Hurricane blew away his rivals in the main event at Sungai Besi today to give Carlos Henrique a winning start to his one-year stint in Malaysia.

Henrique was based in Singapore when he made a couple of flying visits to this track last year, winning once on Antipodean from 14 rides.

The Brazilian rode in India, Germany, Bahrain and Qatar before riding long-term in Singapore last year where he picked up 15 wins from 87 rides.

After finding one to beat on The Shadow and again on Tennet Tentennet (he failed in his protest against the winner Pacific Warrior), Henrique was off the mark in style when Hurricane romped to a 4-3/4-length win in the Class 3 – 1400m handicap.

Hurricane, winner of five races in 24 appearances at Kranji, had one unplaced run last Jan 31 since coming over from Singapore.

Now trained by Simon Dunderdale, the Shamexpress six-year-old benefited greatly from the outing.

Brilliantly away, he quickly led the field. Henrique had him on a tight hold all the way in the back straight but no one else was keen to take over the lead.

Italian Revolution joined him passing the 1000m and they matched strides till making the turn into the home straight.

Italian Revolution soon came under pressure and dropped back. Hurricane, still on a tight hold, found a clear leader at the 400m.

Daylight gave chase but in the run home, Hurricane went further and further ahead to win as he liked.

Misty Swift finished strongly to take second placing ahead of Platinum Priority, with Daylight holding on for fourth.

“I thought Hurricane was probably my best ride today,” said Henrique who rode the gelding once in Singapore. “I am happy to ride a winner on my first day back.”

“Simon (Dunderdale) gave him (Hurricane) a good workout. He was looking very nice.

“He hit the front easily and I just had to wait patiently for the home straight.

“It’s his second run after Singapore and I just want to make sure he gets the job done.”

“He did well and will win more races for sure.”

“We were a bit worried about the distance (1400m). It was 200m further than what we would have liked,” said Dunderdale.

“I said to Carlos to take a soft lead if he could and it worked to plan. The horse has a promising future.”

Hurricane’s five wins in Singapore were over distances from 1000m to 1200m. He set the pace but was unplaced in his only attempt over 1400m at Kranji.