Threadwell did not let a painful injury suffered in a race incident a week ago stop her from taking the winning ride on sprinting mare Innishbeg.

She had Innishbeg behind the leaders in the Newcastle Hunters Basketball Handicap (9000 metres) and pushed her way into the clear in the straight.

Innishbeg finished off powerfully to overhaul the leaders and win running away.

But Threadwell was not basking in the glory of the victory.

Instead, she was attending to her badly injured shoulder.

Threadwell was involved in a starting-gate incident at Taree eight days earlier. Her mount, Viscondesa, went berserk in the gates and Threadwell was sent hurtling to the ground.

She had not ridden since but had intense physiotherapy to get her back riding.

She could not lift her hand above her shoulder on Wednesday but kept working on the injury and returned to work at Paul Perry's stables on Thursday morning.

Threadwell spent two years out of the saddle when she broke the T12 vertebra in her back in a trackwork incident.

"I just could not let this injury keep me out, I have had enough time on the sidelines," she said.

"My doctors were keen for me to have more time off, but I knew I had the ride on Innishbeg and a few others, so I did everything I could to ensure I was right to ride.

"My shoulder is still sore but I got through the race without any worries."

The ride was Threadwell's first on the David Atkins four-year-old mare.

"This one is very smart and I hope to keep the ride on her as she will be winning again," Threadwell said.

The victory on Saturday was the 42nd for the 25-year-old.