Mark Purdon

Purdon, Rasmussen Put Racing On Hold

November 16, 2020

Champion trainers Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen, whose All Stars Racing has become the most successful harness racing stable in New Zealand history, will be taking a step back from the sport.

‘Bettor Than The Best’

August 28, 2018

“I don’t call many of them champions, but this horse is. He’s the perfect horse and has a great temperament for a stallion.”

MacDonald Wins In Australia

December 08, 2017

With the eyes of the harness racing world on him this past summer, Canada's James MacDonald rose to the occasion and captured the 2017 World Driving Championship on home soil. On Friday (December 8), ...

International Drivers Series Finals Set

December 05, 2017

This year's World Driving Champion James MacDonald from Canada and American Marcus Miller have both fared better in the ballot for horses in the two heats of the Sky Racing/Slater Gartrell Internation...

MacDonald On Down Under Driving

December 03, 2017

“It was a great experience and the racing is extremely tight and a buzz driving in front of such a big crowd."

Drivers Series Underway Downunder

December 01, 2017

The first leg of the International Invitation Drivers Series is complete after the first two races went postward at Gloucester Park on Friday (December 1).

MacDonald, Miller Arrive Down Under

November 30, 2017

Drivers James MacDonald and Marcus Miller have arrived safely in Perth, Australia in advance of the International Invitation Drivers Series, which will get underway on Friday (December 1).

As Good As The World's Best?

"They are very, very good horses, especially [Always B Miki, Freaky Feet Pete and Wiggle It Jiggleit], but our horse is just as good. I have no doubt about that."

Horse Supporting Cancer Research

February 26, 2014

As the biggest day of harness racing on the Australian harness racing schedule is set for Sunday with the $750,000 TAB.COM.AU Inter Dominion Grand Final at Tabcorp Park Menangle, one of the pacers lin...

Can Auckland Reactor Regain His Form?

January 24, 2011

Having returned to the Down Under racing scene after an unsuccessful stint in the United States, Auckland Reactor is being pointed to a race in early February. His trainer, Mark Purdon, has commented ...

Purdon To Forget 'The Reactor's Last Year

December 02, 2010

It has been reported that down under conditioner Mark Purdon has Auckland Reactor back in training, and is hoping to forget what happened when the career winner of $944,703 came to race in the United ...

Purdon Pupils Sparkle At Harness Jewels

The aura of Auckland Reactor was too much for his rivals in the $200,000 Four-Year-Old Emerald at part of Saturday's New Zealand Harness Jewels at Ashburton Raceway

No US Stint For Auckland Reactor?

Don't expect to see southern hemisphere pacing sensation make the trip to North America after