Derek Ryan

Book'em Danno (Bucchero), forced to defect from the Aug. 29 GI Forego after being cast in his stall the night before, has been ruled out of the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint at Keeneland, according to post on X by Paul Halloran. "After being scratched from the Forego, Book'em Danno has now been ruled out of the Breeders' Cup by trainer Derek Ryan, who said today that Danno has been walking the shedrow but not yet returned to training," the post read. Ryan told Halloran he didn't believe the gelding would...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - If Book'em Danno (Bucchero) doesn't get a prep race before the Breeders' Cup, you won't see him in the $2-million GI Sprint on Oct. 31 at Keeneland. And, right now, trainer Derek Ryan really doesn't know if the 5-year-old gelding will have time to make a race before then. Book'em Danno, the even-money morning-line favorite, was scratched from last Saturday's GI Forego Stakes at Saratoga after getting cast in his stall. Because he was showing slight lameness and was not 100% right on Saturday morning, the...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Book'em Danno (Bucchero), the even-money morning line favorite for Saturday's $500,000 GI Forego Stakes, cast himself in his stall sometime Friday night and was withdrawn from his title defense, trainer Derek Ryan said. "What are you going to do?" Ryan said by phone. "That is the racing game for you. He was tearing the barn down like a madman. He will probably be fine tomorrow, but we don't race tomorrow." Book'em Danno was going for his sixth graded stakes race win at the...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - In eight of Renegade (Into Mischief)'s nine career races, he has had the steady hands of jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. guiding him. The band got broken up when Ortiz's Saratoga season was cut short when he was knocked out with a bruised left foot. That meant an audible had to be called by Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. He needed to get a new partner for Renegade for Saturday's Grade I, $1.25-million Travers Stakes. Enter Tyler Gaffalione. The 31-year-old rider has been handed the reins...

Book'em Danno (Bucchero), the reigning champion male sprinter and three-time New Jersey-bred Horse of the Year, blew out three furlongs from the gate in :37 flat this morning over the Monmouth Park dirt in preparation for next Saturday's GI Forego S. at Saratoga Race Course. The seven-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and up offers a "Win and You're In" berth to the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile in October at Keeneland. Trained by Derek Ryan for Atlantic Six Racing, the 5-year-old was piloted through the breeze by Jose Ferrer as his...

In honor of champion and favorite son Book'em Danno (Bucchero), Monmouth Park has officially designated Friday, July 17, as 'Book'em Danno Day,' with the multiple Grade I winner scheduled to race in the six-furlong Mr. Prospector Stakes that day, the track said in a Thursday press release. Under the conditions of the race, the $100,000 purse for the Mr. Prospector doubles to $200,000 if a multiple Grade I winner starts in the race. In addition, Monmouth Park will have a special Book'em Danno T-shirt giveaway to the first 2,000 paid...

Book'em Danno (Bucchero), the best horse the New Jersey breeding program has produced in decades, will return to the Garden State and make his next start in the July 17 Mr. Prospector Stakes at Monmouth Park. The race will be run the day before the GI Haskell Stakes and the purse will be increased from $100,000 to $200,000. It will be Book'em Danno's first start in New Jersey since he won the July 19, 2024 Jersey Shore Stakes at Monmouth, "This has been in the works for a long time,"...

This past season, Eclipse Award voters were forced to choose between the season-long body of work assembled by Atlantic Six Racing's Book'em Danno (g, 5, Bucchero--Adorabella, by Ghostzapper) and the brilliance shown in a pair of big-figure victories achieved by Bentornato (Valiant Minister), capped by success in the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint. That contest was purposely given a pass by the Book'em Danno team. Book'em Danno prevailed in one of the closest battles on Eclipse evening, and on Saturday afternoon at Saratoga, the argument was settled--belatedly--on the racetrack, as Book'em...

Monmouth Park and the connections of last year's champion male sprinter, Book'em Danno (Bucchero), are negotiating to get the five-year-old New Jersey-bred gelding to race at Monmouth on Friday, July 17, which is the day before the track's premier event, the GI Haskell Stakes. Dennis Drazin, the chairman and chief executive officer of Darby Development LLC, which operates Monmouth, disclosed the plans during Wednesday's New Jersey Racing Commission meeting. Drazin explained that the initiative would involve a special day in Book'em Danno's honor, with the aim of promoting the overall...

Bush Racing Stable's Point Dume (Into Mischief) fended off Champion Male Sprinter Book'em Danno (Bucchero) by a neck on the front end to capture Saturday's GII Carter at Aqueduct Racetrack. Earning a 101 Beyer Speed Figure, the bay will continue to run in high-level races, although trainer Tim Kreiser still needs to determine a next spot. "He looked really good this morning, walking around the barn like a soldier," Kreiser said. "He ran a really good race. They put heat on him early, turning for home, he dispatched that one...

The in-form Point Dume (Into Mischief) shipped in from his base at Penn National and lowered the colors of the returning Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Book'em Danno (Bucchero) in Saturday's GII Carter Stakes at Aqueduct. The 7-1 second-longest shot on the board was ridden along from the inside stall and made the running in advance of rank outsider Acoustic Ave (Maclean's Music) through a very steady opening quarter in :23.01 as Book'em Danno, the 4-5 chalk and wearing front wraps for the first time in his career, settled just in behind...

Reigning Eclipse Champion Book'em Danno (Bucchero) has been named New Jersey-bred Horse of the Year for the third consecutive year by the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association of New Jersey, the organization said in a press release on Tuesday. Owned by Atlantic Six Racing LLC and trained by Derek Ryan, the gelding won four of five starts during 2025. The state's all-time leading New Jersey-bred money earner, now boasting $1,855,425 in career earnings, swept Saratoga's older sprint series--the GIII True North Stakes, GII Vanderbilt Stakes and GI Forego Stakes--en route to being...