Tango Tango Tango makes quick turnaround for allowance

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Running a horse back on two weeks’ rest really isn’t his style, but trainer Jack Sisterson will be doing exactly that when he sends the Grade 1-placed Tango Tango Tango out against just six others in Sunday’s ninth event.

The 1 1/16-mile race on Tapeta for 3-year-olds and up is the last and best of four allowance races on the card, three of which will be decided over the Tapeta course.

Tango Tango Tango, who finished second in the Grade 1 Bruce D. Stakes at Arlington Park during the summer of 2021, ran for the first time over a synthetic track while also making his local debut on Nov. 6. He finished fourth under Edgard Zayas in that mile and 70-yard race against arguably a slightly tougher allowance field than he’ll encounter Sunday.

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Tango Tango Tango was getting significant class relief Nov. 6 after having made his previous four starts on the turf against Grade 2 opposition, the last three at Santa Anita or Del Mar.

“Edgard said he thought he handled the Tapeta okay,” Sisterson said. “He had him in perfect position, but he just didn’t quicken over it when he asked him. But now that he’s had a run over the course, I think he should be better on it the second time. I don’t usually run one back in two weeks, but he bounced out of the race in great shape, is training like a horse who should win a race like this, and I figured why wait for the turf to reopen when all the big outfits are back in town when I can take advantage of an easier and smaller field like this in this spot.”

Sisterson said that win, lose, or draw on Sunday, the turf will be in Tango Tango Tango’s immediate future after this race, with the Grade 2 Fort Lauderdale on Dec. 31 his main goal if all goes well Sunday.

Lure Him In also spent the summer racing at Del Mar and was a member of that Nov. 6 field, but he lost his rider, Miguel Vazquez, after stumbling badly shortly after the start. Lure Him In had finished a close second in his two previous tries, including in an overnight handicap over the Tapeta here Sept. 24.

Big Dreaming was transferred to leading trainer Saffie Joseph Jr.’s barn after running third in a stakes at Prairie Meadows.

Completing the field are Sir Ollie, Sand Dancer, Yamato, and Summer Assault.

In Sunday’s other allowance action:

Race 5

This race for statebred fillies and mares going five furlongs on the Tapeta matches a group of familiar rivals led by Thelastbulletsmine, Chitienne, Dreaming of Audrey, and Claudette Heir.

Race 7

For 2-year-old fillies going six furlongs on the main track, this race has a wide-open field of seven, with Arella Star, Olga, Kikilove, and Jellybean among the main players.

Race 8

For fillies and mares going five furlongs on the Tapeta, this race includes the first local starter this fall from the barn of trainer Christophe Clement, likely favorite Miss Sakamoto. Capstone Girl, Admiral Hopper, and Golden Voice, the only four-time winner in the lineup, also figure to take plenty of support from the bettors.

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Sisterson wants to stay local

Sisterson has a dozen horses bedded down at Palm Meadows with more to come, including “a couple of really exciting Europeans” slated to run in the near future.

“My goal is to stay here year-round,” said Sisterson, who also has a string in Kentucky. “Traveling around gets old pretty quick. I like Lexington, but with the short meets at Keeneland you’ve got to move around often. I’d like to buy a house, settle down here, and ship horses out to race when the need arises.”

White Abarrio training well

White Abarrio continues to train locally for his next major objective, the Grade 1 Cigar Mile on Dec. 3 at Aqueduct, working five furlongs in 1:00.85 on Friday before continuing out six panels under urging in 1:13.27. White Abarrio, working for the fourth time since his fifth-place finish Sept. 24 in the Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby, eased away from the pole before picking up the pace steadily, completing his final three-eighths in 35.21 to the wire, and easing up after covering a full seven furlongs in 1:25.64.

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