DONEGAL jockey Martin Harley had his first rides in Australia last Friday at Swan Hill racecourse, 340km from Melbourne, where he rode the final two winners on the eight-race card, Blue Tycoon and French Success, both of whom are trained by David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig.

On Saturday, the 30-year-old finished sixth of 15 in the Listed Cap d’Antibes Stakes at Flemington on the Tony Gollan-trained Niedorp and the Trentagh native was then in action on Monday at Bairnsdale in Victoria where, from just two rides, he partnered one winner and a second-placed horse.