Finally, at Gundagai on Saturday when he booted home Lady Brook in the last, it was no longer a dream. And it was no longer in the back of his mind.

"The most sentimental win was probably the last winner. I've been wanting to ride five for, well, since I've ridden four, which I've done a couple of times," McDougall said.

"I've been riding a lot of trebles of late and it was starting to bug me a bit. I was getting a bit worked up and coming home with the shits after having a great day when I should've been happy.

"So I put it aside about a month ago. I stopped worrying about it and kept working hard and (on Saturday) it come to me. Crossing the line having ridden the five, I got a really nice feeling running through my body."

Trained by Jerilderie's Phil Sweeney, Lady Brook was a $1.55 favourite in the Jim, Tess and Jamie Irving Memorial Class Two Handicap (1000m). It wasn't just his shortest priced winner, but the only favourite McDougall won on.

The Albury-based hoop also claimed the Saturday feature, the $30,000 Hair Of The Dog Cup, on Our Dreamsarefree ($5) for Gordon Yorke, from outsiders Via Condotti and Charlie Royale.

Earlier, there were wins on Danny Williams' Post Free ($3.70), Stella Baia ($2.80) for Joseph Ible, and the first leg of a double with Sweeney, piloting Charming Pat ($3.70) to victory.

McDougall was millimetres from claiming six winners in seven races, beaten by the narrowest of margins in the first. He also won the first two races at Friday's Snake Gully Cup meeting.

Seven winners in two days, he kept the celebrations low-key and was back on the road to Canberra on Sunday when chatting to The Daily Advertiser.

"I ride nearly every day so you can't celebrate too much. But I come home and got to see my two little girls, they gave me a big cuddle and a kiss," he said.

"A couple of people sent a text but it's back to business really. I was in the bath this morning losing a kilo-and-a-half for today.

"The best thing about racing is every day is a new day. You never know what's ahead of you.

"What's happened yesterday happened yesterday. I'll think about it every now and again but I've got to worry about today now."

McDougall thanked his manager Hayden Kelly for his efforts behind the scenes and said he will savour the achievement.

"I work really hard and when you have a day like that, that's what you get out of bed for," he said.

"it's why you're in the car for hours on end, driving up and down the freeway, travelling all around NSW. I've been doing it for years now and when you have a day like that, that's what we do it for."

The 26-year-old was also rapt to do it at Gundagai.

"It's a lovely little place, the locals love it, they hang over the fence and enjoy the day," he said.

"You always get a really good vibe."