Group 1 winner Scales Of Justice (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}) will be given more time by his trainer Lindsey Smith before any firm targets for the gelding are nominated. Initial plans like the G1 Australian Cup and the G1 Doncaster Mile have been put on ice with the trainer keen on giving the 4-year-old more time off before building towards his next campaign. “I've changed my mind with him a few times in the past couple of days and after looking at him today, I think he needs more time off,” Smith told Racing.com. “I was quite disappointed with how he looked. He was flat, his body was saying that he needed more time so I will give him another month,” he added. Scales Of Justice rose to prominence last year winning the G1 James Boag's Premium Railway S. at Ascot in November before getting chinned by Stratum Star (Aus) (Stratum {Aus}) in the G1 Peters Investments Kingston Town Classic at the same track the following month. Western Australia based Smith is still keen to travel east with his star whenever he feels he can do himself justice. “There are a couple of races that we could target in Perth but it would be a bit more exciting to have a crack at something in the east. I'm interested in bringing him across and so too are his owners. I'll give him another month, assess how he is and then make our plans from there,” Smith concluded.
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