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Rubira may be missing from round two of the northern open class pacing spring at Alexandra Park this Friday but that doesn’t mean he gets the weekend off. Because trainer Nathan Purdon has decided Sunday’s Methven Cup will give him a better guide of where the four-year-old sits in the pacing pecking order. Rubira was […]
Nathan Purdon is presenting some strong horsepower at Alexandra Park tomorrow night with smart two year old Coal Fire returning to racing in the first heat of the Woodlands Stud Sires’ Stakes. Listen to what Nathan has to say about each of his runners. Race One: Wat Next (Art Major) – driver Mark Purdon – […]
A training double at Alexandra Park wasn’t the only high point of Nathan Purdon’s working week. Because he also welcomed back one of New Zealand’s most talented but enigmatic pacers in Chase A Dream (Captaintreacherous) to his harness racing stable. Purdon trained three-year-olds Wat Next and Just Us Two to win on Friday after both […]
There’s no better way to advertise your breeding brand than having winners on the racetrack and the Southern Bred Southern Reared brand had them in spades last night. The southern group who breed and sell as a collective, last night recorded three winners at Alexandra Park and four at Addington. And there’s the promise of […]
In the last few months Nathan Purdon has had wretched luck, his last harness racing winner being Alecto at Alexandra Park in early March. That bad run came to an end tonight when Beware The Storm (Bettor’s Delight) was too good for some better credentialed fillies in the $60,000 Group Two Studholme Bloodstock Bionic Chance […]
Pukekohe trainer Nathan Purdon thinks the Cran and Chrissie Dalgety trained Tour Party (Bettor’s Delight) will be very hard to roll in the $100,000 Group One Breckon Farms Cardigan Bay Stakes. Nevertheless he’s confident his two starters are not without a show. “If he (Tour Party) spears up off the gate which we know he […]
That is one way to the sell yearlings. Maybe the best way to sell them as Nathan Purdon won both Young Guns heats at Alexandra Park on Friday night just days after purchasing six yearlings at the sales. First up it was Coal Fire who remained unbeaten in the heat for the boys holding off […]
Nathan Purdon has plenty of reasons to be excited as he heads to the first Alexandra Park harness racing meeting of the year tonight. Because not only does the meeting boast the first juvenile race of the season but Purdon dominates it with four of the seven starters. The $17,000 Breckon Farms Young Gun heat […]
It seems Nathan Purdon is getting serious about the up-coming 2YO features at Alexandra Park, and could have quite a presence by the time the $100,000 Group 1 Young Guns Finals come around in March. With the opening round of heats now only 10 days away (January 23), Purdon had five two-year-olds qualify at Pukekohe […]
One half of New Zealand’s most dominant thoroughbred training partnership has been recognised at the Industry Excellence Awards, with Sam Bergerson claiming the supreme Entain Excellence Award at a function at Ellerslie last night (29 June). Bergerson (31) has been in partnership with Mark Walker at Te Akau Racing for the past two seasons, and […]
Nathan Purdon is adamant that Mr Kaplan (Betterthancheddar) is ready for her return to harness racing at Addington tonight (8.08pm). He just thinks she would be even more ready if it was 1980m instead of the 2600m she faces in the race of the night. Mr Kaplan returns in a small but select field, with […]
Nathan Purdon is upfront about where he is at. “I am rebuilding,” he says. Rebuilding his race team and evolving the way he, and the business, operates. “I’m trying to establish my own identity.” Already 2024 has seen a lot of changes. Father and training partner Mark has moved away from Christchurch, the stable has […]
Nathan Purdon is confident of winning at least one Vicbred harness racing final on Saturday night’s (Sep. 16) massive 12-Melton card. Purdon and his father, Mark, have two-year-old trotting filly We Can Have It All (Volstead) in her $100,000 final (race 12) and The Real Sherlock (Vincent) in the $150,000 Group 1 3YO Pacing Colts […]
Harness racing trainer Nathan Purdon said his two runners are ready for Thursdays (Apr. 6) time honoured Kindergarten Stakes – a race in which his family has had a long run of success. Runners from the All Stars stable have won nine of the last ten editions and in total Nathan’s father Mark whom he […]
New Zealand’s newest and possibly most powerful harness racing training operation can only get better. Because it can’t get any worse than the start for champion trainer Mark Purdon and new partner, his son Nathan. Nathan finally officially joined the family business at the All Stars on New Year’s Day as he became a partner […]
On 7 December 2022, the Victorian Racing Tribunal (VRT) considered a charge issued by Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) Stewards against licensed trainer Nathan Purdon under Australian Harness Racing Rule (AHRR) 190(1). AHRR 190(1) reads as follows: A horse shall be presented for a race free of prohibited substances. The charge related to a urine sample collected from […]
Nathan Purdon is planning a move back home to New Zealand, with his Australian harness racing training venture set to end a few months shy of two years since it started. Purdon, the son of legendary Kiwi horseman Mark, arrived to commence full-time training in Victoria during early 2021 and has decided to return to […]
Nathan Purdon can’t wait to get home. But first, the top young horseman and his partner, Mikayla Lewis, have some unfinished harness racing business in Victoria. Purdon confirmed this week he and Mikayla would be returning to Christchurch after a couple of years training near Geelong in Victoria. The Victorian stint has been hugely successful […]
Adam Hamilton writes in Racenet that girl power is set to dominate harness racing at Albion Park again on Saturday night. The harness world is still buzzing after Ladies In Red’s (Mach Three) breathtaking Rising Sun romp last Saturday night and now her potential heir apparent Amore Vita (Art Major) takes the baton into the […]
Nathan Purdon thinks Amore Vita (Art Major) is potentially the best harness racing horse he has driven. It is a huge call, but one we will see tested in a busy back half of 2022. The obvious question is how Purdon compares Amore Vita with champion mare Amazing Dream, who left his barn in February […]
Top harness racing driver Shane Graham believes the ability to find a clear pathway with Turn It Up (Courage Under Fire) in the first 200 metres of the race will determine his chances of taking home the Group 1 Redcliffe Gold Cup on Saturday night. The lightly-raced seven-year-old is the lone 10m handicap runner while […]
Nathan Purdon can’t wait to return “home” to notch up the next milestone of his blossoming training career. It was confirmed today that Purdon’s brilliant mare Spellbound would fill the “Hole in the Wall” slot in the inaugural $900,000 The Race at Cambridge on April 14. It’s so fitting that Spellbound will be the pacer […]
Victorian based horseman Nathan Purdon will begin his Sydney raid at Menangle today. The New Zealand-born trainer, son of top horseman Mark Purdon, will start maiden three-year-old Zeus Dan in race six. Purdon has his sight set on the heats of the New South Wales Oaks at Menangle this Saturday night with his talented filly […]
It is up to Nathan Purdon to continue a fantastic family strike rate in harness racing’s Breeders Crown on Saturday night. Purdon’s champion father, Mark, has been as influential as any trainer in the history of the Breeders Crown with a staggering 10 victories. But some time out of the game to recharge, the travel […]
