Having endured a rocky end to his first year as a trainer, the Ballarat horseman saluted the judge with his first starter since a strangles outbreak had his stable put in quarantine for a month.

Mr Coyne ($3.30) took out a benchmark58 handicap, 2400m at Hanging Rock.

The four-year-old had been his previous runner, when he scored at Donald at November 13 – little more than a week before a case of the infectious strangles was detected.

The quarantine status was invoked just days after Cumani opened a training complex at the Ballarat racecourse, and after he enjoyed the experience of saddling up import Grey Lion in the Melbourne Cup.

THE family of 2003 Melbourne Cup runner-up She’s Archie keeps producing winners.

Bonus D’Or ($3.60 favourite) triumphed in a 3yo maiden, 1200m, at Geelong on Monday to become the second winner out of She’s A Bonus – a daughter of She’s Archie.

By US-bred sire Medaglia D’Oro, Bonus D’Oro was having just her third race start.

She is trained by Darren Weir, who also prepared She’s Archie.

Weir had a double, with Petracca ($3 favourite) winning a benchmark64 handicap, 1700m.

THERE was nothing easy about the start to the career of Tramcar Johnny.

The now 6yo finished seventh for trainers Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra. By The Grace won that event at Kyneton on November 6, 2013, but little did anyone know at the stage that the runner-up Chautauqua would develop into one of Australia's best sprinters in the past decade.

While Chautauqua has gone on to be a multiple group 1 winner with $6.5m in stakes, Tramcar Johnny has had to be satisfied with a much more modest racing career.

Now trained by Dan O'Sullivan in Ballarat, Tramcar Johnny is still winning though and brought up his third victory at the big odds of $51 in a benchmark58 handicap, 2200m, at Geelong on Monday.

SNAKE Valley trots trainer-driver Damien Burns keeps kicking goals on the track.

Burns secured a double at Melton on Monday night.

Six-year-old mare Village Tango ($27.40) made an immediate impact for the stable for the first leg of the double in a C1 pace, 1720m.

Bred and owned by Ballarat's Lynette Weightman, Village Tango had won two of 11 starts, which had all been in Queensland.

Village Tango is from a family which has provided Weightman with a run of success, being a granddaughter of race-winning mare Patriot  Lady and daughter of another winner Unique Tango, which also produced Piates Plunder (7 wins).

Chirpy Chuckles ($3.20 favourite) completed the Burns stable double by rating1:56:6 in a R2-R4 pace, 1720m.