Queensland's first father and son training partnership, Bruce and Jason McLachlan, shared an historic victory when outsider Phelan Ready scored a narrow win in the $2 million Magic Millions Classic.Phelan Ready, a $51 chance and a maiden before Saturday's race, stormed home from near the rear of the field to down $2.40 favourite Paprika by a neck in the 1200-metre feature.In another bonanza for bookmakers, the Bruce Hill-trained Mowtown Lady filled third placing, a further long neck away.Bruce M

Queensland's first father and son training partnership, Bruce and Jason McLachlan, shared an historic victory when outsider Phelan Ready scored a narrow win in the $2 million Magic Millions Classic.

Phelan Ready, a $51 chance and a maiden before Saturday's race, stormed home from near the rear of the field to down $2.40 favourite Paprika by a neck in the 1200-metre feature.

In another bonanza for bookmakers, the Bruce Hill-trained Mowtown Lady filled third placing, a further long neck away.

Bruce McLachlan has won the Magic Millions twice previously with St. Jude in 1990 and Our Fiction in 1993 but it was clear the 65-year-old veteran took great delight sharing the spotlight with his son.

Phelan Ready's win was also the first Queensland victory since Regimental Gal in 2003.

Jason McLachlan worked as a foreman for many years with his father at Thornhill Park before the champion Queensland trainer moved to Caloundra after cutting back on his large team in the twilight of his career.

Jason McLachlan eventually got itchy feet and headed to Sydney to try his luck where he stayed for four years before returning to share the training duties when Australian racing regulations were relaxed to permit shared training partnerships last year.

Jason McLachlan, 38, had previously trained in his own right but became a co-trainer with his father only three months ago.

"Full credit to the old man. We were a bit disappointed when this horse finished fourth last start," Jason McLachlan said.

"It's our first season together and I told Dad this morning there was no pressure and we'd be going in as underdogs.

"This horse was there mentally when he started racing but now this is the proudest moment of my life winning this race with Dad."

Bruce McLachlan took an immediate liking to Phelan Ready, a son of More Than Ready, the moment he set sight on him at the Magic Millions yearling sales where he was bought for $150,000.

"I haven't won a big race for a while and we had to ride him back and it gave me heart failure," the former premier Queensland trainer said.

"He was the only yearling I nominated for the Golden Slipper and I bought 20 at the sales."

McLachlan senior was coy about whether Phelan Ready would head south for the $3.5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill in April.

"I don't know about the Slipper. He'll go for a spell first and then we'll see how he's going," he said.

Phelan Ready's win was a timely victory for former South Australian jockey Jason Holder, who won five Adelaide premierships before moving to Queensland a few seasons ago.

"He travelled well but I thought we couldn't beat the favourite in the straight, "Holder said.

"But my horse dug deep and took ground off the leader quickly."

Jockey Shane Scriven had no real excuses for Paprika's defeat.

"The plan was to ride him like a good thing and I was hoping to push forward which she did and travelled nice," Scriven said.

"I could hear them coming in the straight and she wobbled near the line."

The Gai Waterhouse-trained Shadow Assassin fought on doggedly for fourth while stablemate Horizons wasn't disgraced to finish sixth.