Leeton hobby trainer Pat Fiumara is eyeing off a heat of the Menangle Country Series after another win to the lightly-raced Shame To Fame at Wagga.
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Shame To Fame ($6.50) took his record to three wins from seven starts with victory in the Baylis Grind NR75 Pace (1740m) at Riverina Paceway on Tuesday night.
The five-year-old son of Modern Art worked forward from his wide gate and then found plenty in the home straight, staving off his rivals to score by a head.
"It was a good win. He's surprised me actually," Fiumara said.
"It's always hard to do work out of (gate) seven. It was the first time we've asked him to do it at both ends.
"It has taken a bit of time to get where he is now. I think we have a half decent horse on our hands. He's still only learning how to race and he's still a little bit green."
Fiumara purchased Shame To Fame as an unraced four-year-old from a bigger stable in Victoria last year.
"He's a pretty hot-headed sort of horse. It's taken him a little but of time to get him there," he said.
"It has just been perseverance. But it makes it easier to get up in the morning to feed him now."
Fiumara praised Gerard Cooper for his winning drive on Shame To Fame. He will now look to a heat of the Menangle Country Series at Wagga later in the month with the last-start winner.
Meantime, Bruce Harpley moved three points clear of Paul Kahlefeldt in the Wagga driver's premiership courtesy of Harps' victory on Tuesday night.
Three meetings remain for the season.
Neil Day enjoyed a double at the Wagga meeting with wins to Shes Pure Aces ($3.30) and Nichel Blue ($3.20). Ellen Bartley recorded a driving double, winning on Destiny Belle ($5.00) for Lyn Hancock and then on So Kool Master ($19.00), which she trains herself.
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