The win was almost an exact replica of the Ken Bell- trained dog’s victory in the heat the week before.

Both times Along Came Fury drew the outside box and both times missed the jump, having to battle through the pack on the back straight and the bend before bringing that fury home down the straight.

“He has never been a good box dog,” Bell said.

“He is a lot better than he was though.”

On Saturday the white and red brindle dog just pipped Bryan Garland’s Bindigo Lad by a head.

In the heat he did the exact same thing to Bindigo Lad’s full brother Black Morgan by a neck. 

Black Morgan ran fourth in the final, with Peter Midson’s Oxygen Tank in third, although over seven lengths off the pace after Bindigo Lad looked to have the race wrapped up at the top of the straight.

It was Along Comes Fury’s fourth win in 31 starts, with all those wins coming in the last few months.

“We discovered he had a kidney problem,” Bell said.

“Once we got that sorted he has run into some good form.”

Bell believes that the dog has plenty of improvement in him now that he is fit and has found some form on the track.

The 440m at Gunnedah is almost the perfect distance, although a metre shorter and Bell would have been celebrating a second.

“He needs about 10 metres more to be safe,” Bell said.

Luckily for the Muswellbrook trainer, the local Maitland track has a set of boxes on the 450m mark.

“I know,” Bells said.

“I was going to take him there next week for another 1-3 wins heat but that was his fourth win.”

The trainer is not too sure where he will take the fast finisher now, but would like to keep him going while he is in form before giving the two- year-old his first spell.

“I think a four-week spell and a change of food will improve him even more,” Bell said. “But not until he stops winning.”

“He likes doing it the hard way.”