Nash Rawiller returned to Randwick on Wednesday doing what he does best - riding winners.The premiership-winning jockey had been out of the saddle since July 31 recovering from a bout of pneumonia but wasted no time getting back to winning form when riding Gazza Guru to victory in the opening race on the Kensington track.He made it a winning double in the final race of the day when odds-on favourite Pureness led all the way to remain unbeaten."I was thinking about waiting until Saturday to retur

Nash Rawiller returned to Randwick on Wednesday doing what he does best - riding winners.

The premiership-winning jockey had been out of the saddle since July 31 recovering from a bout of pneumonia but wasted no time getting back to winning form when riding Gazza Guru to victory in the opening race on the Kensington track.

He made it a winning double in the final race of the day when odds-on favourite Pureness led all the way to remain unbeaten.

"I was thinking about waiting until Saturday to return but I'm glad I came today because I was able to have a good blowout," Rawiller said.

"It's been a good day."

Rawiller stood himself down from the final half of the program at Rosehill on July 31 and spent the first two weeks of the new racing season in bed recovering from illness.

"It was only two and a half weeks out but the last seven days felt like an eternity," he said.

"I honestly think that break will have done me the world of good though.

"I probably didn't realise I was as crook as I was for the last 10 days that I was riding (at the end of the season)."

In his first ride back Rawiller produced a masterful display on Gazza Guru in the www.racingjobs.com.au Handicap (1800m), positioning him behind the leaders before driving him through a split at the top of the straight for a 2-1/2 length win.

"He (Rawiller) put him into the box seat, put him to sleep, and then put them away," trainer Stephen Farley said.

In the final race Pureness, a half-brother to Golden Slipper winner Sebring, justified his short quote ($1.65 fav) when winning by two lengths.

"I felt he had the race won a long way from home," Rawiller said.

While Rawiller was quickly back in the swing of things, trainer Chris Waller and Glyn Schofield continued their great starts to the season by combining for a winning double with I Rule The World and Shawnee Girl.

Meanwhile, Grahame Begg decided against an Up And Coming Stakes start on Saturday for talented three-year-old Ilovethiscity who dropped back a notch and was impressive in winning the Zetland Handicap (1150m) by 1-3/4 lengths.

"You've got to get them a win," Begg said.

"He put them to the sword today which was nice and he's got a good turn of foot."

With the confidence-boosting victory under his belt, Begg said Ilovethiscity would now be stepped back into stakes company.

"We'll look at races like the Heritage Stakes and the Stan Fox Stakes," he said.

Ilovethiscity finished second to Chance Bye in the Inglis Classic last preparation and also fourth to Hinchinbrook in the Skyline Stakes.