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Hawkesbury trainers Scott Singleton and Connie Greig have long adopted the "have horse, will travel" policy.
And it paid off for them at different venues last Friday.
Singleton clinched a double at Scone in consecutive races, whilst Greig ventured to the non-TAB fixture at Warren and didn't return home empty-handed.
Kevin May rode both of Singleton's winners, Flys Away and Qamar. The pair started at double figure odds.
Shaft filly Flys Away ($10) played up behind the barriers, but was on her best behaviour when the starter released the field in the Maiden Plate (1100m).
She raced away over the concluding stages to score easily in an all-roughies finish. Fine Diamond, a $51 chance, was second and Kapooka ($11) was third.
Flys Away was having only her second start. She had finished fourth on debut at Orange late last month.
Qamar - who has had two previous trainers - is now unbeaten from two starts for Singleton.
A four-year-old Mutawaajid mare, she started at $11 in the Benchmark 55 Handicap (1400m).
She beat Pesaro ($8.50) and Shehadtohavehim ($12).
Qamar scored first-up for her new trainer over 1206m at Port Macquarie in mid-November after Singleton had made a number of gear changes.
He took a tongue tie and winkers off her along with the barrier blanket at the start. Instead, she raced in a lugging bit.
Apprentice Melinda Graham rode Qamar at Port Macquarie, but senior jockey May was in the saddle at Scone.
Greig scored with eight-year-old Cierto Segura at Warren.
Ridden by 2kg claimer Martin Haley, the gelding beat Louis The Tonne ($21) and Saturlina ($4) in a Benchmark 55 Handicap (1400m).
Meanwhile, Hawkesbury Race Club completed its calendar year assignments with a successful seven-race card yesterday.
The track was the big winner, improving rapidly from a Heavy 8 on Friday morning to a Good 4 yesterday.
Godolphin's head Aussie trainer John O'Shea landed a double with Hebden ($1.60 favorite) and Elevates ($3.80). Tommy Berry rode both horses.
The pair just missed out om a treble with $1.90 favorite Ballinaclash, who was narrowly beaten in the opening race.
Jockey Brenton Avdulla also clocked in for a double, scoring on Mr Lebrock ($2.30 favorite) and Haut Haut ($6).
Stewards opened an inquiry into leading apprentice Sam Clenton's tactics on More Precise ($8), who finished third in the five-horse field to $2.50 favorite Sky Clip.
The inquiry was adjourned to a later date.
