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Romantic War: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Romantic War is a 4-year-old gelding by Acclamation, trained by J G Murray. He has won 0 of 27 starts and placed in 2 more. He runs next in the 6:00 at Galway on 8 September. His best performance rating is 78, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 27
  • Wins 0
  • Placed 2
  • Strike rate 0%
  • Best rating 78
  • Official rating 30

Where Romantic War runs next

Time Course Race Best price
6:00 Galway Racing In The City Of Tribes Handicap —

Romantic War form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
1 Aug 26 Galway (IRE) Bathshack Maiden 1m 0.5f Yielding 12 17 400/1 Robyn Donaghue-Leahy 30
25 Jul 26 Gowran Park (IRE) O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey Handicap (Div I) 7f Good 12 11.75 80/1 Robyn Donaghue-Leahy 40
20 Jul 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Tote Guarantee Never Beaten By SP Claiming Race 1m 1.5f Good To Yielding 9 37.5 200/1 Wesley Joyce 32
25 Apr 26 Navan Kilberry Apprentice Handicap 5f Good To Yielding 16 17.5 50/1 Freya Frain 40
15 Apr 26 Leopardstown BuzzBallz Handicap (0-60) 7f Yielding To Soft 9 8.25 50/1 Rory Cleary 40
11 Apr 26 Bellewstown BOYLE Sports Handicap 1m Soft 11 41.25 66/1 Wesley Joyce 40
7 Nov 25 Dundalk (AW) Bar One Racing Bet Builder Boost Handicap (0-60) 1m Standard 14 26.75 50/1 Wesley Joyce 41
27 Oct 25 Galway Barna Recycling Handicap (0-60) 7f Heavy 3 9.25 40/1 Wesley Joyce 41
20 Oct 25 Gowran Park Racing Club Membership Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) 1m 0.5f Heavy 8 16.75 33/1 Terry Casey 42
2 Oct 25 Bellewstown Bluegrass Horse Feeds Handicap (0-60) 1m Soft 3 5.25 25/1 Wesley Joyce 43
30 Sep 25 Cork Mallow Handicap (0-60) 6f Yielding 8 7.5 66/1 Wesley Joyce 43
20 Sep 25 Gowran Park Gowran Park For Golf Race 7f Heavy 5 19 100/1 Wesley Joyce 39
9 Sep 25 Galway James P. Cunningham Electrical Handicap 1m 0.5f Soft 10 11.5 150/1 Wayne Hassett 40
6 Sep 25 Navan Return Of The Jumps At Navan Racecourse September 20th Handicap (0-60) 1m 2f Good 19 17.75 80/1 Yudish Geerdharry 40
15 Aug 25 Dundalk (AW) Bar One Racing 'Visit Our New Website' Apprentice Maiden 7f Standard 9 16.5 300/1 Yudish Geerdharry 36
6 Aug 25 Sligo Baader - Eddie Carr PBR 2000 Handicap (0-60) 6f Good To Yielding 7 8.75 28/1 Jimmy Dalton 40
1 Jul 25 Roscommon Shanagher Hearing Handicap (0-60) 7.5f Yielding 13 17 100/1 Rory Cleary 41
20 Jun 25 Down Royal Laura Nicholas Memorial Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) 7f Good 9 7.5 80/1 Yudish Geerdharry 41
11 Jun 25 Limerick Follow Limerick On Instagram Handicap (0-60) (Div 2) 7f Good 14 15.5 40/1 Rory Cleary 43
29 May 25 Fairyhouse Book Your Hospitality At fairyhouse.ie Handicap 7f Yielding 12 12 40/1 Rory Cleary 46
12 May 25 Roscommon Next Meeting At Roscommon On Monday, 19th May Handicap (0-60) (Div 2) 7.5f Good 7 6.5 33/1 Rory Cleary 49
11 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Nursery Handicap 6f Standard 8 9.25 16/1 Rory Cleary 55
29 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Claiming Race 7f Standard 9 4.75 25/1 Rory Cleary 59
6 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Nursery Handicap 6f Standard 11 8 16/1 Adam Caffrey 63
25 Oct 24 Dundalk (AW) Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden 1m Standard 13 12.5 125/1 Adam Caffrey –
17 Oct 24 Curragh Irish European Breeders Fund Median Sires Series Maiden (Div 1) 1m Yielding To Soft 11 18.25 40/1 Adam Caffrey –
24 Jul 24 Naas Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 6f Yielding 8 10.25 66/1 Rory Cleary –

Last time out

Finished 12 in the Bathshack Maiden at Galway (IRE) on 1 August 2026. Sent to front early - held a narrow edge at halfway - driven and lost command approaching 2f out - dropped away to finish well beaten.

Romantic War by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
7f 9 0 0%
8f 5 0 0%
6f 5 0 0%
8.5f 3 0 0%
7.5f 2 0 0%
9.5f 1 0 0%
5f 1 0 0%
10f 1 0 0%

Romantic War by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Standard 6 0 0%
Yielding 5 0 0%
Good 5 0 0%
Good To Yielding 3 0 0%
Soft 3 0 0%
Heavy 3 0 0%
Yielding To Soft 2 0 0%

Romantic War by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Dundalk (AW) 6 0 0%
Navan 2 0 0%
Bellewstown 2 0 0%
Galway 2 0 0%
Gowran Park 2 0 0%
Roscommon 2 0 0%
Galway (IRE) 1 0 0%
Gowran Park (IRE) 1 0 0%
Ballinrobe (IRE) 1 0 0%
Leopardstown 1 0 0%

Romantic War breeding

  • Sire Acclamation (GB)
  • Dam Ilulisset (FR)
  • Damsire Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE)
  • Breeder Ciaran De Barra & Rathbarry Stud
  • Foaled 1 March 2022

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