Ryan and Alexiou head to Newcastle seeking success on Beaumont track

The Rosehill training partnership of Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou will be well represented at Tuesday’s Beaumont track meeting at Newcastle, with three leading contenders set to go around.

The Wine Country Race Club meeting will boast the latest group 1 winning jockey Tom Sherry, who scored on the Peter Snowden-prepared Tashi in Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara at Eagle Farm. He will ride all three of Ryan and Alexiou’s runners.

Leading Sydney trainer Gerald Ryan.Credit: Getty

City Gold Banner will line up in the Sharp Office Class 2 Handicap for Ryan, Alexiou and Sherry, with the Starspangledbanner colt being a debut winner in Super Maiden company at Warwick Farm earlier in the year.

“He won well in a small field at his first start,” said Ryan.

“His two runs after that were below his best, but we tipped him out for a break, and he has had two solid trials leading into his resuming run. He is ready to run well.”

City Gold Field will be Sherry’s ride for Ryan and Alexiou in The Adviser Collective Maiden Plate (1350m).

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He’s also had three starts and followed a fifth on debut at Kembla Grange with a fourth at Gosford.

“He comes into Tuesday’s race after a third at Gosford at his third start,” said Ryan.

“He steps up in distance and looks to be heading in the right direction.”

Cosmic Eagle is the final runner for Ryan, Alexiou and Sherry in the Dailey Family Funerals Maiden Plate (1150m).

Cosmic Eagle was a Rosehill trial winner before making her debut with a third at Newcastle when beaten less than a length by First Landing in a Super Maiden on June 7.

“She’s a two-year-old filly by Deep Field, and she’s shown her share of promise,” said Ryan.

“It was a good run on debut, and the winner has come out and franked the form with an easy win at Port Macquarie.”

Sherry has one other ride awaiting at the Newcastle Beaumont meeting with the mount on Impending Fortune for trainer Colt Prosser in the New Zealand Bloodstock Country Boosted Maiden Handicap (1250m).

Impending Fortune was midfield at his only start at Port Macquarie.

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