Laxon attended the premier and select yearling sales at Karaka last week.
He carried on to visit a friend in Dunedin and accepted the invitation from Wingatui trainer Brian Anderton to take in the Wingatui meeting.
Laxon shifted to Singapore 11 years ago after making his name as a trainer when based at Cambridge.
He won the 1988 Melbourne Cup with Empire Rose.
She won the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington the same year.
Laxon won the 1998 Mackinnon with Champagne.
Empire Rose, a giant Sir Tristram mare owned by Whakanui Stud, won the 1987 New Zealand Cup.
"She is the best horse I have trained," he said.
His former wife, Sheila Laxon, who rode Empire Rose in work, became the first female to officially train a Melbourne Cup winner when Ethereal was successful in 2001.
A former amateur rider and horse breaker, Laurie Laxon has been training for 36 years His first major win was the 1978 Easter Handicap at Ellerslie with Silver Wraith.
Laxon won the 1991 New Zealand Derby with Cavallieri and the group one Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin with Romanee Conti in 1992.
He won the 1987 New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas with Weston Lea and the One Thousand Guineas with Noble Heights (1981) and Clear Rose (1995).
He shifted to the Kranji track at Singapore in 2000 and has not finished further back than third in the trainers' premiership, leading from 2004 to 09.
He is in front with 13 wins for the new season which began on January 1.
He became the first trainer to win 100 races there in 2004 and set a record of 104 in 2007.
Horses trained by Laxon have won the Singapore Horse Of the Year title five times - Saddle Up, Why Be (twice), Big Easy and Top Spin.
His present star is Better Than Ever, who won his first 12 races, including three at group one level.
Better Than Ever was spelled for three weeks after he was beaten at his last start in the Singapore Gold Cup in November on a rain-affected track.
"He is due to race again on February 20 and if he wins he will go to Dubai," Laxon said.
The Australia-bred Better Than Ever (French Deputy-Songfest) was an $80,000 purchase after being passed in at the 2008 premier sale.
He was offered by Blandford Lodge.
Laxon bought 12 lots, including nine at the premier yearling sale last week.
He paid a top price of $150,000 for an Encosta de Lago filly.
He was impressed with the win of Milo in the Dunedin Guineas on Saturday.
"An exceptional horse to win after being slow away," he said.
Laxon has 62 horses in work and 35 staff.
"I like Singapore racing. It is very efficient with 98 meetings a year on either Friday or Sunday," Laxon said.
"I like the weather and the availability of staff."
