First-Crop Sire Palace Malice, Mike Ryan and Structor

To call Structor a full-circle horse for Mike Ryan doesn’t quite do the story justice. From his pinhooking of Structor’s sire Palace Malice to his role developing the colt’s female family, Ryan’s influence here could be called multifaceted or, if you haven’t had your first cup of coffee, convoluted. But really, if there’s a word that best describes Mike Ryan’s involvement with Structor, it’s this: representative.