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JAPANESE OPERA RIGHT ON SONG FOR ROMANTIC DATE
The Straits Times
|December 11, 2025
Trainer Uemura confident his horse Bellagio Opera can lower colours of Hong Kong star
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Hiroyuki Uemura is relishing the chance to pit Bellagio Opera against the mighty Romantic Warrior in the HK$40 million (S$6.67 million) Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Cup (2,000m) at Sha Tin on Dec 14.
The back-to-back Grade 1 Osaka Hai (2,000m) winner is viewed as the most likely candidate to prevent Danny Shum’s champion from landing the race for an unprecedented fourth time in a row.
Uemura is highly respectful of Romantic Warrior, but insists that he would not have brought Bellagio Opera to Sha Tin unless he thought he was capable of claiming first prize.
This story is from the December 11, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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