Fraser, of Oamaru, bought the Pay Me Christian filly as a weanling on advice from Waikouaiti trainer Bruce Negus, and was on course at Forbury Park last night to watch his pride and joy win her second race from seven starts.
Fraser liked the combination of Pay Me Christian's speed and a dam by Holmes Hanover in Joyful Holmes, and it appears to be paying off.
''We've had her right from the start,'' Fraser said.
''We always had a bit of hope with her, so we hope she can keep going.''
The Shakey Mistress was named during 2011 when earthquakes were rocking Canterbury, but she was turning heads when she thrashed a fillies and mares maiden field by 12 lengths at Gore on December 3.
The 3yr-old cut out the 1700m at Gore in a 1.57.3 mile rate and - after just battling at Forbury Park last week - returned to form with her tough win in a 2.02.0 mile rate over 2200m last night.
''We plan to hold on to her and breed from her - especially when she got that good time at Gore. I'd really like to get a foal out of her.''
Is This Love has quickly become a favourite for Christchurch junior driver Kimberly Butt, particularly after the 4yr-old mare's win last night.
The Extreme Three mare was owned by the late Paul Nixon, who died of cancer in August, and Butt took up a suggestion from her employer, Mark Jones, to buy her when Nixon's family was looking to disperse the equine side of his estate.
''She had had a few trials and I was looking for something to have some drives at the trials,'' Butt said.
''Mark suggested this one might be nice enough.''
Nice enough she may have been, but it has not been all plain sailing for Butt and Jones as Is This Love battled through nine starts prior to last night.
''She has been going nice races when her manners are all there,'' Butt said.
''But [the manners] have just been a bit off-key. We tried a few changes. We changed her shoeing and changed her gear to try and get her settled and it paid off today.''
The period between buying a horse and winning has been a lot shorter for the connections of Sharpenuff, the winner of the junior drivers' race last night.
The Jonny Cox and Amber Hoffman-trained 5yr-old only arrived at their training base at Westwood Beach after a fourth at Gore earlier this month.
Cox and Hoffman brought the Falcon Seelster gelding back with them from the meeting, and he is now owned by a syndicate including Stu Campbell, and his niece, Alicia Campbell.
All the owners are in Dunedin except for one working in the mines in Western Australia, Alicia Campbell said.
''We had someone else jacked up to buy it but that fell through, so we bought it ourselves and Alicia and some friends were keen to get in on a horse,'' Cox said.
''So a second [last week] and a first - they get their money back already.''
Real South was a late scratching from the second race after stewards noted the horse's brands did not match those on the database, and were not satisfied of its identity.
An inquiry was opened and adjourned.
