He’s been a mainstay in country racing for the best part of three decades and Greg Ryan reached another milestone in his glittering career on Sunday.
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The champion jockey rode Larlabrook to victory for local trainer Clint Lundholm at Dubbo Turf Club to record career win number 3500.
Ryan, 51, seemed destined to hit the mark at Scone on Friday, heading north on 3,498 but he was only able to score one win there.
He then missed out in the first three races at Dubbo on Sunday but punters didn’t have to wait much longer to see the familiar sight of Ryan going past the post first.
“I’ve been around for awhile now. It makes me a veteran I suppose,” Ryan said.
“I’ve had a good trot and a credit to (my wife) Pauline, she’s done a good job for me over the years and got me a lot of winning chances so I try and convert them and we got there.”
Never one to show too much emotion, Ryan admitted it was special to him to reach such a mark.
