Unbeaten three year old Rubira could pencil in a booking to Queensland for the winter Inter Dominion carnival if he is as forward at the trials next week as Nathan expects. A winter campaign for...

In some ways the forgotten star of standardbred racing,Akuta, is preparing to trial next week at Pukehohe. Racing plans however, are much further  in the future. Akuta has been based at Matamata...

It is a lower key week for the Purdon stable after last week's highlights (and lowlights) and with the Rolleston stable now at an end and the gradual transfer to Auckland, Nathan is looking to his...

PIC:MARK'S MASTERPIECE   As the Purdon era ends at Rolleston with Hayden and Amanda Cullen taking over until the most successful training base in South Island harness history  bows finally to...

There have been many magical moments for Mark in his close to 3000 wins as a harness trainer but not many more memorable than posting his first with a thoroughbred in Auckland on Saturday-at his...

While most top drivers will say they are going into the race without locking in a plan and let events dictate there is usually more to the story. What they usually mean is that they have narrowed it...

Nathan is still the inter-island trainer based at Pukekohe but he's been keeping a weather eye on the the several southern runners this weekend from Friday at Addington to Kindergarten Stakes day in...

RUBIRA , apparently unaware of how important racing this Friday was, was forced to miss his engagement at Auckland on Friday after a training mishap but Nathon is fairly hopeful it will not deflect...

Purdon Racing seems super confident lining up a first starter PARAMOUNT PICTURE in a race against winners. The bookmakers and the punters haven't missed her ($5) but Nathan is taking a long term...

CHASE A DREAM makes his debut in the ownership of Mark and Chris Ryder at Alexandra Park and according to Mark is about "85 percent" ready for the task. "He hasn't trialled,mainly because it is not...

Don't Stop Dreaming is pressing on with  his Sydney campaign in spite of a disappointing last 200 in the Grp 2 Cordina Group Sprint at Menangle on  Saturday.Nathan believes not too much should be...

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...