The three-year-old, who finished runner-up in the $30,000 Tasmanian Derby earlier this month, broke through for his first win on Australian soil on Friday night at Hobart.

His breakthrough followed a string of three consecutive second placings on the Apple Isle, which came on the back of two unplaced runs on Victorian tracks.

"He was over there for the Tassie Derby, but we can't get him home at the moment, so we thought we'd push on and race him," Hargreaves said.

"Alex's dad (Rodney Ashwood) has got him at the moment and is doing a fantastic job with him. It was a nice little ray of light in dark times.

"He got off to a bit of a rocky start when he first came over from New Zealand, but he's string together a few nice runs now and is more than paying his way."

Dyslexic's only previous race win, in eight career starts, came before his arrival in Australia.