ROMANTIC WARRIOR DAZZLES AT RACING COMEBACK IN G2

Despite surgery and long break, Hong Kong superstar wins 3rd BOCHK Jockey Club Cup

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Romantic Warrior made a triumphant return to racing at Sha Tin on Nov 23, as he sauntered to an emphatic victory in the Group 2 BOCHK Jockey Club Cup (2,000m) for jockey James McDonald and trainer Danny Shum.

The Sunday highlight is one of three Group 2 preludes - all carrying the same purse of HK$5.35 million (S$897,000) - to one of the four Group 1 events making up the HK$130 million Longines Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) 2025 meeting at the same venue in three weeks' time on Dec 14, the Longines Hong Kong Cup (2,000m).

The other two dress rehearsals were the BOCHK Jockey Club Sprint (1,200m) that saw another procession from the former British colony's boom horse Ka Ying Rising (Zac Purton, $5.30) for David Hayes and the BOCHK Jockey Club Mile (1,600m) taken out by Galaxy Patch (McDonald, $31) for Pierre Ng.

The latter two contests are springboards to the Longines Hong Kong Sprint (1,200m) and Longines Hong Kong Mile (1,600m) respectively.