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I neglected to update before T For Tango won in Ayr last October and took a bit of stick for it. My form wasn’t great at the time and I honestly felt we’d have been better heading to Limerick or Navan to get our backsides kicked rather than driving all the way to Scotland. Anyway that was his chance and he took it with both hands and won easy. It taught me plenty, these horses we have, get their chances from time to time, everything stacks up and they need to capitalise. Hindsight is wonderful but foresight would have been better the last day. Apparently the dogs on the street knew that a high draw was a disadvantage and this lad was unable to defy it. I felt aggrieved until I realised Chessman would have kicked him out of the way if they were both drawn low. On to today, I swore I wouldn’t run T For Tango until we found a barely raceable straight 6 for this fella. I changed my mind when I saw this fairly nice ground 7f around a bend.  ? I have a major problem looking at fit healthy horses in their boxes and couldn’t resist running him. I still worry about him breaking slow and travelling sluggishly to finish eyecatchingly but it’s worth a go. Wayne will know him and be ready for him, he’ll still play late but hopefully he stays the trip and can get a win on the board. Have to stay relaxed, they’ll come. Bianca runs tomorrow and if there was value in pursuing the hurdles route we’ll find out here. It’s a huge field and I question her appetite for this jumping game. She has cheekpieces on and Rachael Blackmore to assist from on high. I follow the national hunt scene as a fan but wouldn’t be found trawling through the point to point results on a Monday evening. Those days are gone. I fall asleep now with a copy of The Smartest Giant in Town and 3 urchins sprawled everywhere. However whenever I mention Rachael she is spoke of in glowing terms. She can get horses to do extraordinary things apparently, she’ll have to convince this little lady to really exert herself tomorrow.