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| Romantic Warrior | |
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| Sire | Acclamation (GB) |
| Grandsire | Royal Applause (GB) |
| Dam | Folk Melody (IRE) |
| Damsire | Street Cry (IRE) |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | March 18 2018[1] |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Corduff Stud & T J Rooney |
| Owner | Peter Lau Pak Fai |
| Trainer | C S (Danny) Shum |
| Jockey | James McDonald |
| Record | 20:15-3-0 |
| Earnings | HK$151,926,706 |
| Major wins | |
| Hong Kong Classic Mile (2022) Hong Kong Derby (2022) Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2022, 2023, 2024) Jockey Club Cup (2022) Hong Kong Cup (2022, 2023) W. S. Cox Plate (2023) Hong Kong Gold Cup (2024) Yasuda Kinen (2024) | |
| Awards | |
| Hong Kong Horse of the Year (2024) Hong Kong Champion Middle-distance Horse (2022, 2023, 2024) | |
Romantic Warrior (foaled March 18, 2018) is a multiple Group 1 winning champion thoroughbred racehorse that was born in Ireland and trained in Hong Kong. After it arrived in Hong Kong in June 2021, he scored a five-winning streak, including a championship of the Hong Kong Classic Mile. He is currently owned by Lau Pak Fai and trained by Danny Shum Chap Shing. he was the Champion Middle-Distance Horse, the Champion Four-Year-Old and the Most Improved Horse in the year 2022. He is notable for winning the Cox Plate in 2023 and the Hong Kong Cup in both 2022 and 2023. He also won the Yasuda Kinen in 2024, being the first foreign-trained horse in 18 years to win at the Tokyo Racecourse since Bullish Luck in 2006, also in the same race.[2][3]
- ^ "Pedigree of Romantic Warrior". Equineline. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Hong Kong Cup 2024: Romantic Warrior wins six weeks after Cox Plate victory". racenet.com.au. December 10, 2023.
- ^ "Romantic Warrior creates history with thrilling Cox Plate victory: 'I love you all'". South China Morning Post. October 28, 2023.