"The two Kiwi trotters will start very short after they drew so well and they are class animals," said leading Australian form analyst Bill Hutchison.
Neither trotter has had a real race since winning at the Harness Jewels on June 4, although they looked sharp at the Cambridge workouts 10 days ago and will trial again at Kilmore today.
"They have travelled well and I couldn't be happier," said Dickie.
"The draws are a huge help because they have the manners to use them."
Not so well drawn at first glance is New Zealand's leading pacing chance on the day, Cowgirls N Indians, who will start from two on the second line in the A$312,000 two-year-old final.
But she has shown explosive speed when driven off the pace and was so dominant winning her semifinal last Friday she will still start a hot favourite.
New Zealand's other semifinal winner last Friday was the Mark Purdon-trained Tatijana Bromac, however she faces starting from the outside of the front line in the 3-year-old filly final for A$181,000, where she meets the Steven Reid-trained Victors Delight.
And Canterbury pacer Franco Jamar has come up with the ideal draw, the ace, in his A$100,000 final for 4-year-olds.
He was a solid second in his semifinal on Sunday and looks the biggest danger to Queensland star and Ready To Run sales graduate Lanercost.
While New Zealand's elite are set for a big day, the glamour horse of the entire meeting faces one of the toughest tests of his racing career.
Woodlands Derby winner Sushi Sushi will start from one on the second line in his A$181,000 3-year-old male pace final.
Undefeated this season, he will still start a hot favourite but looked to be coming to the end of his tether in his semifinal win last Friday and could be vulnerable.
He does, however, have the advantage of New Zealand's superstar 3-year-old pacer Gold Ace being absent after he was pulled out of the series last week.
While the Australasian Breeders Crown has been kind to the Kiwis in the past five years, it is even more set up for us than ever before.
The series used to be conducted with semifinals on a Tuesday night followed by finals on a Sunday, which often exposed the New Zealanders, who rarely back up as well as their Australian rivals.
But with nine days between the semis and finals now the format plays into the hooves of the New Zealand stars, and that coupled with the greater exposure we get to Australia's best pacers these days makes the meeting one of the highlights of the harness racing year, not just in Australia but here as well.
