John Dixen (2022) Horse

Foal Date

01-Jan-22

Colour

bay

Sire

Highland Reel

Dam

Open Book

Prize Money

5180

Trainer

P J Rothwell

Owners

T Moran

About

John Dixen, a 4yo b trained by P J Rothwell, is by Highland Reel out of Open Book. The horse has not yet secured a win in eight starts, remaining a maiden. In its latest outing at Cork on 11 Oct 2026, Shane O'Callaghan rode John Dixen to a seventh-place finish, trailing the victor Let Him B.

Race Record

Event Summary Runner Stats Rank
Cork 11-Oct-26 3795m GOOD R3 HcpH (of $16,099), Winning Time: 04:37.500, SP: 7.00 1st Let Him B ( P Byrnes 166 ) 2nd Teagarden Jazz ( E Finegan 157 , Cd 152 ) 13.00L 3rd Boola Times ( D O'keeffe 166 ) 13.10L 7th John Dixen ( S O'callaghan 143 , Cd 140 ) 34.05L See full results S O'callaghan 64.9kg, Cd 63.5kg 34.05L 7 (16)
Downpatrick 18-Sep-26 3571m GOOD R3 HcpH $3,235 (of $9,706), Winning Time: 04:18.400, SP: 4.00 1st Might Be The One ( C Stone-walsh 156 ) 2nd John Dixen ( S O'callaghan 140 , Cd 137 ) 8.00L 3rd Pahlavi ( H Sexton 160 ) 2.25L See full results S O'callaghan 63.5kg, Cd 62.1kg 8.00L 2 (13)
Downpatrick 31-Aug-26 3571m GOOD R2 HcpH $1,620 (of $9,730), Winning Time: 04:14.100, SP: 26.00 1st Ripsnorter ( D Mullins 168 ) 2nd Granlahan ( D O'keeffe 146 ) 7.00L 3rd John Dixen ( C Clarke 140 , Cd 133 ) 9.75L See full results C Clarke 63.5kg, Cd 60.3kg 9.75L 3 (12)
Ballinrobe 22-Jul-26 4463m GOOD R6 HcpH (of $9,784), Winning Time: 05:36.800, SP: 13.00 1st Not So Serious ( D Mullins 147 ) 2nd Run For The Border ( M Kenneally 161 ) 2.25L 3rd Ranger Billy ( J J Slevin 153 ) 2.25L 10th John Dixen ( S Torrens 141 ) 33.50L See full results S Torrens 64kg 33.50L 10 (19)
Limerick 29-May-26 4426m SOFT R6 HcpH $325 (of $9,742), SP: 67.00 1st Laska Du Breuil ( E Finegan 154 ) 2nd Moonshine Girl ( J Townend 143 ) 1.00L 3rd Cozone ( J Smith 168 ) 1.25L 6th John Dixen ( D Robinson 140 ) 14.25L See full results D Robinson 63.5kg 14.25L 6 (15)