WAGGA trainer Geoffrey Collins said he was always confident Aitana Bale would get back to her peak following injury after an impressive win in the Simaroo Lodge Fifth Grade (320m) at Wagga's greyhound meeting on Friday.
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Jumping from box six the $13 shot stalked Tap Out Turtle before unleashing a strong finish to edge out the leader and register her first victory since she claimed the opening two wins of her career back-to-back in Feburary.
"It's been a little while. She had a couple of nice wins in February then had some injury problems," Collins said.
"She had a metacarpal issue but looks to have put that behind her now. It's a good win and being able to walk them off the track, that's the main thing.
"She's usually a pretty good finisher, she'll make a 400 dog I hope with a couple more runs under her belt.
"I had a bit of confidence in her and she's coming back to normal a bit, so it was good."
In other races Matthew Morris' Extreme Riot showed signs of high promise after scorching the field in the M Williams Painting and Decor Maiden (320m).
The two-year-old ($3.20) used box one to full effect to take the lead and easily account for nearest rival Visualise Me ($6) by over fourth lengths.
There was some race interference behind her around the corner which affected a number of runners, but Visualise Me had her rivals covered regardless
It was billed as one of the stronger maiden races at Wagga for some time and Morris was rapt with the dominance of the win at her first career start.
"Boxes win races and she was lucky enough to draw the red and jump well and (avoid) the mix up behind her and away she went," Morris said.
"She'd been leading them up in trials and has been going good."
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