Rossa Ryan lands Ffos Las winner for grieving owner Arjun Waney
Jaan Ki Tukri won by four lengths at Ffos Las, but Rossa Ryan said the bigger prize was giving Arjun Waney a lift after Peter Waney's death.
Jaan Ki Tukri made the running and pulled clear by four lengths in the 6f maiden at Ffos Las on Tuesday, giving Rossa Ryan a result that mattered well beyond the bare margin. The victory landed for owner Arjun Waney just weeks after the death of his brother Peter, and Ryan said afterward that the win was especially important because Waney had been through a difficult few weeks.
The race itself was straightforward enough. Jaan Ki Tukri handled the sprint trip at Ffos Las and finished with authority, turning an ordinary maiden into the day’s most affecting result. For Ryan, the performance carried a personal edge as well as a professional one, because he had already forged a strong link with the same circle only weeks earlier when he partnered Orthodox to victory for trainer Clive Cox at Royal Ascot.
That Royal Ascot win came in the Norfolk Stakes on Saturday 20 June 2026, and Orthodox scored by three and a half lengths. It was another sharp reminder that Ryan and Cox have been operating at a high level together this summer, and that familiarity showed again at Ffos Las when the rider delivered for a stable and owner group that has already been part of some major days.
Peter Waney died at the age of 80 earlier in July 2026, and the scale of his involvement in racing was underscored by Richard Hannon’s tribute to one of his yard’s longest-standing owners. Waney had owned racehorses since the start of the millennium and enjoyed Group-race success with Redback in 2001 and 2002, making him a familiar name across the sport long before Jaan Ki Tukri reached the winner’s enclosure.
For Ryan, the Ffos Las result was about more than simply adding another maiden winner to the book. It connected a four-length success, a long-standing ownership group and a rider who had recently delivered on one of the summer’s biggest stages. Jaan Ki Tukri may still be early in his career, but the race already had the feel of one those afternoons where the form line and the human story land together.
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