"He had a few quirky ways about him, but he was one of the greats. I went out and saw him at Waikato Stud the other day and he looks enormous, he's a great stallion."
Rogerson has been at his Hamilton base for more than half a century and concedes the time is coming when he will move on.
"I would say in the next couple of years, we will be gone from here. I've been here for 54 years and Hamilton has grown out and I take one step and I'm in the city now."
However, relocation won't necessarily see Rogerson settling for a quieter life, as he also has extensive breeding and ownership interests.
Rogerson is renowned for his non-stop approach and taking the good with the bad.
"You live and dream and it makes you get up in the morning, but you get your disappointments.
"Beauden has had a few issues and has gone out for a four-month spell, and whether he comes back to what he was, who knows?"
The 7-year-old Beauden has been a stalwart of the stable in recent times, with multiple Group wins among his 12 victories.
"I also had a really good filly called Princess Lowry and she's fractured her cannon bone. She is as good a filly as I have trained for a long time," Rogerson said.
"We'll probably sell her at the Gold Coast as a breeding proposition and she'll make a lovely broodmare."
Always looking to the future, Rogerson also plans to be active at the National Yearling Sale at Karaka next week.
