HONG KONG SENDS A WARRIOR BY BEN CALUZZI But who exactly is Romantic Warrior, and how will he stack up against Australia’s best Weight For Age horses? Romantic Warrior is an Irish-bred son of Acclamation, out of a mare named Folk Melody. Folk Melody was sired by shuttle stallion Street Cry, who produced Street Boss, who then had Anamoe – last year’s Ladbrokes Cox Plate champion. Already, the Hong Kong superstar has ties to The Valley and a relation to the Ladbrokes Cox Plate that many don’t even know about. Owned solely by Hong Kong businessman Peter Lau, Romantic Warrior was a PPG purchase from Europe and has proven a worthwhile one at that. There is no breeding program in Hong Kong for a myriad of reasons, and horses are either imported (previously raced in another jurisdiction) or as a PPG (privately Romantic Warrior burst onto the Hong Kong racing scene with back-to-back wins in his first two starts at Happy Valley, claiming consecutive 1200-metre Class 4 events under Joao Moreira. While modest in grade, the nature of victory on both occasions demonstrated there was an above WITH A RATING OF 123, DANNY SHUM’S ROMANTIC WARRIOR IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE BEST HORSES IN THE WORLD. FROM 15 TRIPS TO THE RACES, HE’S WON TEN TIMES, RUN SECOND THREE TIMES, AND NEVER MISSED THE TOP FOUR. But who exactly is Romantic Warrior, and how will he stack up against Australia’s best Weight For Age horses? Romantic Warrior is an Irish-bred son of Acclamation, out of a mare named Folk Melody. Folk Melody was sired by shuttle stallion Street Cry, who produced Street Boss, who then had Anamoe – last year’s Ladbrokes Cox Plate champion. Already, the Hong Kong superstar has ties to The Valley and a relation to the Ladbrokes Cox Plate that many don’t even know about. Owned solely by Hong Kong businessman Peter Lau, Romantic Warrior was a PPG purchase from Europe and has proven a worthwhile one at that. There is no breeding program in Hong Kong for a myriad of reasons, and horses are either imported (previously raced in another jurisdiction) or as a PPG (privately Romantic Warrior burst onto the Hong Kong racing scene with back-to-back wins in his first two starts at Happy Valley, claiming consecutive 1200-metre Class 4 events under Joao Moreira. While modest in grade, the nature of victory on both occasions demonstrated there was an above
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