Ferguson (42) took out a public training licence this season and bought his father Barry's property last August to train from.
He recorded his first training win with Nextdoor To Alice at Alexandra Park 19 days ago.
Nextdoor To Alice was having his first start for Ferguson after six wins from the stable of Geoff Small.
Nextdoor To Alice is from the family of champion juvenile Courage Under Fire.
He was bought by Ferguson in a claiming race and races for a group of his Christchurch friends who are employed by the Southland Building Society.
"They saw him race and felt he was worth claiming," Ferguson said.
Perfect Pride was his 19th starter.
Ferguson has five horses in work and also educates several.
"Driving will still be my mainstay and I am treating the training more as a hobby."
Perfect Pride is raced by Peter's wife, Wendy.
The 4yr-old was recording his second win.
He had his other success for Nicola Chilcott.
"I bought him from Doug Gale mainly for my 13-year-old son, Dylan, who is keen to get into trotting, Ferguson said.
Ferguson has been a successful reinsman.
He has driven 1575 winners since he began driving as a 18-year-old in the 1985-86 season.
He drove 177 winners in six seasons as a junior.
"The first winner I drove was for my father - Sobriety at Cambridge in 1986."
His best season was 2007-08 when he drove 138 winners.
He drove the Gale-trained Kate's First in all but one of her 19 wins, including the 1997 Auckland Cup.
He won the 1998 Forbury Park Four-Year-Old Championship on the mare.
Ferguson drove her when she was third to her year-younger half-brother champion Christian Cullen in the 1998 Auckland Cup.
The two were separated by Bogan Fella.
Ferguson rates Mi Muchacho as the best horse he has driven.
"We never saw the best of him due to his problems."
Ferguson drove Mi Muchacho in 14 of his 16 wins including the 2006 Auckland Cup and New Zealand Messenger.
About Ambition, a winner fresh-up at Ashburton on Monday, will start from 20m in the Nelson Cup Prelude, a 2-6win discretionary over 2400m at Richmond Park on Friday.
The race is a lead-up to the Nelson Winter Cup on Sunday.
The McArdle 4yr-old was recording his sixth win from 22 starts on Monday.
The $12,000 Nelson Winter Cup is over 3000m.
The Portobello stablemates Sunnivue Ted and Sunnivue Caesar are to race at Nelson on Friday on their way back to Dunedin from a North Island stint.
The Steve Ashton-trained pair are booked to cross Cook Strait today.
Sunnivue Caesar is on 10m in the Nelson Cup Prelude.
The 4yr-old was second at Cambridge and unplaced at Alexandra Park in his two North Island starts.
Sunnivue Ted, who was unplaced in the Harness Jewels on Saturday at his only North Island start, is the backmarker on 40m in the 1-5w discretionary trot.
Both horses are to be driven by Craig Thornley.
Woodend Beach junior driver Robert Butt was suspended for seven driving days until midnight on June 20 when he admitted excessive use of the whip at Ashburton on Monday.
Butt was deemed to have struck the third-placed Call Me Danny excessively in the run home in race 2.
