A fit and firing Steven King answered the calls of two stables to land a Flemington double on Saturday.

King has won the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups as well as a Cox Plate but he has been slow to gather momentum since returning from a long injury absence in January.

King won the Spotless Plate at 55kg on Longchamp Belle before guiding the David Hayes-trained Backstedt to victory as a $4 favourite in the Cleanevent Handicap with 0.5kg less.

Hayes's representative Gary Fennessy joked he expected King to forfeit the ride on Backstedt because of the light weight.

"When I saw he had 54.5(kg), I thought, 'I bet he pulls the pin or something like that because he won't make that weight'," Fennessy said.

But King said he was as motivated as ever to keep riding but initially struggled to gain the necessary mounts to help him get his weight down.

King said his number of rides had increased markedly as he became a welcome substitute to be called on when trainers require his services.

"I have really just been filling in for everybody and I'm happy to do that," King said.

"Everyone's got their own jockey and they do their own thing but I'm happy to sit on the bench and they can bring me off the bench when they need me."

Meanwhile, consistent galloper General Peekay gave the Mick Price stable a double when he claimed the first heat of the All Victorian Sprint Series (1100m).

Price won the opening race of the day with Seenaan before General Peekay staved off the challenges of Pillar Of Creation and his stablemate Le Bonsir to score by 1-1/4 lengths.

General Peekay ran fourth in the Group Three DC McKay Stakes in Adelaide at his first run back from knee surgery and Price would have started the gelding in the Group One Goodwood had his owners wanted to.

"They took the line that low-hanging fruit was best to go for," Price said.