Come on Rory Aims for Millions
- Thursday, 30 January 2003 00:00
Evergreen juvenile siring sensation Rory's Jester was represented by his 529th individual winner when Come on Rory raced into Magic Millions Classic contention in Adelaide on Saturday.
Having just her first start the stunning bay filly settled just behind the leaders in the Jayco Handicap (1000m) before racing past them in the straight in great style.
Purchased by Mark Pilkington at the 2002 Adelaide Magic Millions Yearling Sale for just $35,000 the filly a member of the in form Tony McEvoy stable at Lindsay Park in South Australia's picturesque Barossa Valley.
McEvoy was impressed with the filly's win and is looking forward to her running in next month's $400,000 Adelaide Magic Millions 2YO Classic at Morphettville.
"She won't have another run in between," McEvoy reported. "Her win was very strong and I'm sure she has a bright future."
If Come on Rory does manage to win South Australia's richest juvenile event she would join a growing list of Rory Jester progeny to star in Magic Millions events.
Catnipped broke the race record when she beat a crack field in the 1998 Magic Millions 2YO Classic on the Gold Coast and only last year the brilliant Wyndam Glory was triumphant in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic in Perth.
A Golden Slipper winner on the track, Rory's Jester is now best known as one of the country's most popular and proven sires. He is the sire of no less than 69 stakes winners and 64 stakes performers. He has an incredible 16 per cent stakes performers to named foals - a statistic unrivalled by long term sires in Australia.
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