With the northern hemisphere breeding season not set to commence until February it can be assumed Yoshida, already a client of Waller, approached the champion trainer to give the mare a final go in a bid to better her efforts last spring when she was aecond in the Group I MRC Caulfield Cup.
Olive was on Queensland radio on Wednesday expressing shock that Single Gaze appears destined to race on in Australia.
"Bit of a shock for all of us involved to be honest, we were approached to sell her privately, we decided to sell on the proviso she would be going to stud in Japan," Olive told Radio TAB in Queensland.
Win, lose or draw going forward, Single Gaze has the impressive record of five wins and 12 placings from 33 starts with earnings topping $2.3million.