Though RUBIRA’S main aims are longer term Nathan is expecting a bold run and possibly a winning one second up at Alexandra Park on Friday. And the bookmakers agree with his $1.90 odds. This is a big...

Three  months ago Chase a Dream was  chasing rainbows for co- owner Mark Purdon -just a little too  often chasing shadows instead. Three  months can be a short time in racing.  Now “Chase” is after...

Nathan went to $70,000 for an athletic bay filly by Downbytheseaside from Greater Good at the Auckland sales and it was no impulse buy. He and Mark had sorted the close relation to Elle Mac as worth...

Understandably Nathan emerged from the Christchurch sale all smiles after a good day's business on Wednesday. "We got virtually all we wanted and some of the prices surprised us. We had some priced...

Like any other sales day it was tough going for Nathan at Auckland on Monday but he left Karaka a happy man. “I was very pleased with what we ended up with.They were all nice horses on our list and...

It’s that time of year. Sales week and all the attendant drama, triumphs and disappointments, records and retreats, game changers and tall stories. So naturally it is a focus week for the Kiwi King...

LADY DI looks ready to win her  debut in the Young Guns heat at Alexandra Park tonight but don't be surprised if longer odds stablemate PRINCESS KREKA has something to say about it before the race...

LADY DI  and PRINCESS KREKA  pleased well enough in a trial at Pukekohe Thursday trials to justify their place as contenders for the Young Guns series which starts for the fillies next week while...

Nathan spent some time designing and organising his striking new stable colours of grey and blue -no doubt with able help from partner Ashley, a design specialist-but he would hardly have expected...

Pantani, who made a winning debut for Mark and Nathan last start could yet make his debut for Nathan on his own account at upcoming grass track racing. "He has never been on the grass as far as we...

It is a farewell of sorts for Mark Purdon at Alexandra Park though his view is that it is a seamless transition. The most successful trainer in harness racing, whose feats will probably only be...

Gale force winds upset the Purdon stable regime for a few hours on Monday but were not enough to disturb Nathan’s confidence about how the team shaped for the big New Year’s Eve meeting on Thursday,...