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For a thirty year old, Nick Coxon has packed in a fair bit. The Palmerston North, born Hamilton Boy’s High educated Coxon represented New Zealand in the 2013 Australian Youth Golf Olympic Festival in Sydney. He’s won numerous amateur golf events and he turned professional in 2018. After touring American as a pro, Nick now […]
Life initially wasn’t easy for Oscar Bonavena (Majestic Son) and if it wasn’t for the intervention of Charlotte Williamson he may not have survived, let alone go on to become a harness racing millionaire. Oscar’s mother Now’s The Moment was owned by Charlotte’s father John Purvis and was grazing at home. “When I found him […]
Gore trainer Brian Norman is excited to be the owner of unbeaten trotting filly Imperious Girl (Imperial Count). Norman who loves his trotters, hasn’t bred too many squaregaiters in recent years but has developed and sold a handful of good ones, including Sky Commander which he sold to Merv and Meg Butterworth. He won three […]
What a time of it Oscar Bonavena is having right now. The millionaire trotter is a superstar on the track and literally a stud off it. This month Oscar Bonavena became a dad for the first time, with his first foal, a filly called Ivy, born three weeks ago. “She’s got a bit of attitude […]
On a day when the racing pattern indicated you just couldn’t come from the back and win, champion trotter Oscar Bonavena (Majestic Son) kicked the theory to the back of the harness racing parade ring and put in a stunning performance to win the $40,000 Group Three Elite Stride DG Jones Memorial Banks Peninsula Trotting […]
A couple of months ago at a Canterbury breeding seminar at Addington Raceway, champion harness racing trainer Mark Purdon confidently told an audience of eager listeners he genuinely believed that his multiple G1 winner Oscar Bonavena (Majestic Son) could mix stallion duties with racing in the spring. This afternoon at the same venue, the super […]
It’s not every day you receive a call from New Zealand harness racing legend, Mark Purdon. The shoe is usually on the other foot with journalists around the country blowing up his cellular device looking for information to print on his litany of star performers and their lofty targets in many of Australasia’s greatest races. […]
