Perfect Start pulled up well after her first appearance in more than a year when unplaced at Te Rapa on Saturday.
"We needed to see where we were with her – she had done a lot of work on the treadmill, but she hadn't had a trial," co-trainer Wayne Hillis said.
The dual Group Three winner of the Manawatu Cup and the Trentham Stakes suffered a tendon injury that forced her late scratching from last year's Gr.1 Auckland Cup.
"We needed to see where we were with her – she had done a lot of work on the treadmill, but she hadn't had a trial," co-trainer Wayne Hillis said.
The dual Group Three winner of the Manawatu Cup and the Trentham Stakes suffered a tendon injury that forced her late scratching from last year's Gr.1 Auckland Cup.