Hurricane blows hot for Guineas

HURRICANE ALAN will bid to give his trainer Richard Hannon a fourth win in the Sagitta 2000 Guineas next month after producing a turn-up in one of the race’s most important trials, the Macau Jockey Club Craven Stakes, at Newmarket yesterday.

The 9-1 chance, who was quietly supported in the betting in the run-up to the race, looked in trouble two furlongs out as Splendid Era was challenged by Lundy's Lane for the lead. But switched to the inside by Jimmy Fortune, Hurricane Alan made relentless progress to lead inside the final furlong and pull clear from 25-1 shot Lundy's Lane by a length and a half.

The winner was well ridden to take advantage of a sizeable gap that opened up on the rails as Splendid Era drifted right as he faded out of contention.