Irish Jockeys level in Australia An Irish jockey won the first leg in the Australia v Ireland Invitational Series at Morphettville yesterday (Wednesday) but Martin Kelly was riding for the Australian side when getting 8/1 chance Peninsula home in front of an Irish team-partnered trio led by Stephen Gray, Sean Flanagan and Robbie Colgan in the Irish Day Saturday Hurdle. Kelly, a nineteen year-old from Kilmore Quay in Wexford, went out to Australia earlier this year after working for Caroline Hutchinson and Jim Dreaper, “ I had a good few rides back at home but no winners, this is my third winner here and I'm leading the “Over the Rainbow Jumping Series” which finishes this Saturday.” The best the Irish team could manage in the following high weight invitational flat handicap was a third placing by Robbie Colgan on 8/1 shot Afrisky Business, beaten just over a length. With a points system that rewards the first five home, the two teams are level on 18 points apiece prior to Saturday's high profile Irish Day at the same Adelaide city track.
