Romantic Warrior Recovering Well from Flight

Trainer Danny Shum is happy with Romantic Warrior (Acclamation-Folk Melody, by Street Cry) after he galloped at Werribee on Saturday, reports racing.com. "His gallop was OK," Shum told the South China Morning Post. "He's not 100 per cent yet, but he's getting better and better. I'm not too worried. He's not eating as well as before, but he's not dropping weight. That's the good news. He was 1157 pounds (525kg) this afternoon - exactly the same weight as he was for his last start." Romantic Warrior is at $2.30 for the Turnbull Stakes and at $3.50 for the Cox Plate with Sportsbet. A cult hero in Hong Kong, Romantic Warrior has won ten of his fourteen starts and was second last start in the Gr1 Standard Chater Champions & Chater Cup Cup back in May 2023. An irish-bred son of Acclamation, the 300,000 guineas Tattersalls October yearling graduate is a Top 2 finisher in 6 Group 1 races. In the top handful of the world's highest rated racehorses, he will likely gallop at Flemington next Sunday morning.

Romantic Warrior is favourite for the Cox Plate (pic: hkjc.com)