DERMOT and Malachy Ryan are not the only siblings to complete the Irish National Stud Thoroughbred Management Course, but their subsequent career successes have placed them among the elite who have gone on to secure positions of great influence within the industry.

Dermot was in the class of 1984, a group that included John Durkan, Henry Beeby, Pat Downes, Brendan Gallagher, Garrett O’Rourke and more, while Malachy’s class of 1996 also had its coterie of well-known names. Malachy and his 20 fellow students on the course celebrate a quarter of a century since they entered the gates at Tully for six months.