Nathan is fresh off a big Sales week about which he is very happy but there is a word of warning regarding some of the team racing in New Zealand this weekend. "Looking forward to it but we have...

It had to happen sometime. But it is still a milestone. For the first time in what seems a whole era, Mark Purdon will not attend the southern section of the New Zealand Bloodstock Standardbred on...

Sticking strictly to the timetable experts advised from beginnning, Mark has Akuta back in work -exactly 12 months after being sidelined with a tendon injury that threatened to end his career. "He...

Many Purdon Racing memories will be rekindled when JUST US TWO makes his debut at Addington Friday night -but with a new twist to the stable patrons involved. Just Us Two is a brother to Princess...

The sensationally successful era of the Purdon partnerships at Rolleston is to come to an end with the announcement the Nathan and Mark stable is to shift to Auckland. The stable will take over the...

Christchurch harness enthusiast TERRY STOCKDALE was farewelled in style at the Sacred Heart Addington church on Tuesday only  days after he and Jamie Stephens produced a winner at Cambridge. It was...

Purdon Racing made it wins  at three different venues at the weekend when Oscar Bonavena settled a long standing score in Australia in the Group 1 Trotters Cup at Cranbourne on Saturday night-just ...

Three venues for the Purdon Racing action this weekend brings some concerns,some optimism and some anziety things will go according to plan. In Auckland,RUBINA makes a return to the racing scene...

Six years ago Chris Ryder (pictured) and Mark gambled a 6 figure sum on a very promising two year old on the eve of the Harness Jewels. Mark gave his share to father Roy for racing and assumed the...

Mark was making no excuses for the defeats of OSCAR BONAVENA  and DON'T STOP DREAMING on Hunter Cup night but wishes he had had a week up his sleeve leading into the night. "The horses went with...

It’s that time of year again -and you know where to go to make the most of it. When its Sales Series time the Purdon barn is the one to back. Mark has selected more stars than you may see in the sky...

Prohibitive odds suggest there is widespread agreement Mark Nathan and Blair will score with FIVE CROWNS  at Addington Friday but there is much less confidence in the chances of DON'T STOP DREAMING ...