After Addington tonight our focus turns north and we have seven horses leaving on Tuesday for Pukekohe where they will be based at Lincoln Farms. There will be half a dozen others going up later. I...

Mark was not worried when told DON’T STOP DREAMING had worked about three seconds outside what is considered a top time on the track at the Greg Sugars/Jess Tubbs establishment on Thursday.  But he...

There are a few unknowns facing Mark as the Hunter Cup draws near. One  is the track with a hill. “He’ll have a good hitout later in the week but I am a bit wary of the track we are working on. It...

We were very happy with the turnout at our Owners Luncheon last Saturday and I think it will become a regular. It is very difficult to find the right time and day for a function like that with so...

With CAPTAIN ROY and BUSTER SHAW in the spelling paddock the Proisir and Tivaci youngsters are building up toward trials and racing with Kerry Prendergast at Rolleston. Captain Roy has been gelded...

Sires Stakes hero CHASE A DREAM and his close mate and rival MAJOR HOT ,along with the filly WATERFALL are likely to  line up at the trials this week as the tempo increases for summer racing....

Its very much give as well as take at Purdon Racing and owners responded to the gesture of the staff to host an appreciation luncheon at Rolleston on Sunday. It was hot work at times,aided by nice...

A training injury has sidelined AKUTA  for an indefinite period and he will not be travelling to Australia for the Hunter Cup. Mark and Nathan announced this yesterday and said DON'T STOP DREAMING...

For the 21st time this century, the Purdon stable has topped the money list among harness trainers, with just over $3m in stakes won for the 2023 season- more than $1m ahead of the Premiership...

The trip to Australia by Akuta and Don't Stop Dreaming has been put back by a week and means neither will make the Shepparton Cup. "It will be straight into the Ballarat Cup " Mark said yesterday...