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Talented driver Josh Dickie is hoping the next phase of his career can start with a win at Alexandra Park tonight. Dickie partners last-start winner Father Barry for his father John in the opening race tonight, the $15,000 Classique Landscapers Metro heat and punters can expect to see him doing far more driving for the […]
When Australian driver Luke McCarthy takes the reins on Kingman (Always B Miki) in Tuesday’s IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup it’ll be his third drive in the great race. His first drive was on Washakie in 2009 which finished fourteenth and his second on For A Reason which ran third in 2014. He might not […]
The running of the Worthy Queen Handicap Trot last Friday night at Addington further highlighted the marvellous achievements of Pegasus Spur across Australasia. Runner up to winner Mighty Logan, I Dream Of Jeannie is one of the few Pegasus Spurs still racing, while third placegetter Muscle Mountain is out of a Pegasus Spur mare. Pegasus […]
For the majority of racehorses their problem is not having enough speed. Not Loteria. Her problem is controlling all the speed she has. The rapid going four-year-old recorded her third career win when overcoming an unruly starting position in a Metro Trot heat at Alexandra Park on Friday night and did it in style. She […]
Tuesday could well be Josh Dickie’s time to shine at Manawatu. The Raceway had new lights installed last week and they will be on show for the first time tonight and on Thursday. Costing around $300,000 the project was planned and co-ordinated by Andrew Neal and local committee member/trainer Stephen Doody with funding from the […]
Auckland-based driver Josh Dickie has another six opportunities to add to his career tally at Manawatu today, after bringing up his 500th harness racing win on Tuesday. He has a number of each way chances including two for the Telfer training partnership, Adjournment (Race 4) and Rock Band (Race 5). Both Telfer trained runners finished […]
Auckland based harness racing driver Josh Dickie has a tidy book of drives at Cambridge Raceway tonight, and potentially a number of winning chances. “My drives all look to be well placed in tonight’s fields and their form reads pretty well on paper,” says Dickie. Four of those drives are for his employers Steve and […]
South Auckland based driver Joshua Dickie has five harness racing drives tonight at Cambridge Raceway and is confident all can give strong performances. Dickie’s first drive is on the Brian and Gareth Hughes trained Grace N Elegance (Pegasus Spur) who starts in Race one, the Watchu Security Mobile Trot over 2200 metres. The five year […]
One of New Zealand’s most accomplished young harness racing horsemen is returning home and straight into one of our prime driving roles. Multiple Group 1-winning trainer and driver Joshua Dickie will return early in the New Year and work at Stonewall Stud’s northern stables and assume the role of their regular North Island driver. Dickie […]
There was a sigh of relief when Josh Dickie saw the final harness racing field for the Hunter Cup at Melton this Saturday night (Feb. 4). Dickie’s charge Old Town Road (Bettor’s Delight) made the cut, but probably only just. The inclusion of Expensive Ego, Rock N Roll Doo and Hurricane Harley into the final […]
Josh Dickie will step up to play a role in Bolt For Brilliance’s (Muscle Hill) SENTrack Inter Dominion harness racing campaign at Geelong this Saturday night (Dec. 3). Dickie has been booked to partner the star squaregaiter in the third round of trotting qualifiers due to trainer-driver Tony Herlihy’s racing commitments back home in New […]
A bold move by talented young New Zealand harness racing identity Josh Dickie to cross the Tasman and set up a new base has been kick-started with a Melton victory. “It was so good to get off the mark and land a winner. One of the reasons for our shift was to allow me to […]
Major Jellis has taken out the harness racing feature at Alexandra Park tonight for trainers Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan. The son of Art Major upset his more favoured stable-mate Bad To The Bone by zipping up the passing lane to win the Kerry Hoggard Memorial – Holmes DG over 2700m in the hands of […]
One of New Zealand’s most talented young harness trainers is moving to Australia in a shock decision that will see Josh Dickie officially stop training in NZ from tomorrow. But rather than see the move as a curtailing of his training career, Dickie hopes it will benefit both his training and driving career long term. […]
