Wolf owner heaps praise on Ryan

Brendan McDonald, part-owner of Amadeus Wolf, paid a glowing tribute to Kevin Ryan, trainer of the Scottish Equitable Gimcrack Stakes hero, during his winner’s speech at York yesterday evening.

He told guests that “if someone had suggested at the start of the year a Northern-based trainer would have two individual Group One winners in their yard, the only name that would have seemed credible is ‘Mark Johnston’.”