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Originally Posted by classhandicapper
Loggins the 2 year old Ghostzapper colt trained by Brad Cox keeps looking better and better as horses come out of the Breeder’s Futurity. IMO he was best that day and it has been a productive race so far. I’m looking forward to seeing him again next year. He could a very very good.
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The horses that have won out of there (aside from the horse Loggins failed to beat) have won what appear to be slow races. There were faster races (raw times) on the each of the days those horses (Two Phil's, Powerful, Instant Coffee) won.
His maiden win also produced 3 winners thus far, although 2 of those were in maiden claimers.
If we are talking Derby, Ghostzapper hasn't sired a serious Derby contender unless you count McCraken, who turned out to be a second-tier horse. His Grade 1 winners on the main track have all been marginal at best (in fact they nearly all were longshots when winning their Grade 1s); Stately Victor won a polytrack Blue Grass and nothing else, Moreno was essentially a bridesmaid, Shaman Ghost couldn't get near Arrogate or Gun Runner, Mystic Guide won perhaps the worst Dubai WC ever (that's saying something), and Nucky ended his career in an $8k. Great sire of female sprinters, though.
In general, like the horse himself, his offspring don't seem to hold up physically (and broodmare sire Blame has a similar profile).
Sure enough, Loggins has not recorded a workout since the Breeder's Futurity and was conspicuously absent from the BC. The trainer reported that the horse was "tired" and they were skipping the race to give him the best chance to win the Derby. Maybe they believe in the Juvenile Jinx or its just a whole lot of trainerspeak...