Horse Profile

Romantic Son
Stable

Trained by D A Hayes at Hong Kong, Romantic Son is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Smart Missile, out of the dam Remlaps Jewel.

He has won a total of 3 races from 16 starts for a win percentage of 19%. His career earnings are $430k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Happy Valley on March 5th in 2025 when he won $174,260 in the The Kwoon Chung Bus 60th Anniversary Cup (a handicap race over 1,200 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-365.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $51k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$430k
Starts
16
Wins
3
Second
2
Third
0
Win %
19
Place %
31
Profit
-3.7
Conditions
Good
8
3-2-0
$51k
Soft
0
0-0-0
$0k
Heavy
0
0-0-0
$0k
Race Standard
All
0
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1200m
13
2-2-0
-2
1000m
1
0-0-0
-1
1400m
1
0-0-0
-1
1212m
1
1-0-0
+0.35
Race Track
Happy Valley
11
2-1-0
0
Sha Tin
4
0-1-0
-4
Geelong
1
1-0-0
+0.35
Race State
15
2-2-0
-4
VIC
1
1-0-0
+0.35

Race History

Nov-19 25
1/12
1.3
$4.6
Happy Valley
4
1200
Cotton Hcp (C3)
$135k
$242k
H Bentley
56
69.37
23.78
4
2
+1
Nov-2 25
5/12
1.8
$11
Happy Valley
0
1200
Zhaoqing Hcp (C3)
$8k
$242k
H Bentley
55
69.27
23.24
10
10
+5
Oct-8 25
10/12
3.5
$75
Happy Valley
0
1200
Harbour View Hcp (C3)
$0k
$242k
H Bentley
56
69.34
22.95
12
12
+2
Sep-17 25
8/11
4.5
$18
Happy Valley
0
1000
Repulse Bay Hcp (C3)
$0k
$242k
H Bentley
56
56.41
22.97
7
6
-2
Spell of 63 Days
Jul-16 25
9/12
4.8
$15
Happy Valley
0
1200
Sun Jewellery Hcp (C3)
$0k
$242k
L Ferraris
56½
69.13
23.70
3
3
-6
Jun-8 25
12/12
8.3
$16
Sha Tin
0
1200
Hcp (C3)
$0k
$242k
Z Purton
58
68.98
22.40
3
2
-10
May-21 25
4/12
1.0
$8.4
Happy Valley
0
1200
Wyndham Hcp (C3)
$15k
$242k
L Ferraris
58
69.14
23.38
5
5
+1
Apr-16 25
6/9
4.5
$13
Happy Valley
0
1200
Hcp (C3)
$5k
$242k
H Bentley
57½
69.55
23.08
4
4
-2
Apr-2 25
11/12
4.8
$35
Happy Valley
0
1200
Kyoto Hcp (C3)
$0k
$242k
H Bentley
59½
69.31
22.76
10
10
-1
Mar-5 25
1/10
0.1
$6.4
Happy Valley
4
1200
The Kwoon Chung Bus 60th Anniversary Cup (C3)
$135k
$242k
H Bentley
56½
69.59
23.07
3
3,3
+2
Jan-19 25
6/14
4.3
$6.4
Sha Tin
4
1400
Mr Vitality Hcp (C3)
$5k
$242k
Z Purton
55
81.59
22.70
7
7,7
+1
Jan-1 25
2/12
2.3
$6.9
Sha Tin
4
1200
Cha Kwo Ling Hcp (C3)
$51k
$242k
Z Purton
56
69.14
23.03
6
6,6
+4
Dec-22 24
4/14
1.3
$8.7
Sha Tin
4
1200
Tulip Hcp (C3)
$15k
$242k
Z Purton
55
69.29
22.16
4
5
+1
Nov-20 24
12/12
7.3
$7.7
Happy Valley
4
1200
Fanling Hcp (C3)
$0k
$242k
Z Purton
57
70.17
23.97
3
3
-9
Oct-27 24
2/12
0.5
$2.5
Happy Valley
4
1200
Zhaoqing Hcp (C3)
$51k
$242k
Z Purton
54½
69.79
23.55
4
4
+2
Spell of 225 Days
Mar-16 24
1/12
3.5
$1.35
Geelong
4
1212
3yo Mdn Plate
$15k
$27k
H Coffey
58
71.50
33.92
1
1,1