She showed she had not lost her winning touch after being away from the races for more than 10 months when saluting twice in trials at her home track earlier this week.
Purvis stepped out of the sulky in October as she and fiance Matthew Williamson prepared for the birth of daughter Sadie in June.
Purvis and her daughter have both been doing well as Sadie approaches 4-months-old.
That has allowed the horsewoman to eye a return to race driving.
Purvis admitted her priorities might be a little different to her fellow junior drivers before her return.
''Sadie is my No1 focus, but as far as driving goes it would be great to get back out there and get a win.''
Purvis has been back at work at the stables of future father-in-law Phil Williamson for about a month.
How much track work she has been able to drive each week has depended on whether Sadie's grandmother - Bev Williamson - has been available for babysitting duties.
Although Purvis has clearly not lost any of the skill that has helped her bag 17 career wins, she will not rush back to race driving.
When the time is right she hoped her brother, Matt, could provide her with an opportunity from his stable to help her get back out on the racetrack.
'' I just want to rebuild a bit of my strength back up first.
''Then, hopefully, Matt might be able to help me with my first drive back and we could aim for a juniors race.''
Purvis had two wins and a second placing from three drives at the Oamaru trials.
After playing down that successful first step towards her comeback, the reinswoman admitted it felt great to be back out on the track.
''The trials went super, but I had nice horses to drive. It felt so good to be back out there.''
The Oamaru Harness Racing Club received good news on Tuesday when trainers Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen revealed they would aim Spankem at this month's Hannon Memorial.
The pacer pulled up so well the morning after winning at the Ashburton trials, the trainers are considering nominating Spankem and stablemates Chase Auckland and Ultimate Sniper for next week's Addington meeting.
Purdon said a decision on whether the trio would race at Addington or Oamaru, or at both meetings, would be made next week.
