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By Adrian Sciglitano

Trainer Cassandra Stummer is confident two-year old filly Lighthouse Lass ($3.30 on TAB) can put her best foot forward when she makes her racing debut in the Select Events 2YO Handicap (900m) at Scone on Thursday.

Owned by John Ramsey, Stummer was entrusted with the Capitalist filly who hasn’t been straight forward but has shown the stable good improvement between her preparations which have consisted of three barrier trials.

Muswellbrook-based trainer Cassandra Stummer - has only the one runner on Thursday. Image by Bradley Photographers

“John Ramsey owns her and we do a fair bit of work for John, we nearly take all his babies through and educate them,” Stummer said.

“She is quite a big horse; she is very leggy and has improved a lot between preparations.”

The daughter of Capitalist showed the Stummer stable good potential in her first preparation which saw her entered for the Gimcrack Stakes (1000m) at Randwick where she unfortunately was an emergency and didn’t get a run.

“She actually went shin sore last prep, we had a bit of an opinion of her,” Stummer said.

“We had her nominated for the Gimcrack and she didn’t get a run she was an emergency. So we tipped her out and it has probably helped her develop.”

Lighthouse Lass will jump from barrier 3 in the first race at Scone and Stummer expects the filly to show good speed over the 900m which will be important for her chances.

“If you’ve watched her replays she can get towing a bit, I’m sure with it being a 900m race there will be a fair bit of speed on which will help her [settle].

“She is a big striding horse who will improve with a bit more distance as well.”

If the filly is to be successful, a trip to Sydney is not out of the equation heading into the Autumn Carnival.

“John [Ramsey] has a few races picked out for her, we do have a bit of an opinion of her; I think we are going to aim for a few races down in Sydney for her,” Stummer added.

View the final fields with full form & race replays for Scone here