Trainer John Gosden says he would like to see Logician run in the Coral-Eclipse next year after a very successful 2019.
And the superstar St Leger winner may also have an assignment over a shorter trip at Royal Ascot next season – check out the latest odds at bettingroyalascot.co.uk.
The three-year-old has won all of his last five races and, last week, took the spoils in the Group One St Leger Stakes.
The son of Frankel was able to beat Sir Ron Priestley as he eased over the line in the 12f Classic.
Logician won his first two novice races at Newbury and Newmarket over 1m2f before making the step up to 1m4f at Newbury again and York.
Now Gosden says he is likely to take a drop in distance and run in the Sandown feature next season.
“The plan is to target the Coral-Eclipse next year with Logician, who is not short of speed and should handle the drop in trip,” said Gosden.
“Something like the Group 3 Brigadier Gerard Stakes could be a warm up race.”
After the Leger win, Gosden said: “He took Frankie on early, you could see Frankie’s hands were higher than usual, but he eventually relaxed well.
“He stayed the trip well, which is always a worry, and the fast ground rather than it being testing probably helped him stay the trip and he’s won in a record time with one flick of the stick.
“He’s a mile-and-a-half horse really, but this is a Classic and Prince Khalid was keen because he breeds these lovely horses and wanted to win a Classic for Frankel – we’ve won him two now as we also won the Oaks for him (with Anapurna).
“The way he quickened with just one flick – he’s a gorgeous horse. I think he’d be better on good ground, rather than good to firm.
“He’ll probably revert to a mile and a half next year. He’s done so much so quickly this year that we’ll put him away now, he won’t run again this season.
“He was held back for some time and I was diligent with him, having not done a lot at two. He’s come a long way in a short period of time.”
It seems there has been a slight change of mind since then but Logician will be an exciting prospect next season for Gosden and top jockey Frankie Dettori wherever he goes.
