\u201cShe had been building to this for a good while. Through her last preparation she was close in a couple of big ones and it is good that she is a stakes-winning mare now.\u201d <\/p>\n
The daughter of Almanzor was set to resume at Te Rapa last week but was withdrawn after she drew an unsuitable alley, and Scott was glad they played the patient game with their mare. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have taken our time. We scratched her from last Saturday with the wide gate,\u201d he said. \u201cShe deserved it and it was a really good effort from all of the team to have her fit and ready to go with such a long break between runs.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also praised owners Peter Sain and Kylie Bax for their patience to \u201csit in another week and head down the line\u201d to Trentham. <\/p>\n
Scott and O\u2019Sullivan are now pondering their next move with Lux Libertas. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to sit down and work it out,\u201d Scott said. \u201cShe is reasonably high in the ratings now, so hopefully there are some nice fillies and mares races through the summer.\u201d <\/p>\n
Bred by Blandford Lodge principals Graham and Helen-Gaye Bax, in partnership with Elsdon Park principal Lib Petagna, Lux Libertas is out of stakes performer Miss Fi, a half-sister to stakes winner Peaceful. <\/p>\n
Lux Libertas is raced by the Baxs\u2019 daughter Kylie\u2019s Goldeye Trust in partnership with Sain, and she has gone on to win six of her 18 starts to date, including placings in the Grpup 3 Rotorua Stakes, Group 2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders\u2019 Stakes and Tauranga Classic, and has accrued nearly $285,000 in earnings.<\/p>\n
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