A start in the Flying Stakes is still up in the air for NZ Cup hope AKUTA and much will depend on how he comes through some intensive treatment in the next few days. Akuta and two year old SPECIAL...

CUPS WEEKS NZ Trotting Cup 1983 Phew!  Back to Normality That was the feeling in the harness world leading up to the Cup of 1983. After two dramatic wins by mares by wide margins, ending a hoodoo on...

Mark Purdon didn't reach the pinnacle of harness horse training by substituting optimism for reality and Akuta will undergo blood tests on Monday to ensure all is well. Akuta failed to fire as Mark...

Mark Purdon has set a load of statistical records in his time but one that strongly appeals to him is a quest that begins this weekend. He has a host of runners at Addington an about 12 hours after...

“Its been a good week, the team worked well Wednesday so we just hope know it will go as well on racenight” is how Mark sums up the  October Premier Harness Millions and Flying Stakes night at...

What many expected to be a special occasion on Friday at Addington turned out to be a very disappointing occasion for the Purdon stable when the youngster with that name flopped in a Sires Stakes...

There are these two talented fillies in the Purdon stable.  One is fast but inexperienced. The other not quite so brilliant but can hold a high cruising speed for a long time. So which of WAT NEXT...

Where there will be thousands on the second Tuesday in November there were about 11 spectators when Kiwi NZ Cup hopes AKUTA and CHASE A DREAM had a hit out at Addington on Saturday but those numbers...

It is always nice to be proven right. For some weeks now Nathan has held to the line that Rubira has taken another step in the second half of the season and gone on further from his Queensland Derby...

A youngster with a difference resumes  for Purdon Racing at Alexandra Park on Friday.  He has the appropriate name of Just Us Two being raced by Lynne and Stu Dobson whose father Ian dominated...

It was a magnificent sight at Oscar Bonavena eclipsed his field with memorable ease at Motukarara on Sunday. But it was not the only rare sight on the day.  Mark the veteran of over 150 Group One...

Nathan has a helpful hint for punters for Friday races at Auckland and Addington -and a word of caution over one of them. Much interest will revolve around the Group 1 Caduceus Classic at Alexandra...