The elite group of Dynamic Syndications trainers have enjoyed great success on the track this year in many different aspects.
Each of our nine impressive and triumphant trainers has enjoyed countless amounts of success with the future looking even brighter.
Below is a small summary of how each trainer’s year panned out:
Peter Moody
Peter enjoyed another phenomenal season on the track training an incredible 209 winners a strike rate of 20.21%
Peter also amassed almost $15m in prizemoney with ten individual Gr1s triumphs, nine Gr2 victories, seven Gr3s and 9 LR wins.
He managed to be the leading training in Victoria and Australia for winners, led both Gr1 and Gr2 wins and conquered Europe with his mare Black Caviar.
This outstanding effort has affirmed Peter as Australia’s finest trainer with more success merely a matter of when not if.
Chris Waller
Chris Waller enjoyed an outstanding year topping the Australian metropolitan training premiership with 131.5 wins, 22.5 ahead of Peter Moody.
Overall Chris trained 172.5 winners for the season and took out both the Sydney and NSW premierships. This was Chris’ second consecutive Sydney Premiership.
In Sydney, a mark of 120 metropolitan winners in a season has only previously been achieved by 3 different trainers all of whom are in the racing hall of fame.
Chris has continually bettered his mark each year since arriving with a small team of horses from New Zealand in 2000.
Mick Price
Mick Price has enjoyed another stellar season finishing a clear second on the Melbourne Training Premiership.
Mick produced 132 total winners for the year including 52 at metropolitan level with an impressive strike rate of 19.1%
Mick had 8 different black type victories and numerous other stakes placings this year which helped him to finish 6th in overall winners around Australia.
Mick has firmly cemented his spot as one of the top trainers in Australian racing and we are glad to have him on board for what promises to be another exciting season.
David Payne
David Payne had another great year being one of Dynamic’s most profitable trainers, especially in the back half of the season.
David trained Dream Choice and Secret Delight to multiple victories this year, the latter winning two consecutive races in city class.
David also tasted Gr1 success with Master of Design when he saluted in the TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick during the Autumn.
Overall David trained 42.5 winners for the seasons including 4 stakes races in his stables based at Rosehill.
Gerald Ryan
The Gerald Ryan stable has had an excellent year training 76 winners with over $4.1m earned in prizemoney.
Gerald sat 10th overall in Australia for prizemoney earned in a season which included 9 black type victories with copious other city winners.
Among these was winner of the Gr3 Kindergarten Stakes, Dances on Stars which Dynamic purchased in NZ before selling privately to Gerald and his owners.
Gerald’s continued success can be attributed to his hard work that he puts in with his horses day after day.
Jason Coyle
Despite having a small stable, Jason Coyle had 25 winners for the season at a strike of almost 12% after switching from his Randwick stables to Warwick Farm.
Jason prepared Masterstroke for Dynamic Syndications who produced 2 wins this season including a most recent win at Kembla in July.
We thank Jason for his hard work this season and look forward to more racetrack success with him in coming years.
Darren Smith
Darren Smith has had an extraordinary season finishing 10th in the NSW premiership with 57.5 winners for the season.
Darren’s strike rate of 17.7% ranks among the best in NSW with a large majority of his success being in the Dynamic silks.
Darren trained Atomic Force to multiple stakes victories including the Gr1 Railway Stakes in NZ and the LR Slickpix Stakes in Melbourne.
He was instrumental in the successful turnaround of Midnight at Ascot who has now won 7 individual races and has been stakes placed.
Matt Dunn
Dynamic Syndications Queensland based trainer, Matt Dunn completed his first full season as a trainer and has forged his way to become one of the top trainers in the Queensland already.
Matt trained 53.5 winners for the season at a strike rate of 16.77% to sit himself 8th in the Metropolitan training premiership in Brisbane.
Matt also enjoyed his first stakes success winning the LR Princess Stakes with Hidden Jewel during the month of April.
We are sure to see Matt further progress in the coming seasons as he develops in to an even better trainer than he is today.
Gary Portelli
Gary Portelli had another successful season producing 23 winners on the track and multiple stakes successes.
Gary’s black type results included Rose of Peace’s win in the LR Wenona Girl, Somepin Anypin’s emphatic victory in the Gr3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup and Single Style’s impressive victory in the LR Keith Mackay.
With these three previously mentioned horses all on the improve, sign are positive that Gary will continue on his winning ways in the 2012/13 season.
We thank all the Dynamic trainers for their hard work this year and wish them the best of luck for next season’s racing.