Jonathan Dick
Jonathan Robert Dick was born on October 25, 1930, the son of Epsom trainer David Purvis Dick and younger brother of top jumps jockey David Victor Dick. Jonathan rode under National Hunt rules between the late 1940s and the mid-1950s, riding a total of 26 winners, exactly half of them being gained in his most successful season, 1951/52.
Jonathan Robert Dick was born on October 25, 1930, the son of Epsom trainer David Purvis Dick and younger brother of top jumps jockey David Victor Dick. Jonathan rode under National Hunt rules between the late 1940s and the mid-1950s, riding a total of 26 winners, exactly half of them being gained in his most successful season, 1951/52.
He rode his first winner on Celertry over hurdles at Wye on May 9, 1949, for Epsom trainer Percy Bailey. It was his only winner of the season and there was only one the next season too, on David Dick’s selling hurdler Birthday Girl at the West Norfolk Hunt (now Fakenham) fixture in May 1950.
He rode his first winner on Celertry over hurdles at Wye on May 9, 1949, for Epsom trainer Percy Bailey. It was his only winner of the season and there was only one the next season too, on David Dick’s selling hurdler Birthday Girl at the West Norfolk Hunt (now Fakenham) fixture in May 1950.
In January 1951 he won a brace of four-year-old hurdle races on Mon Prince for Epsom trainer Tommy Carey, then in March he landed the valuable St James’s Handicap Hurdle at Kempton Park on Carey’s Blue Space. That was to be the most important winner.
In January 1951 he won a brace of four-year-old hurdle races on Mon Prince for Epsom trainer Tommy Carey, then in March he landed the valuable St James’s Handicap Hurdle at Kempton Park on Carey’s Blue Space. That was to be the most important winner.
Having ridden a total of six winners in three seasons, he more than trebled his career score when amassing 13 wins in the 1951/52 season. They included half a dozen trained by his father, notably three novice hurdles on lady Lawyer, and winners for Cyril Mitchell, Tommy Carey and Keith Piggott.
Having ridden a total of six winners in three seasons, he more than trebled his career score when amassing 13 wins in the 1951/52 season. They included half a dozen trained by his father, notably three novice hurdles on lady Lawyer, and winners for Cyril Mitchell, Tommy Carey and Keith Piggott.
Lambourn trainer Bill Payne got Jonathan going for the 1952/53 campaign with a couple of winning hurdlers, Grey Magic and Tangle, and he rode two winners for his father at Uttoxeter’s Easter meeting, and other for him, called C.D.B., at Huntingdon’s Whit Monday fixture.
Lambourn trainer Bill Payne got Jonathan going for the 1952/53 campaign with a couple of winning hurdlers, Grey Magic and Tangle, and he rode two winners for his father at Uttoxeter’s Easter meeting, and other for him, called C.D.B., at Huntingdon’s Whit Monday fixture.
It was Easter Monday 1954 before he rode another winner, C.D.B. again, this time at Towcester.
It was Easter Monday 1954 before he rode another winner, C.D.B. again, this time at Towcester.
He rode 5 further winners in the 1955-56 season: they were The Caber (Wincanton, 26 December), Riotteur (Newbury, 2 March) and three wins on Almora in May (Wye 16th, Fontwell 21st & Stratford 28th). His last ride was Bahati, unplaced in the Regent Novice Hurdle (Div. 2) at Sandown, 12 December 1957.
He rode 5 further winners in the 1955-56 season: they were The Caber (Wincanton, 26 December), Riotteur (Newbury, 2 March) and three wins on Almora in May (Wye 16th, Fontwell 21st & Stratford 28th). His last ride was Bahati, unplaced in the Regent Novice Hurdle (Div. 2) at Sandown, 12 December 1957.
Jonathan Dick died in 2012.
Jonathan Dick died in 2012.
Jonathan Dick’s winners were, in chronological order:
Jonathan Dick’s winners were, in chronological order:
1. Celertry, Wye, May 9, 1949
1. Celertry, Wye, May 9, 1949
2. Birthday Girl, West Norfolk Hunt (Fakenham), May 6, 1950
2. Birthday Girl, West Norfolk Hunt (Fakenham), May 6, 1950
3. Mon Prince, Lingfield Park, January 12, 1951
3. Mon Prince, Lingfield Park, January 12, 1951
4. Mon Prince, Hurst Park, January 18, 1951
4. Mon Prince, Hurst Park, January 18, 1951
5. Blue Space, Kempton Park, March 2, 1951
5. Blue Space, Kempton Park, March 2, 1951
6. L’Amie des Hommes, Nottingham, March 28, 1951
6. L’Amie des Hommes, Nottingham, March 28, 1951
7. Stitch in Time, Plumpton, October 8, 1951
7. Stitch in Time, Plumpton, October 8, 1951
8. Tormarton, Fontwell Park, October 31, 1951
8. Tormarton, Fontwell Park, October 31, 1951
9. Sunny Devon, Plumpton, November 12, 1951
9. Sunny Devon, Plumpton, November 12, 1951
10. Stronghold, Hurst Park, March 7, 1952
10. Stronghold, Hurst Park, March 7, 1952
11. Extra-Dry, Hurst Park, March 8, 1952 (dead-heat)
11. Extra-Dry, Hurst Park, March 8, 1952 (dead-heat)
12. Stronghold, Fontwell Park, March 13, 1952
12. Stronghold, Fontwell Park, March 13, 1952
13. Rahshas, Sandown Park, March 15, 1952
13. Rahshas, Sandown Park, March 15, 1952
14. Lady Lawyer, Plumpton, March 26, 1952)
14. Lady Lawyer, Plumpton, March 26, 1952)
15. Merchant of Venice, Manchester, April 12, 1952
15. Merchant of Venice, Manchester, April 12, 1952
16. Lady Lawyer, Wincanton, May 1, 1952)
16. Lady Lawyer, Wincanton, May 1, 1952)
17. Lady Lawyer, Towcester, May 12, 1952
17. Lady Lawyer, Towcester, May 12, 1952
18. Glencameron, Wye, May 19, 1952
18. Glencameron, Wye, May 19, 1952
19. Glencameron, Stratford-on-Avon, May 24, 1952
19. Glencameron, Stratford-on-Avon, May 24, 1952
20. Grey Magic, Wincanton, December 19, 1952
20. Grey Magic, Wincanton, December 19, 1952
21. Tangle, Kempton Park, February 11, 1953
21. Tangle, Kempton Park, February 11, 1953
22. San Antone, Uttoxeter, April 4, 1953
22. San Antone, Uttoxeter, April 4, 1953
23. Keadeen, Uttoxeter, April 6, 1953
23. Keadeen, Uttoxeter, April 6, 1953
24. C.D.B., Huntingdon, May 25, 1953
24. C.D.B., Huntingdon, May 25, 1953
25. C.D.B., Towcester, April 19, 1954
25. C.D.B., Towcester, April 19, 1954
26. C.D.B.,Cheltenham, October 14, 1954
26. C.D.B.,Cheltenham, October 14, 1954
27. The Caber. Wincanton. December 26, 1954.
27. The Caber. Wincanton. December 26, 1954.
28. Riotteur. Newbury. March 2, 1955.
28. Riotteur. Newbury. March 2, 1955.
29. Almora. Wye. 16 May, 1955.
29. Almora. Wye. 16 May, 1955.
30. Almora. Fontwell. 21 May, 1955.
30. Almora. Fontwell. 21 May, 1955.
31 Almora. Stratford. 26 May, 1955.
31 Almora. Stratford. 26 May, 1955.
