Romantic Warrior (horse)
| Romantic Warrior | |
|---|---|
Romantic Warrior winning the 2024 Yasuda Kinen | |
| Sire | Acclamation (GB) |
| Grandsire | Royal Applause (GB) |
| Dam | Folk Melody (IRE) |
| Damsire | Street Cry (IRE) |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | March 18 2018 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Corduff Stud & T J Rooney |
| Owner | Peter Lau Pak Fai |
| Trainer | C S (Danny) Shum |
| Jockey | James McDonald |
| Record | 29:22-5-0 |
| Earnings | HK$240,105,697 |
| Major wins | |
| Hong Kong Classic Mile (2022) Hong Kong Derby (2022) Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2022, 2023, 2024) Jockey Club Cup (2022, 2024, 2025) Hong Kong Cup (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) W. S. Cox Plate (2023) Hong Kong Gold Cup (2024, 2026) Yasuda Kinen (2024) Jebel Hatta (2025) Stewards' Cup (2026) | |
| Awards | |
| Hong Kong Horse of the Year (2024) Hong Kong Champion Middle-distance Horse (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) | |
| Last updated on 25 January 2026 | |
Romantic Warrior (Chinese: 浪漫勇士, foaled March 18, 2018) is a multiple Group 1 winning champion thoroughbred racehorse that was born in Ireland and trained in Hong Kong. After he arrived in Hong Kong in June 2021, he scored a five-race 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.
In 2022, he was named the Champion Middle-Distance Horse, the Champion Four-Year-Old and the Most Improved Horse. He is notable for winning the Cox Plate in 2023 and the Hong Kong Cup in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. He also won the Yasuda Kinen in 2024, being the first foreign-trained horse in 18 years to win at Tokyo Racecourse since Bullish Luck in 2006, also in the same race.
Romantic Warrior is the only racehorse to win four Hong Kong Cups.