"It's always good to beat that Tony Pike who I know is on holiday over in Rarotonga at the moment," she laughed.
"He's a very promising horse and this is great for his owners over in Brisbane as they've just had a baby."
Logan admitted she had fielded several offers for the horse in recent weeks but his owners had rejected them for the time being.
"There have been some offers for him but they said let's keep him and race him today," she said.
"I like the horse as he's shown us a lot and I think he's got a bit of a future.
"He's not going to go on wet tracks so he will stick around here for the time being but I do think he will get a little further so it's very encouraging."
She was also quick to praise the performance of Lammas who produced a copybook display.
"It was a beautiful ride as we had asked him to see if he could get two or three back on the fence from the barrier," she explained.
"We knew there would be a lot of speed on and Cameron rode him a treat."
Earlier in the day the team had produced I See Red to win the opening race on the card before Toorak Toff made it a double in race 4 as he topped off stablemate Marquees Of to complete a stable quinella.
Meanwhile Track specialist Spider reaffirmed his love for his home surroundings when he dealt out a beating to his rating 85 rivals at Ruakaka on Saturday.
The Buffalo Man 4-year-old cruised home for his fourth career victory, all achieved on home turf, when he scored with plenty up his sleeve in the Marine Engineering Supplies 1400m.
Prepared by local horsewoman Kim Knight, the gelding had opened his account at the same meeting 12 months earlier and has proven a model of consistency in the interim having finished further back than fourth only three times in 15 starts to date.
Allowed to ease up in the shadows of the post by Thornton, Spider cruised home by a length from the fast finishing pair of Wolff Spirit and Creative Genius who filled the minor placings.
"Very good," was the succinct description from trainer Kim Knight when questioned about the performance.
"He's a trier and very honest, Trudy knows what she is doing as she knows what he has in the tank."
Knight admitted to some confidence before the race despite a jump in class for her charge who had finished runner-up in rating 75 company at his last run.
"He was up in class but I do think he is up to it," she said.
"He is getting stronger but I haven't thought of anything more for him yet. I just wanted to get through this one and see what we had."
- NZ Racing Desk
