"I just felt it was time for her to go to stud.
"I didn't want to go through another season like the last," Jill Smolenski, the Auckland owner and breeder of One Dream, said.
One Dream was restricted to three starts last season through problems with a hoof and a leg.
She was ruled out of the Harness Jewels in May with a tendon problem and spelled.
"We had her leg scanned recently and it had healed well but I decided not take any risks."
One Dream numbered seven group one races among her 18 wins from 23 starts.
She also gained four seconds and a third, amassing $899,487 in stakes. Trained at Pukekohe by Dave and Clare McGowan, One Dream won the Caduceus Club Classic, Sires' Stakes Fillies Championship and the Breed-ers' Crown at Ballarat at gr one level as a 2yr-old.
Her gr one wins at three were the New Zealand and Australian Oaks and Sires' Stakes Final.
She won the gr one Queen Of Hearts at Alexandra Park fresh up last December as a 4yr-old when she was unbeaten in three starts.
She won 10 races on end at two and three.
The daughter of Dream Away-Solitaire took a mile record of 1.56.7 as a 3yr-old at Cambridge.
Smolenski will offer a colt by Christian Cullen from Solitare at the Australasian Classic yearling sale next year.
Solitaire is due to foal to Artsplace.
• The Mercenary, who resumes racing at Forbury Park on Thursday night, is now trained by his Greenpark part-owner, John Bennett.
The Mercenary has not raced since July, 2006 when he won at Addington.
He was then trained by Dean Taylor.
The 6yr-old Totally Ruthless gelding has won twice from five starts.
"He was out with a broken pedal bone and then he sliced half his foot off when we had him ready to race again in December," Bennett said.
The Mercenary will be accompanied to Dunedin by Boon.
Mycool Warker, a winner for the stable last season, is back jogging.
• Mike Godber, the chief executive officer of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club, has resigned to take a similar position with Queensland Harness Racing Limited.
Godber, who has been the administrator at Addington since 1989, will shift to Brisbane after the New Zealand Cup meeting in November.
"The opportunity came up in Queensland and after discussing it with my wife, Pauline, we decided that the time was right to try a new challenge.
"I have really enjoyed my time at Addington," he said.
Godber has been at the forefront of many changes at Addington raceway, including the installation of a track for greyhound racing, the building of an events centre and the new stables complex under construction.
David Rankin, chairman of the NZMTC, said the achievements of Godber would continue to reap benefits for the organisation for years to come.
• No action will by taken by Harness Racing New Zealand against trainer Geoff Small for late scratching three horses without reason at the Cambridge meeting last Thursday.
"He shouldn't have scratched them but we will not be taking any action against him," Edward Rennell, the general manager of HRNZ, said.
The horses were stood down from racing until midnight on Sunday.
Small late-scratched three other horses at the meeting because there was a risk they could have returned positive swabs.
They had been treated with an an anti-inflammatory drug, dimethylsulfoxide.
• Reinsman Gavin Lang drove his 11th gr one winner for the season when he won the Australian Pacing Gold Final for 3yr-old colts and geldings with Esprit De Kayjay at Moonee Valley on Friday night, AAP reports.
His 11 gr one wins equals his personal best for a season.
Dazed and Confused won the equivalent race for fillies on Friday night when she edged out favourite Kept For Pleasure, who provided Lang with gr one wins in the Victoria and Australian Oaks.










