Border jockey and mother of two Danielle Scott posted a winning double at Albury on Saturday after almost four years away from racing.
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Scott's first winner came for Albury trainer Norm Loy in race four, edging out Mitch Beer's Desert Storm by around half a length.
She backed it up the very next race for another Albury trainer Rob Wellington, with Booradley storming home to prevail by more than sixth lengths.
It was Scott's first winners since June 2016, having lost more than 30 kilograms after the birth of her daughters Penelope, 2 and Maisie, 10 months, on her comeback to competitive riding.
"It was really good and especially for the people that I rode winners for, they're both local trainers which made it even better," Scott said.
"If all my family could have been there it would have been a lot more exciting, but it was still really good to get a winner for Norm Loy.
"I've known him my whole life and he pretty much put that horse in the race because it could be a winner.
"I think he's been one of the biggest motivators for me coming back to racing, he kept pushing me to lose the weight.
"It was really nice to be able reward him and win on his horse."
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Scott admitted Wellington was unsure how Booradley would perform given the heavy downpour which saw the six-race program delayed by more than half an hour.
"Booradley actually won really well," she said.
"Rob was unsure whether he would handle the conditions initially, but he seemed to really thrive in it.
"It was good to get a winner for them as well because same thing I'd grown up with both of those trainers for the majority of my life and it was really nice to win on their horses yesterday (Saturday).
"We couldn't really have dinner as a family or do anything to be honest, but it's still a positive that we're even able to work at this time, so you can't really complain can you?
"I've had two rides prior, one on (Albury) Gold Cup day and I ran second at Wagga, so those were my third and fourth rides back. To have them both as winners was very good."
The success didn't stop at Albury with Scott's partner Blaike McDougall also claiming a double at Hawkesbury on Saturday.
McDougall piloted winners for James Cummings (Lesage) and Gai Waterhouse (Romantic Whisper) and had two seconds and a third from his eight rides.
"It's great for his career moving forward to be able to win for trainers like that, so we were both really happy," Soott said.
Scott only plans to ride close to home as she juggles life as a jockey and mother.
"In a fortnight's time there's a meeting at Corowa and then Wagga, so I'll chase a few rides there," she said.
"Travelling to Moruya or anything like that is just too far and too long of a day."
It was a successful day for trainers across the region with Loy, Wellington, Scott's mother Donna (Pure Phylis), Corowa's Rick Freyer (Boogie Woogie) and Wangaratta's Andrew Dale (Tycoon Dreaming) all winning.