the card most weekends and is sure to add more as the season progresses.
Last year Ryan finished second in the Virginia Steeplechase Association’s standings as both owner and rider, no easy feat for someone who only briefly turned professional even though he could have made racing his fulltime career.
“I’m an amateur with another job and one of the reasons why I am still racing is because I don’t have to,” said Ryan. “I work hard to keep in shape. The other guys — if they get hurt, they’re out of a job. When I get hurt, I have another job and it takes the pressure off.
“This is a hard sport. It’s also great — you put on little white rants and you’re a celebrity. When 1 go into the jocks’room at the races, it’s ‘hey guys’— I have a professional attitude and you have to ride like a professional, because about 98 percent of my races are against professional jockeys. At every race meeting they pick a rider representative
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