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...

Anything Goes is poised to make a comeback with a bang for Purdon Racing at Kaikoura as a leading chance in a race which proved rather elusive for All Star Stables over a lengthy period. "He's back...

Mark handed the accolades to Olivia after her astute drive behind AKUTA to become the first junior driver to win the Ashburton Flying Stakes,going close to the time the mighty Lazarus went in 2017...

Junior Drivers have achieved much over many years but few in the category since the days of Dexter Dunn have faced the thrills of a major raceday than Purdon Racing's Olivia Thornley does at...

Nathan has one worry over AKUTA  in the Flying Stakes at Ashburton on Monday and it is not that stable horsewoman Olivia Thornley is driving him. She has been entrusted with several of the stable's...

Mark had mixed emotions as he farewelled Ian Dobson following the veteran owner’s death in Christchurch on his 90th birthday. “It’s sad that he’s gone but on the other hand he had a wonderful life...

  SINBAD-VALUE BET ? It hasn't been an easy week for Purdon Racing and it wasn't helped by the barrier draw for Addington tomorrow one of the richest  meetings of the season. HIGH ENERGY had to...

Natalie is beating her own deadline by declaring she will be back driving by the Ashburton meeting on October 28. Previously she had merely hoped to be back for the Cup meeting after suffering a...

Purdon Racing’s latest “secret weapon” has struck for the stable branch at present based in Melbourne with The Real Sherlock’s shock win in his Victoria Derby heat on Saturday.  Locals to a man...

Anything Goes has had a  setback in his spring preparation which is not serious but has come at the worst possible time.   The concern was raised after the big gelding’s lacklustre effort at...

pic; Buster (left) joins his mate Captain Roy as a racehorse on Friday     Thrilled as he is with his debut effort as a thoroughbred trainer, Mark is not letting turf grow under his feet....

Taking a two year old to the races at Riccarton instead of Addington is a "first up" for Mark on Saturday and he is hopeful rather than confident even though Captain Roy is shaping as an above...