Logan stops short of criticising Michael Coleman for his ride, but she is bitterly disappointed the filly was set an impossible task of giving Puccini 10 lengths start from the top of the home straight.
Rising Romance's finishing sprint at the end of a tough 2400m was nothing short of astonishing and, remarkably, she looked to still be taking ground off the winner in the final strides. Three-year-olds are generally doing their best 250m out in Derbys and from there grit their way to the finish.
It takes an exceptional horse to finish off like Rising Romance managed.
Logan says the stable has not confirmed with any of the Australian riders because a decision has yet to be made whether Rising Romance tackles the Australian Derby or the Australian Oaks.
"I know taking on the Derby would mean her meeting Puccini again, but that wouldn't worry me. I'd welcome that challenge.
"Once we make up our minds which race we'll take on we'll be able to see which of the riders can commit to her right through."
Logan says if you didn't know Rising Romance's elephant-like constitution, you would be staggered by how well the filly came through what should have been a very hard race for her.
"Forty-eight hours later on the Monday, she had lost only 4kg and I'll bet when I weigh her tomorrow she's put that on and some more.
"The only scare we had was the other day when she pulled a shoe in her paddock and stood on it, but we worked on that quickly and she's fine again now."
Not surprisingly, Rising Romance is the equal $6 favourite for the Australian Oaks with Solicit and Zanbagh. Puccini is the $6 favourite for the Derby followed on $8 by fellow New Zealanders Show The World and Rising Romance.
Chief steward Ross Neal said it would be midweek before a decision is made on official action on Michael Walker's comments on the television programme Off The Rails.
To hosts Greg Radley and Malcolm Johnston, Walker declared that, in effect, he had misled stewards who had directed him to fulfil his engagements in the two races leading up to his Derby-winning ride on Puccini.
Because of what he described as severe back pain, Walker had asked to stand down from the lead-up rides to the Derby, but stewards ruled if he did that he would also forgo the ride on Puccini in the Derby.
Walker said on Off The Rails that he then misled stewards by saying he could not make the weight for the two lead-up rides.
Stewards tackled Walker with "please explain" on Auckland Cup Day at Ellerslie last Wednesday, the day after the programme was recorded, and adjourned the inquiry.
It's close enough to a good bet that at the highest level the best horse in each race is the one that can run the fastest 200m-300m sectional.
Silent Achiever was clearly the best horse in Saturday's New Zealand Stakes and the sprint she produced from the 300m was sensational.
Clocking the fastest last 600m of the day - 34.3 - in a 2000m race is jaw-dropping, particularly with Roger James declaring the mare is still short of full fitness.
If Silent Achiever remains injury and incident free, she should finally get the top-end Australian rewards she has come so close to before.
"She needed to do it the way she did if she was going to succeed in the races I've got planned for her, but it's just nice to see her do it.
"It was admirable because she pulled a bit in the middle stages with the blinkers on."
James is thrilled that Silent Achiever has come through the race in great shape.
He has engaged Nash Rawiller for the first of her three Sydney races, the Ranvet, with neither committed for the BMW or the Sydney Cup.
James is considering also taking Lady Cumquat and Zonza to Sydney.
It was five in a day for Mark Du Plessis and high fives for Johno Benner when Vespa proved he's got the measure of the 2-year-olds in the Haunui Diamond Stakes.
That puts Benner at the crossroads.
He says he wants to train a team of only a handful of horses, but nothing attracts owners like success and there is no success like group one success.
Being the personable type he is, Benner is going to be answering his phone a lot in the next two weeks.
Bounding is now heading back to where she came from - Australia.
It's a big call to take on sprinting types in Australia - the land of the world's best short-course horses - but Bounding might just be good enough.
"Just about the best I've ridden," said Mark Du Plessis when he jumped off Bounding after she proved too fast and too talented in the Mr Tiz Trophy.
Taking a line through Bounding's Railway victory when she led off the rail with horses inside her on an "off" track, a race like the 1200m Royal Sovereign which Ken Kelso has in mind may not be a bridge too far.
