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The Older and the Younger Prepare For the Big Time
PIC:Bettor's Delight Melbourne Sale graduate-Looking the part already The true beginning of a new training era at All Stars Rolleston made a start with fast work and youngster education on Saturday....
Major Hot Beaten by Fortune=And Coincidence
Major Hot emerged from defeat as a major factor in the upcoming three year old Queensland features when second to Ellis Street in the Redcliffe Derby on Saturday night and with luck in the running...
Can the Great Survivor Hit the $NZ1m in stakes at Redcliffe ?
As part owner,Lee Pilcher, watches his former star pacer ,Turn It Up, try to break the $1m stakes barrier in the Redcliffe Cup on Saturday night,he may well reflect on timely birthday gifts and...
Nathan Home before Redcliffe Derby and Oaks Night
It's a busy life at any time being a horse trainer.But it is especially so when you are running racing squads on both sides of the Tasman. Nathan has been in Brisbane this preparing Treacherous Love...
Olivia Says Goodbye- With Many Great Memories To Cherish
Olivia Thornley is saying goodbye to the Purdon racing complex at Rolleston after eight and a half years- with grateful thanks rather than regrets. “I start on the 24th with Hayden and Amanda...
Jimmy and James Will Share a New Home
“Jimmy” Self Assured and “Jimmy” Stephens, best mates for years, are to be together again.But in a new "Home James" Self Assured,one of the most accomplished pacers of the modern era, was retired...
Treacherous Love Trips Site Editor,Warms Up for Oz Thursday
Pic: Linda Lovegrace as a Mum. She was a Group 1 winner on the track and there are hopes a daughter could match her During the week we ran a nice story about how O Baby's daughter Treacherous Baby...
Filly to Try for Unique Queensland Double
MAJOR HOT and TREACHEROUS BABY will be the Purdon Racing duo heading to the Constellations Queensland Harness Carnival that peaks on July 27 when a new two year old slot race the $500,000 Ladbrokes...
30 More Sleeps and Nike is Back !
In what could be a major boost for all of harness racing, champion filly ,MILLWOOD NIKE, is to return to work at the end of June hopefully headed for a spring campaign as a four year old. "She has...
The Year of the Warrior ?
Many bemoan the fact that open class racing is not what it was in its heyday when horses re-appeared year after year to try and achieve a major Cup race. SELF ASSURED is not part of that...
THE DOUGHTY DOZEN
The backgrounder we ran in 2023 without quite the right result. Maybe this year Self Assured’s Auckland Cup Challenge. Self Assured on Friday attempts to become the first horse of a dozen dual...
Break Well Earned for Don’t Stop Dreaming
The Auckland Cup has been decided to be a bridge too far for brilliant four year old DON'T STOP DREAMING and Mark and Nathan have sent him for a spell. "He will have six weeks out and then we will...
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