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running horse — a horse I really connected with. He couldnt break his maiden an the flat for a $5,000 claiming tag, but over fences he was a freak—he won a
of a million dollars from
to stake races to timber.
‘Action Man was my little Circuit Bar — my little point-topoint king,” he said. Tm foxhunting him now. If a horse is good to me and takes care of me through the years of racing, they earn that loyalty from me and I take care of them.” That sentiment is typical of amateur riders, most of whom are first and foremost horse lovers and lifelong riders.
Ryan recently acquired the Snickersville Hounds, a private pack; he considers himself an MIT - Master In Training. He stays pretty busy, all things considered. He hunts with his own pack and with the nearby Piedmont Foxhounds, works his day job with Lee Mason, and he has several horses in training.
As owner, Ryan keeps his
with several different trainers. “Most of the trainers I’ve ridden for over the years are small trainers and now that I have horses, I keep a horse with each of them - Dot Smithwick, Mairead Carr, Mike Berryman, Julie Gomena. I own half of Orhck—he won last week—and Old FeDow. I own horses with friends and business associates.”
Ryan takes it a bit personally that small owners and trainers are regularly driven out of the steeplechasing business. There’s no doubt that horse racing really is the sprat of kings, and that enthusiasts buy depredating assets in the form of horses. But Ryan does what he can to keep the whole thing in balance while he chases after his dream to become the all-time leading NSA amateur.
“I am eight wins away from the aft-time winning amateur
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