As the 6-year-old gelding gets used to his new surroundings at Dubai Racing Club, his base for a three-race Middle East campaign, trainer Danny Shum expressed his joy with the world’s highest-earning racehorse, Romantic Warrior. He’s doing well. Videos of him swimming and at the track with (companion) Romantic Charm have been supplied by our staff,” Shum stated. The horse is overjoyed. The facilities are excellent. It boasts excellent stables and a sizable training track. They’ve performed admirably. We were even escorted by the cops.
“After the races at Sha Tin on the 19th, I’ll travel to Dubai to prepare for the 24th of January,” Shum stated. James McDonald also arrives, and we will go together after the races. On January 21, Romantic Warrior will run on Friday and gallop on turf. Measured Time appears to be quite robust. He set a new record. Measured Time broke Just A Way’s Meydan record of 1:45.52 to 1:45.11 for trainer Charlie Appleby and jockey William Buick on Friday, becoming him the first horse to win the 1 1/8-mile Al Rashidiya (G2) twice.
Prior to competing in the $12 million, 1 1/4-mile Dubai World Cup (G1) on dirt or the $5 million, 1 1/8-mile Dubai Turf (1800m) on April 5 at Meydan, Romantic Warrior, a nine-time Group 1 winner with a record earnings of $22,496,342 according to Equibase, will ship to Saudi Arabia for the $20 million, 1 1/8-mile Saudi Cup (G1) on dirt on February 22 in Riyadh. “My team takes a picture of him for me every night. They return to the stables to see how he is doing. Regarding Romantic Warrior, who won the 2024 Yasuda Kinen (G1) going a mile in Japan and the 2023 Cox Plate (G1) at 1 1/4 miles in Australia, Shum stated, “We receive an update every night.”
A 17-time winner from 22 starts, Hong Kong International Sale graduate Romantic Warrior won an unprecedented third consecutive Hong Kong Cup (G1) at 1 1/4 miles this month at Sha Tin. He also has three wins in the 1 1/4-mile QEII Cup (G1) in Hong Kong.
