New Zealand's most in-form racing stable will have to overcome a new challenge this week: having their training track washed away.
But co-trainer Josh Dickie says some help from his rivals should still see the stable he runs with father John arrive at Alexandra Park tomorrow night with their horses ready to rock.
The Dickies have been the punter's pals since horse racing returned post-lockdown on May 29, winning a remarkable nine races in a month, an average of almost two every meeting they have competed at.
That has been made possible by their excellent training facilities at Rosslands Farm in South Auckland, although their training track has been a victim of the recent northern storms.
"When the storm hit last Thursday we had 120mils of rain in an hour and was too much for the drains, they overflowed and on to our main track," explains Dickie.
"That washed a lot of the top surface away and made the track unusable.