Havana Mojito

Overall, Havana Mojito wins roughly 1 in every 9 races — 3 wins from 28 career starts — which is modest enough. But zoom in on Brighton, and the picture sharpens considerably. Three wins from 14 races there works out at around 1 in every 5, a win rate that would turn heads on any track. At Class 6, the level where most of its races are run, that climbs to 3 wins from 15 races, or 20%. That is a horse that knows its job when the conditions suit.

The partnership with jockey Darragh Keenan is worth noting. Together they have won 3 of their 11 races — roughly 1 in every 4 — which is a meaningfully better return than the horse manages with anyone else. When Keenan is in the saddle at Brighton, Havana Mojito becomes a genuine contender rather than just a participant. The trainer, John Gallagher, is based at Chastleton in Oxfordshire and has had a productive season — 8 winners sent out already — so the yard is in decent form.

The awkward truth is that Havana Mojito has not won in its last 6 races, and its last victory came at Brighton on 21 May 2025. The recent form reads 2-2-2-5-4-12, which tells an interesting story: three consecutive second-place finishes suggest a horse that is not far off, simply unable to get its head in front. It raced just yesterday, so it is clearly being kept busy. At five years old, it is in the prime of its career, and the pattern of its record makes the next question fairly obvious — when does it line up at Brighton again?