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Romantic Warrior
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Trained by C S Shum at Hong Kong, Romantic Warrior is a 7 year old gelding by the sire Acclamation, out of the dam Folk Melody.

He has won a total of 17 races from 22 starts for a win percentage of 77%. His career earnings are $21.1M, with the biggest win of his career coming at Sha Tin on December 8th in 2024 when he won $3,747,520 in the The Longines Hong Kong Cup (a weight for age race over 2,000 metres).

Romantic Warrior is a top level performer, having started 13 times at group race level, with 9 wins, including 7 in Group 1 company.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $1750.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $891k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$21.1M
Starts
22
Wins
17
Second
3
Third
0
Win %
77
Place %
91
Profit
+17.5
Conditions
Good
20
15-3-0
$891k
Soft
1
1-0-0
$0k
Heavy
0
0-0-0
$0k
Race Standard
All
13
9-3-0
Group 1
11
7-3-0
Group 2
2
2-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
2000m
12
10-1-0
+6
1600m
3
2-1-0
+5.5
2040m
1
1-0-0
+2.6
2400m
1
0-1-0
-1
1800m
1
0-0-0
-1
1400m
1
1-0-0
+0.9
1200m
3
3-0-0
+4.5
Race Track
Sha Tin
17
13-3-0
+10.2
Jap - Tokyo
1
1-0-0
+2.6
Moonee Valley
1
1-0-0
+2.6
Flemington
1
0-0-0
-1
Happy Valley
2
2-0-0
+3.1
Race State
20
16-3-0
+15.9
VIC
2
1-0-0
+1.6

Race History

Dec-8 24
1/11
0.0
0
Sha Tin
0
2000
The Longines Hong Kong Cup 
$3.7M
$5.2M
James McDonald
57
0.00
-
Nov-17 24
1/11
4.3
$1.1
Sha Tin
4
2000
The BOCHK Jockey Club Cup 
$389k
$696k
J Mc Donald
58
119.70
23.72
4
6,5,2
+1
Spell of 168 Days
Jun-2 24
1/18
0.5
$3.6
Jap - Tokyo
4
1600
Yasuda Kinen
$0k
$0k
J Mc Donald
58
92.30
-
6
0,0,5
+4
Apr-28 24
1/11
0.3
$1.9
Sha Tin
0
2000
QEII Cup 
$2M
$3.6M
J Mc Donald
57
121.02
24.99
4
5,7,7
+6
Spell of 63 Days
Feb-25 24
1/11
0.3
$1.6
Sha Tin
4
2000
Hong Kong Gold Cup 
$946k
$1.7M
J Mc Donald
57
120.31
23.36
3
3,4,4
+3
Spell of 77 Days
Dec-10 23
1/11
0.1
$2.3
Sha Tin
4
2000
Hong Kong Cup 
$2.6M
$4.7M
J Mc Donald
57
122.00
23.48
4
4,4,2
+1
Oct-28 23
1/12
0.1
$3.6
Moonee Valley
3
2040
Cox Plate 
$3.1M
$5M
J Mc Donald
59
123.16
35.56
3
4,4,4
+3
Oct-7 23
4/16
3.9
$2.45
Flemington
4
2000
Turnbull Stakes 
$34k
$755k
J Mc Donald
59
121.62
35.43
3
5,6,5
+1
Spell of 132 Days
May-28 23
2/9
0.3
$1.2
Sha Tin
4
2400
Chater Cup 
$343k
$1.6M
Z Purton
57
146.87
24.23
1
1,1,1
-1
Apr-30 23
1/7
2.0
$1.6
Sha Tin
4
2000
QEII Cup 
$1.9M
$3.3M
J Mc Donald
57
121.92
22.57
3
3,3,2
+1
Spell of 63 Days
Feb-26 23
2/7
0.2
$1.5
Sha Tin
4
2000
Hong Kong Gold Cup 
$343k
$1.6M
K Teetan
57
119.98
24.14
2
3,4,2
Jan-29 23
2/7
1.0
$2
Sha Tin
4
1600
The Stewards' Cup 
$343k
$1.6M
K Teetan
57
93.99
22.61
2
2,2
Dec-11 22
1/12
4.5
$1.8
Sha Tin
4
2000
Hong Kong Cup 
$2.5M
$4.4M
J Mc Donald
57
119.70
23.45
4
5,6,5
+4
Nov-20 22
1/9
1.3
$2.2
Sha Tin
3
2000
Jockey Club Cup 
$371k
$650k
J Mc Donald
58
119.23
23.07
4
4,4,3
+2
Spell of 210 Days
Apr-24 22
1/10
2.0
$1.8
Sha Tin
4
2000
QEII Cup 
$1.9M
$3.3M
K Teetan
57
120.13
22.74
3
5,6,4
+3
Mar-20 22
1/14
0.2
$3.7
Sha Tin
4
2000
Hong Kong Derby
$1.8M
$3.1M
K Teetan
57
120.23
23.76
4
7,7,3
+2
Feb-27 22
4/14
2.5
$3.6
Sha Tin
4
1800
The Hong Kong Classic Cup
$94k
$1.6M
K Teetan
57
106.98
23.66
5
6,6,7
+3
Jan-30 22
1/14
0.5
$4.9
Sha Tin
4
1600
The Hong Kong Classic Mile
$889k
$1.6M
K Teetan
57
93.80
23.24
6
0,6,5
+4
Jan-16 22
1/13
1.3
$1.9
Sha Tin
4
1400
Hoi Lai Handicap (C3)
$116k
$204k
J Moreira
59
81.39
22.60
6
0,5,4
+3
Dec-18 21
1/12
1.8
$2.4
Sha Tin
4
1200
Lukfook F-Style Pt In Style-C3
$116k
$204k
J Moreira
55½
69.00
23.27
7
0,0,8
+7
Nov-24 21
1/11
1.0
$1.4
Happy Valley
4
1200
Murrayfield Handicap (C4)
$77k
$135k
J Moreira
60½
69.41
22.71
7
0,0,6
+5
Oct-20 21
1/12
1.5
$3.7
Happy Valley
4
1200
Tiger Prawn Handicap (C4)
$77k
$135k
J Moreira
57
69.48
22.65
5
0,0,3
+2