Her odds were Black Caviar-like, suggesting it would be a mere formality for Thyme For Roses to open her racing career in a canter.

It turned out to be anything of the kind and only the waywardness of the runner-up came between Thyme For Roses and a piece of unwanted racing history in the TAB More Than Just Winning Maiden at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

Sent out at $1.07, a quote shorter than Black Caviar started in her two Sydney wins, Thyme For Roses was almost beaten.

If not for the runner-up Rather Sweet drifting about from the 150m, there was a strong consensus that Thyme For Roses would have become of one the shortest-priced horses to go under in Sydney racing since Ajax was beaten at 40-1 on in the 1939 Rawson Stakes.

As it stands, the Gai Waterhouse-trained filly goes down as the shortest-priced two-year-old winner in Sydney for more than three decades, according to the TAB's Glenn Munsie.

Waterhouse's deputy Mark Newnham put the $450,000 filly's half-head win into some obvious perspective.

"I'm relieved," he said.

"She made mistakes which she didn't make in her trial and still won. If they do that they've got talent.

"The filly that was trying to run her down had already had a run in the Gimcrack and had trialled well previously."

Jockey Tim Clark was also staying positive despite getting a fright no one expected.

"Race experience for two-year-olds is a big thing and she will have learned a lot more today here against three rivals than she would in a barrier trial," he said.

Thyme For Roses is the first foal from Augusta Proud which won her first six races including the 2008 Magic Millions 2YO Classic.

Augusta Proud beat the Waterhouse-trained She's Meaner in the Gold Coast's signature race and the irony isn't lost on Newnham.

"It would be nice if Augusta Proud's daughter could win the Magic Millions for us," he said.