Romantic Warrior has pulled up well after falling narrowly short of conquering the world’s richest race when a close second to Forever Young in the US$20 million Saudi Cup (1,800m) in the early hours of Sunday morning Hong Kong

In a race worthy of its title as the richest Thoroughbred horse race in the world with a $20 million purse, a resilient Forever Young edged Romantic Warrior in a thrilling Saudi Cup (G1) Feb. 22 at King Abdulaziz Racecourse.

Hong Kong racing royalty Romantic Warrior has come up just short in winning the world's most lucrative race, galloping to second in an epic finish

FOREVER YOUNG denied Romantic Warrior in a battle for the ages in the world’s richest horse race, the Saudi Cup. It was a two-horse race on paper and the £16 million duel in the desert went

Michael Kinane, former jockey-turned-bloodstock agent who originally purchased Romantic Warrior for 300,000gns at the 2019 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, told the Hong Kong Jockey Club: “Romantic Warrior’s huge asset is his gate speed and anytime there’s a huge tempo on,

A powerful finishing burst from Japanese superstar Forever Young has denied a brave Romantic Warrior in a thrilling Saudi Cup.

The winner of over $18 million in prize money has won top-level races on the turf in Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, and Dubai

Japan-bred, who raced with distinction in the U.S., finishing third in the Breeders' Cup Classic and Kentucky Derby last year, won the world's richest race Saturday in Riyadh and earned a trip back to

James McDonald and Danny Shum Chap-shing are optimistic Romantic Warrior will handle his first test on dirt as Hong Kong’s champion galloper bids for another slice of history in the world’s richest race,

"If there is one horse in the world who I think can transfer his turf form to the dirt it is Romantic Warrior, as he has an incredible heart and an incredible will to win and a great racing style as well.