ROSSA Ryan celebrated a landmark 200th career win on debutant Baradar in the opening division of the Unibet EBF Maiden Stakes at Newbury.

The 20-year-old reached the milestone in the colours of his boss Kia Joorabchian, who operates under the Amo Racing Limited banner, as the Muhaarar colt provided trainer Roger Varian with his seventh winner of the weekend.

Held up during the early stages of the seven-furlong contest, the 13/8 favourite warmed to the task well before defeating fellow newcomer General Lee by three-quarters of a length.

Ryan said: “It’s great to get to 200 winners in only my fourth season – I really can’t complain how things are going.

“I had only ridden Baradar once beforehand at Mr Varian’s, but he gave me a lovely feel. He was very professional today when they got to the later stages of the race.

“To do what he did on that ground today showed me he has an incredible attitude.

Lovely horses

“Mr Joorabchian has got some lovely horses – they are really starting to come to the fore, and it could be a very nice year for us.”

Ryan hopes his latest success is a sign of things to come for the Archie Watson-trained Devilwala, who is part-owned by Joorabchian, in the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack Stakes at York on Friday.

He added: “He did nothing wrong first time out and was very professional.

“He gave me a great feeling and only did what he had to do. I sat on him on Friday, and he felt great, and Archie is very happy. It is all systems go for the Gimcrack.”