“It was a top ride as we wanted to be positive early and take any bad luck out of it,” Johnson said. “She travelled beautifully throughout, although she was a bit of a sitting duck after doing that early work.
“Her form at two was impeccable and she is a filly we didn’t pay a hell of a lot of money for.
“She is by Hello Youmzain and he is starting to kick a few goals, while she is well bred on her dam side.
“To get valuable black-type in the spring of your 3-year-old season is outstanding.”
Johnson believes the filly has the potential to go to a higher level later in the spring.
“She travelled down here beautifully, and physically she has continued to mature and is a lovely horse to do anything with,” he said.
“She is nominated for the Guineas [Group 1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas, 1600m] so we would like to get her out to 1400m in time, but we have the runs on the board now and we can plot our way through to Christchurch.”
Rooke was suitably impressed with the effort after having some concerns about his mount handling the Heavy 10 track surface.
“She looked fantastic, although she had only the one trial so I thought fresh-up on heavy ground could be a problem,” he said.
“She jumped and put herself there with natural speed and we got a breather, and I thought if she got through the ground she was going to be hard to beat, which she was.
“She was in great nick and ready to go today.”
Perfect Chaos is the second foal out of Darci Brahma mare Kali, who won the Group 3 Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) during a restricted racing career, and was purchased by Marsh and Johnson for $50,000 out of the Oaks Stud draft during the Book 1 Sale at Karaka in 2025.
She comes from an extended family that includes Group 1 Western Australia Derby (2400m) winner Markus Maximus.
– LOVERACING.NZ News Desk