Rob Wellington enjoyed a winning double, while Donna Scott, Jodie Bohr, Mitch Beer and Martin Stein also got in on the act as racing made it's long-awaited return to Albury.

The coronavirus situation in Victoria had forced Racing NSW to move a couple of meetings away from Albury but it returned with a bang for the locals.

Wellington enjoyed early success with Funky Farm ($3.80) and Saint Henry ($3.60) both saluting.

Funky Farm fought strongly to take out the Naughtin Development Group Benchmark 58 Handicap (1600m) with apprentice Madison Waters aboard.

"Funky Farm was in for the fight today," Wellington said.

"It was a really tough win and his first go at the mile. He didn't run fantastic time as you would expect in the conditions."

The day only got better when Saint Henry scored a dominant win in the Signarama Maiden Handicap (1600m) for jockey Amanda Masters.

"I thought he was under a bit of pressure but to his credit, he just kept whacking away and I'm really happy with the way he won the race and went on," he said.

"I thought he was nearly ready for the paddock two starts ago so he's done a good job. I think we'll push on and see if we can find a 2000 metre race for him and keep going."

Donna Scott was successful with the lightly-raced Bautista ($2.40) in the Boss Better Living Systems Maiden Handicap (900m).

The four-year-old was having just his second race start, and first-up run this campaign, but hit the line strongly to score by three lengths.

"He showed us a fair bit of potential last time in," Scott said.

"I didn't have him quite wound up but I think he's going to be a horse that gets over a bit more ground.

"He's really promising and hopefully he can go on with it now."

Blaike McDougall was successful on Bautista, a horse he had done plenty of work on in the lead-up to the win.

"Blaike, obviously being suspended a couple of weeks ago, he's been here riding a lot of work and gave him a jump out and done a lot of work on him, and he's always had an opinion of the horse," Scott said.

Jawwaal scored his second win for Mitch Beer, with Wagga apprentice Josh Richards guiding the five-year-old to a 11-length demolition.

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