Ready For Victory took the first step, on a long range mission, when he opened his winning account in the Listed Festival of Racing 1000, at Flemington.

Those that were not prepared to take the short odds about the colt looked on, he was entitled to the thumbs up, it was a solid performance.

The Slipper was the first question aimed at his astute trainer, Mick Price, he was playing it cool, well aware the colt would be going into the race with just one run under his belt, plus the reverse way of racing could be an another issue.

A $240,000 colt, out the Magic Millions Sales on the Gold Coast, Ready For Victory is well on the way to showing a credit balance of what we saw at Flemington on Saturday.

Ready For Victory on the outside about to claim Heatherly

Ready For Victory is raced by Eliza Park International, obviously with the view he will ultimately join the stallion roster at Eliza Park Stud.

Eliza Park International is already a serious competitor within the thoroughbred breeding industry in Victoria.

Last year 17 mares were purchased for $2.3 million, they have since been bred to the Melbourne Cup success Fiorente, and the unbeaten Favourite Sun.

While some studs are paying ridiculous sums for sires, and then having to syndicate them, it is far better to buy sound quality yearlings with good pedigrees and then think about going to stud with them if they make the grade on the racetrack..

That is the policy that Eliza Park International has adopted with Fighting, Sun and they are likely to do the same with Ready For Victory.

There is a lot of type about him with an impeccable sire line, being by the highest progeny earner in southern hemisphere, More Than Ready, from Crill by Zabeel from Espadon, a half sister to Meurice from Ruby, the dam of Rubiton and Iglesia, the current record holder for 1200 metres at Flemington.