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Les Purdon - a great horseman

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A member of New Zealand’s greatest harness racing family Les Purdon, passed away peacefully last week in Auckland. He was 83. Les was the youngest son of Hugh Purdon and like his brothers Roy, Sandy, Foster and Joe, he trained horses. For a number of years he worked for Hugh, and in 1958 he obtained […]

New Zealand

Les Purdon's long wait for a Derby runner is over

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Well known Pukekohe harness racing identity Les Purdon has been around horses all his life, and has seen and done just about everything there is to do with an industry that has given him and his family great success. In tonight’s (Mar. 24) G1 $135,000 Great Northern Derby however, Purdon ticks off a bucket list […]

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