BLUE Tango was narrowly denied over course and distance on his last start and cannot be ignored for the Tarpan Vodka Handicap at Brighton.

Amanda Perrett’s in-form four-year-old attempted to make all the running – as he did when scoring at Lingfield earlier this month – but was usurped three furlongs from home by The Hague.

Blue Tango nonetheless showed plenty of spirit to go down by a head.

Perrett’s chestnut was perhaps unsuited by the lingering pace on that occasion, but has been unearthed a really good opportunity with which to force the issue.

He could still be reasonably handicapped for his assignment by the seaside.

Swish Dish will be no sort of price at Folkestone, but is impossible to overlook for the Bet totepool At totesport.com Median Auction Maiden.

Trained by the white-hot Richard Hannon team, the three-year-old filly defied odds of 33-1 at Newbury this month to finish third in a ten-furlong maiden.

Swish Dish has clearly improved immeasurably from her juvenile days and looks a winner-in-waiting ahead of this extended nine-furlong contest.

Elle Est can show improvement from her debut to win in the Become An Annual Badge Holder Today Median Auction Maiden Stakes at Redcar.

Eric Alston’s charge was jotted into notebooks at Ripon when demonstrating a turn of foot from a wide challenge.

Although she tired into fourth, that was perhaps understandable given she hardly has the pedigree for a mile.

With that pleasing sighter in the bag, this seven-furlong test should propel Elle Est into the winner’s enclosure at the second time of asking.

Favourite Girl can gain handsome dividends from a recent Ripon outing when she lines up in the the Book Tickets Online redcarracing.co.uk Handicap.

Tim Easterby’s four-year-old finished an encouraging fourth over this trip – her first start since last October – and is crucially back at a winning mark.

Although out of sorts towards the end of last term, the daughter of Refuse To Bend brings to the table the best archived form in the race.

Easterby has always held a strong affinity towards Favourite Girl, who was considered good enough to run in last year’s Fred Darling at Newbury.

Indeed, her narrow second-place finish behind Total Gallery in the Two-Year-Old Trophy at Redcar two years ago now reads particularly well given the winner’s Group One-winning exploits.

Recent Southwell scorer Alfloramoor can make short shrift of a 7lb rise in the totepool, Better Choice, Better Value Handicap Hurdle at Huntingdon.

A return to a longer trip holds no terrors for Charlie Pogson’s eight-year-old.