Hurricane looks set to blow his rivals away at Newbury

HAVANA HURRICANE (3.30) will have his rivals running for cover in the Weatherbys Super Sprint at Newbury.

- BY ASHLEY IVESON

HAVANA Hurricane will bid to put an end to Eve Johnson Houghton’s “incredibly unlucky" record in the Weatherbys Super Sprint at Newbury today.

The Havana Gold colt provided his trainer with a second victory in the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot last month, following in the hoofprints of her 2021 winner Chipotle.

The latter was beaten into ninth place as a 15-8 favourite for the Super Sprint, however, and Havana Hurricane could well be even shorter odds for this year's renewal of the £250,000 contest.

"He is in great form, all he does is eat and sleep at home. We gave him a bit of work on Wednesday morning, he went very nicely and hopefully he is ripped and ready to go," said Johnson Houghton (pictured).

"I always thought he had an engine, but I wasn’t sure it was quite as good as the engine he has produced."