The five-year-old hadn’t been placed in two years, but scored a comfortable win on her new home track.

With just the two placings in her first 14 starts, Weir was unsure just what to expect from the mare, but was pleasantly surprised by her performance in the Read Plumbing Maiden Plate (1000m) on Saturday.

“I was pretty pleased she won as I was pretty confident,” Weir said.

“We’d only had her eight weeks and her times had been good in trackwork but I didn’t know what to expect.

“I thought she might have been one of those horses who does a lot on the training track and doesn’t take it to the races, but she took it to the races and it was a pretty good win.”

She went on to defeat stablemate O’Bella Bai by three lengths.

Weir said they treated the daughter of Hinchinbrook as a blank canvas, taking off all her gear and starting afresh following some down the track performances.

It seems to have worked.

Weir then backed it up in the following race with Glycerine Queen. 

She was purchased for her staying pedigree, but broke through for her first win at start four over the 1200 metres.

It was the first time she had finished better than sixth in a race.

“It was a filly we bought at the yearling sales with the opinion she was going to be a nice staying breed,” Weir said.

“She’s by Poet’s Voice, out of a staying mare and we thought she would be a nice three or four-year-old over 2000 metres, and she’s in the learning process at the moment.

“She’s learning how to race and she loomed up like she was going to win by three lengths and half stopped and waited for the other horse.

“She has a bit to learn yet.”

She went on to down Egyptianbear by the barest of margins.

Stable jockey Megan Taylor rode both to victory.

After winning the first two races on the card, including a quinella in the first, Weir also picked up placings with Bondo and Emerald Ice.

He was pleased with the day’s results.

It’s a busy period for Southern District racing.

After Wagga’s showcase meeting on Friday, Tumut, Balranald and Berrigan all raced on Saturday, Corowa races Monday before Albury’s Melbourne Cup day meeting on Tuesday and another meeting on the border Thursday however Weir has his sights set on Gundagai’s Snake Gully Cup the following week.

He expects to have most of his stable engaged over the two-day carnival.

“Everything really aims to Gundagai in a bit under two weeks,” Weir said.