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After neglecting our last runner I have to take care to keep these updates up to date. For anyone looking at these write ups and following any positivity consider yourself lucky I didn’t write anything pre Alans Pride Tuesday last. I was very optimistic. He had worked well the Friday before, had been bouncing since and when he was drawn 1 I thought everything was in place for a Galway winner. I wasn’t the only one as he seemed well backed. He ran like a drain, jumped poorly, travelled without his usual zest and was first beaten. Usually it’s immediately obvious why they bomb. Not this time. I had him checked out, heart listened to, scoped, jogged up. Nothing came to light. Perplexed. Anyway that’s the past and tomorrow we have 2 newcomers, for us at least. El Chalten starts her career tomorrow. She’s a filly I bought as a yearling and I cursed myself every day of her 2 year old year and the first 3 months of her 3 year old year. She showed nothing, no action and peevish about exercise and life in general. She has improved in the last 6 weeks but will continue to do so. I think she’ll be this time next year, a trip and testing conditions. She’s very fit funnily enough but I expect they’ll put her on her head and if she could pass a couple late on I’d be more than pleased . T For Tango is new to us. I bought him at the recent July sale and while he’s running in my father’s name he is owned by a partnership. Takes a bit of signing and emailing to put those partnerships in place and Galway scuppered that. Lads couldn’t tie their laces not to mind firing up a computer and a printer. Anyway run he does. He has completely lost his way and several have suggested he’s one to do well for us. I hope so but I’ll take a bit of convincing. He’s settled in to our routine and tomorrow will be an interesting start. A dramatic revival would be a surprise but one I could stomach a lot easier than Tuesday last’s.