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Gee Cam NZ (Cameleon US-Natty Gee another of the progeny of Shared Love said Russell Jack had chosen NZ) was one mare made which left Interest’s dam Heaven Above, but Andover Hall as the sire for I Am Who I winners for him in partnership with the without luck. Am’s first visit to stud. Feiss family, producing Victoria Bound This ultimately led him to Glenferrie “He knows a lot more than me and said NZ (by Christian Cullen) for seven wins Farms in southern New South Wales. he was a stand out, so Andover Hall and Last Issue NZ (Lis Mara US) eight Love said on arriving at the nursery, he it was.” wins. Victoria Bound also left one and Russell Jack ventured to a paddock The next two I Am I Who I Am offspring winner for Love. with six horses. are both by French-bred stallion Love Love said as time went on he began to They had a filly in mind and as fate You - 2017 colt and 2018 filly. take a real liking for the trotting gait. would have it, it was to be that Muscle Love said they had gone to Love You to One thing led another and he Hill-Shezoneoftheboyz filly which introduce a different bloodline. purchased a share in the Yabby Dam walked straight up to Love. Love has just five horses at the moment Racing-bred Angus Hall gelding Share “She came up to me, so I thought – Jaxnme, I Am Who I Am and her two Interest, racing him partnership with you’re it.” Love You foals, as well as squaregaiter Brocq Robertson and Deborah Jack out Gunning (by Majestic Son), which is a of the Russell Jack stable. She had already been named Glenferrie Crosby. half brother to I Am Who I Am and still That venture could not have got away racing. to a better start, with Shared Interest “I didn’t like Crosby as a name for a filly With Jaxnme heading up the team, Love winning a Breeders Crown 2yo trotting so I changed it (to I Am Who I Am).” does not look like racing anything other colts and geldings’ heat on debut at Disappointingly she was never to race. than trotters down the track. Maryborough on August 4, 2014. Love said she was about one “I just love them,” a statement testified A LOVE AFFAIR Shared Interest went on to run second month away from racing when she to by a framed picture of Jaxnme that to the son of Sundon Eljaykay Phoenix unfortunately broke down. Love has on his desk. Jaxnme delivers and interest grows in the group 1 final. Little did Love and his fellow If he was not already, Love was hooked connections know at the time though It is that fragility that led I Am Who I Am TRY, TRY AGAIN. on squaregaiters. that this misfortune would lead to the BY DAVID BREHAUT to the breeding barn much earlier than Graeme Love has lived by these words So much so he tried to purchase arrival of Jaxnme. planned and consequently the arrival of as a breeder. Jaxnme. And right now his persistence has Love first became involved in harness him living the dream with trotting filly racing in 1994, with Gee Tee Falcon (a Jaxnme. Smooth Falcon-Rowan Wood 1991 colt) The daughter of Andover Hall has given and Dallas Sally (an Armbro Aussie- Kyneton-based Love the thrills of a Dallas Linda 1992 filly) among his early lifetime in an outstanding two-year-old interests. campaign. Love said Gee Tee Falcon won one Love, who races the first foal out of race, but it was Dallas Sally which really Muscle Hill mare I Am Who I Am in locked him in. partnership with Brocq Robertson and After winning nine times in Victoria, Deborah Jack (wife of the filly’s trainer Dallas Sally went to Sydney, where she Russell Jack), has watched Jaxnme land won four races in a row at Harold Park in two group 1 classics – the $50,000 September and October of 1999. Aldebaran Park Vicbred Platinum Homegrown Classic and the $100,000 She had her last start in the Ladyship Vicbred Super Series – each at Melton. Mile, finishing down the track behind Tailamade Lombo. It is almost beyond belief for Love that after more than two decades as a Love said Dallas Sally was then put in breeder and owner he is for the first foal, but sadly died before giving birth. time experiencing what it is like to have Love continued to dabble in breeding, a group 1 winner. but by his own admission without a “I’m having a ball,” he said. great deal of success. “It’s a fragile game, but the enjoyment “From perhaps 20 foals, 16 were no Photos: Stuart McCormick, Harness Racing Victoria it can provide, well that’s something good.” special.” Trackbred September 2019 | 5 a life of retirement at their Moonlight property near Maryborough in Victoria. “She’s a beautiful mare. “She has great nature,” Fryar said. “She’s been wonderful for us.” All up Dreamlands Nancy has left seven winners, including My Dreamweaver NZ (Lindy Lane US), Dreamachiever NZ (Muscle Yankee US) and Our Dreamlover NZ (Love You Fra), a winner of 16 races and earner of $160,000. My Dreamweaver has gone on to leave four winners, including My Chimera NZ (Sundon US). With their first group 1 success under Photo: Stuart McCormick, Harness Racing Victoria their belt, the Fryars are now looking forward to Royal Dream continuing on the Dreamlands Nancy legacy and of course one day hopefully Moonlight Dream doing the same. LIVING THE DREAM In the meantime though, the Fryars are Photo: Dreamlands Nancy supplied by Mick Fryar looking forward to a lot more fun on the US-bred mare leaves legacy track with their star mare. WHEN BALLARAT FRIENDS Hickory Pride was a stakes winner as a Michael Fryar and Dennis Foley decided two and three-year-old, and went on to BY DAVID BREHAUT to delve into the world of breeding a highly acclaimed stud career, with his trotters the first assignment was finding progeny including million dollar earners a suitable broodmare. Fresh Yankee and Keystone Pioneer. The research into bloodlines began. She said with this interest, once Dreamlands Nancy was sourced it They had bred pacing stock, but was clear she was the perfect fit with moving into squaregaiters was a whole Hickory Smoke being the sire of her new field. maternal great granddam Petite Yankee Nine years down the track and what US, and her maternal granddam Yankee eventuated from that moment has Spitfire being the offspring of Hickory realised what was then nothing more Pride and Petiite Yankee. than a pipedream. Dreamlands Nancy was purchased in Fryar’s wife Colleen is now the proud foal to Monarchy US and the resulting owner of a group 1 winner – Moonlight 2010 filly Royal Dream went on to win Your specialist Dream, which scored in the $100,000 seven times. Aldebaran Park Vicbred Super Series for equine reproduction Moonlight Dream is the fourth foal of final for 4yo trotting mares at Melton. the mare raced by the Fryars. • Lab design and equipment It all goes back to that research, which • Semen collection Crown Dream (Majestic Son) won nine led to the purchase of proven US-bred • Semen processing and freezing races before a foot issue forced him Photo: Mick & Colleen Fryar Pine Chip US broodmare Dreamlands • Insemination and diagnostics into retirement and then a year after • Accessories and consumables Nancy from New Zealand.