Kembla’s leading apprentice Brock Ryan is keen to carry momentum from a successful trip to Moruya on Monday afternoon into the new year as he guns for another young rider’s premiership.
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The Yamba-raised hoop has had a luckless start to 2018, but returned to the winner’s stall with a top ride from just off the speed to boot home Le Dejeuner for Kembla trainers Rob and Luke Price on Cup day.
"I've always had a lot of luck here. Hopefully it gets the ball rolling a little bit," Ryan told Sky Thoroughbred Central after the win.
He sat patiently behind the leader Cheat’m before moving up alongside race favourite on the corner to launch his challenge. Le Dejeuner knuckled down over the final furlong to edge out Mark Gee’s Treasure Boss and his pacesetting stablemate.
"We had a beautiful run," Ryan said.
"We landed in a nice position and he really knuckled down at the end. He just kept grinding."
Ryan, who is indentured to leading trainer Gwenda Markwell, won the Kembla apprentices premiership in his first year in the saddle and currently leads the title race again by a single point.
Ryan (22 points) has Jean Van Overmeire (21 points) and Nick Heywood (20 points) hot on his heels.
Kembla Grange will host another meeting this Saturday.
