It’s that time of year again -and you know where to go to make the most of it. When its Sales Series time the Purdon barn is the one to back. Mark has selected more stars than you may see in the sky...

Prohibitive odds suggest there is widespread agreement Mark Nathan and Blair will score with FIVE CROWNS  at Addington Friday but there is much less confidence in the chances of DON'T STOP DREAMING ...

TREACHEROUS BABY resumes at Addington Friday on a programme which could entail elite Australian Group 1 contests before too long. Moving to Australia seems the Kiwi trend these days and while in...

Last year  Mark Purdon was planning a northern move to be with his new partner,Barbara; a gradual withdrawal from harness training and a semi-retirement involving his  thoroughbred interests. At the...

Oscar Bonavena's highly predictable win in Cambridge makes him the 16th Mark Purdon -trained horse to become a millionaire-a quite remarkable record for a quite remarkable trainer. Oscar is just ...

Vessem has been forced to miss the Nelson Cup witha foot abcess but Nathan is hoping he can win a race against time and make the Marlborough meeting next week. "It will be a close run thing but it...

Oscar Bonavena could put himself on the short list for an Australian tour later in the summer with an expected top performance in Auckland tonight. The veteran is in fine heart according to Nathan...

The gate from hell has not discouraged Nathan from dreaming of a blessed result in Auckland Cup on Tuesday with Don't Stop Dreaming going into the race very well and as fit as possible given his...

Don't Stop Dreaming has replaced Chase a Dream as Purdon Racing's Auckland Cup prospect on New Year's Eve in spite of his defeat at Addington in the Christian Cullen Classic. With Chase a Dream...

No doubt about it,VESSEM was disappointing at Addington last start and nobody knew that better than Nathan. "I excused his previous run.It was disappointing too but there were reasons.He had not had...

A win in the NZ Derby at Addington on Friday or at least a strong performance will see CHASE A DREAM head north for the Auckland Cup and under the new season status has his chance to become the...

TREACHEROUS BABY is poised for a big run in the New Zealand Oaks tomorrow and all going well she is the leading chance-if she can just have  a little more luck than Mum -O Baby- had back in 2012. O...