2026 Champions & Chater Cup Betting Tips
Romantic Warrior is a quality horse that could win the Champions & Chater Cup at a canter. We're talking about five successive wins for the eight-year-old leading into this race. There was a 2/5 success in the Jockey Club Cup over one mile and two furlongs at the end of November. Then the runner was able to oblige as the 1/10 favourite to secure the spoils in the Hong Kong Cup.
In the New Year, Romantic Warrior returned to Sha Tin when scoring in The Stewards' Cup as the 1/2 favourite, with the runner simply needing to stay on its feet to oblige in the Hong Kong Gold Cup. Then the horse continued a winning run to oblige in the FWD QEII Cup over one mile and two furlongs. It would be a big surprise if the charge didn't oblige here.
Deep Monster is a good each-way alternative and the Japanese raider was successful last time out. At Doha in February, there was a Group 2 success over one mile and four furlongs. That came after a midfield finish at Tokyo Racecourse, with the horse outperforming his odds in the Japan Cup after a win at Kyoto over the same distance.
That success was secured in the Kyoto Daishoten which was a competitive Grade 2 encounter, with two wins in the past three races meaning he could be a good forecast option with Romantic Warrior. Then there's Rousham Park who finished third in a big field at Nakayama back in March after finishing six lengths behind Romantic Warrior in December.