Racing: Fine end to season

Gerald Ryan has had a great season with his youngsters, sending out 11 individual winners of 16 races. Photo / Thinkstock

Time For War can give trainer Gerald Ryan bragging rights as the leading group one trainer of 2-year-olds for the season if he can win the JJ Atkins at Eagle Farm.

The juvenile spoils have been evenly spread with Peter Snowden claiming the Blue Diamond Stakes with Earthquake, Team Hawkes winning the Golden Slipper with Mossfun, the Ryan-trained Peggy Jean winning the ATC Sires' Produce and Adelaide filly, the Leon Macdonald-trained Go Indy Go, the Champagne Stakes.

The Rosehill-based Ryan has had a great season with his youngsters, sending out 11 individual winners of 16 races.

The JJ Atkins (1600m) is the final group one race for 2-year-olds until next autumn and Time For War goes to Saturday's 1600m race at Eagle Farm on the back of an upset win over Brazen Beau in the BRC Sires' Produce.

The Chris Waller-trained Brazen Beau retains favouritism for the Atkins, with Time For War a $10 chance ahead of tomorrow's final acceptances.

The Sires' Produce (1350m) at Doomben was Time For War's second group two win and his third victory from five starts.

Tye Angland took him to the front and he maintained his position to hold off Brazen Beau by a neck after that colt faltered at the start.

"We will give him a try at the 1600m," Ryan said. "It might be too soon for him but he has done well since the Sires so he goes to the group one.

- AAP