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By Ray Hickson

Father and son training duo Chris and Corey Munce have the chance to achieve a quirky feat as promising youngster Star Of Jamaica aims to emulate his own father and win Saturday’s $2 million Inglis Millennium (1100m) at Randwick.

The colt is by 2021 Millennium winner Profiteer and, while the race is a young one, would be the first progeny of a previous winner to take out the race.

And Chris Munce, the former champion jockey who has been training since 2015 and with his son for 18 months, says he’s bringing a horse to Sydney he feels is capable of stepping up to the plate.

“You can only go on what you see with your own eye and he’s certainly shown me enough to say he’s up to that sort of horse,’’ Munce said.

“It’s a tough little race but he’s drawn well and he’s got Zac (Lloyd) on him so he’s there to run well.

Trainers Corey and Chris Munce (Pic: Trackside).

“I think Randwick will suit him, the 1100m will suit him. (Ryan Maloney) couldn’t pull him up until around the back so the horse is very fit and he hasn’t gone backward.”

Star Of Jamaica, $8 with TAB on Wednesday, cost himself victory on debut when he failed to jump with them and worked through to be on the speed before the effort told.

He booked his trip to the Millennium with an easy win on the Sunshine Coast two weeks ago, a win that showed Munce a different side.

“He had to win, there’s no use kidding ourselves,’’ he said.

“If he didn’t win there was no use taking him down but the way he won it was what I was impressed with.

“He looked like he was going nowhere at the 400m-300m mark and when Ryan pulled the stick through to the left hand and gave him the message about what he had to do he chased out after the two leaders and did it easily in the end.”

That experience gives the trainer confidence Star Of Jamaica will adapt to what could be a helter-skelter two-year-old contest where Zac Lloyd has the option to use his speed or use his ability to settle off the speed.

Munce is adamant the colt will be able to stretch out to at least 1400m and could be in line to emulate the feats of stablemate Cool Archie during the Brisbane winter carnival.

“He was in foreign territory by sitting in behind one which he hadn’t done before, he’s always been a bit too quick for anything to go with him,’’ Munce said.

“He settled nicely, it took a little while for the penny to drop when he got outside that he had to quicken and go on by other horses.

“That’s just experience or lack of it on the day but he’s certainly come on from that nicely.”

All the fields, form and replays for Saturday’s meeting at Randwick