After CHASE A DREAM’S stunning Sires Stakes win Olivia couldn’t believe one thing and then was even more surprised to be told the next thing. “There was no way I thought he could win (800m out)”...

Nathan is looking forward to Cup Day tomorrow and the chance to join those lucky trainers to lead in a Cup winner but he is not wearing rose coloured spectacles when looking at the fields.  "Some of...

UNBELIEVABLE IS AN OVERUSED WORD-UNTIL YOU LOOK AT MARK’S CUP RECORD !   Since winning his first NZ Cup with Il Vicolo in 1995 Mark has trained starters alone or in partnership for all but...

Millwood Nike doubters seem to be growing in numbers heading into the Nevele R Final but don't count raceday driver Mark Purdon among them. "She seems to be as good as ever. All the reports are...

Sunday morning before Cup Day is always both hectic and exciting as the final touches are put on what is hoped to be Tuesday's Heroes. Most interest this year centred on AKUTA who bypassed the Cup...

As is usually the case Purdon Racing preferred a low key preview of its Cup Week armoury at the Addington trials on Wednesday. VESSEM  won, probably a reminder of what it feels like after some hard...

ANYTHING GOES will miss Cup Week racing,dealing a blow to Purdon Racing and his owners, but also to the Addington club struggling to fill the Junior FFA field on Tuesday. Anything Goes ran well in...

Even though Friday’s Addington meeting is a curtain raiser to the glories of NZ Cup week Nathan is confident there are some good things happening for the Purdon stable who feature in numbers through...

While  you may see signs the powers of the mighty Self Assured are fading and a new order coming to open class racing,don’t start counting him out just yet. He will be missing in the NZ Cup this...

AKUTA,astutely guided again by Olivia, posted another Kaikoura Cup win totalling an amazing record for All Stars and Purdon Racing on Monday. It was the 7th (or 8th depending how you count) this...

Mark could put the likely reason Captain Roy was beaten down to the early stages of the races at Riccarton on Saturday and can hope for better when the colt has his third start on the middle day of...

It's all systems go for CAPTAIN ROY at Riccarton Saturday as Mark shoots for hi inaugural win in the thoroughbred code. He is confident the Savabeel colt will go close. "He didn't have everything in...