{"id":15875,"date":"2026-04-15T23:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctr-campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/?p=15875"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:53:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:53:39","slug":"danny-shum-fires-in-happy-valley-treble-ahead-of-romantic-warriors-fwd-qeii-cup-tilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/news\/danny-shum-fires-in-happy-valley-treble-ahead-of-romantic-warriors-fwd-qeii-cup-tilt","title":{"rendered":"Danny Shum fires in Happy Valley treble ahead of Romantic Warrior\u2019s FWD QEII Cup tilt"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Preparing to bid for a record fourth HK$30 million G1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) victory with Romantic Warrior at Sha Tin next week, Danny Shum vaulted into third place in the Hong Kong trainers\u2019 championship with a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (15 April).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Shum struck with Always My Folks (128lb) under Zac Purton in the Class 5 Celebrating 50 Years Of The HK Sevens Handicap (1000m), Hugh Bowman aboard Fantastic Fun (135lb) in the Class 4 Winning Try Handicap (1650m) and Harmony Galaxy (128lb) in the Class 4 Successful Conversion Handicap (1800m) for Brenton Avdulla to enhance hopes of a maiden trainers\u2019 title.<\/p>

Shum took his tally for the season to 45 wins to trail only Mark Newnham (48) and Caspar Fownes (48) after leapfrogging David Hayes (44) but concedes he has a significant challenge to secure the championship.<\/p>

\u201cHopefully I can keep going, it\u2019s been a good period. I don\u2019t have that many good Sha Tin horses so it will be hard (to win the title) but I will try my best,\u201d said Shum, as he hailed Avdulla\u2019s ride on Harmony Galaxy.<\/p>

\u201cHe ran a really good race, but it was a world-class performance by Brenton. He (Harmony Galaxy) loves this track and distance.\u201d<\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”15879″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Hayes maintained hopes of a third trainers\u2019 title with double in tandem with Harry Bentley \u2013 World Hero (123lb) in the Class 4 One City Two Passions Handicap (1200m) and All Round Winner (118lb) in the Class 3 Scrum Half Handicap (1650m).<\/p>

Hayes was impressed with Bentley\u2019s displays.<\/p>

\u201cHe\u2019s riding really well for me,\u201d Hayes said, while Bentley praised World Hero.<\/p>

\u201cIt was a good performance, obviously being drawn wide (gate 12) was a concern beforehand but he\u2019s a horse who does go forward and he\u2019s got early speed, so we were able to get into a good early position and the pace backed off down the back straight,\u201d Bentley said.<\/p>

\u201cHe filled his lungs up and kicked really well around the bend. He\u2019s a horse who\u2019s coming into a good vein of form and he quickened up nicely.\u201d<\/p>

Caspar Fownes and Joao Moreira combined successfully when Moreira weaved a tight passage on Family Fortune (128lb) to land the Class 5 Celebrating 40 Years Of The HKFC10s Handicap (1650m), drawing rich praise from the trainer.<\/p>

\u201cI don\u2019t think many other jockeys here could have got the same result \u2013 that\u2019s just the way it is. It was a masterpiece,\u201d Fownes said. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019ve got him here, bringing us the goods. He\u2019s got a great work ethic, he\u2019s a great team player and a great rider \u2013 what more can I say? He\u2019s a great man.\u201d<\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”15878″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Eight-time champion jockey Purton sealed a double when John Size\u2019s Beauty Alliance (135lb) prevailed in the Class 3 Hong Kong China Rugby Cup Handicap (1650m) before Bowman matched his compatriot\u2019s feat with success on Jamie Richards-trained Storming Dragon (135lb) in the Class 4 Racing With Rugby Handicap (1200m).<\/p>

The double left Purton on 98 wins and on the cusp of riding 100 winners or more in a season for the 10th straight campaign and the 11th time overall.<\/p>

Richards was delighted with Bowman\u2019s ride on Storming Dragon.<\/p>

\u201cI said to Hugh before the race to have an open mind, the horse doesn\u2019t need to be ridden quietly all the time and I think when Northern Fire Ball was scratched at the barrier it actually helped us get across easier from a wide draw (gate nine),\u201d Richards said.<\/p>

\u201cI was reading the paper this morning, and I saw that there was a two per cent winning strike rate from barrier 11 on the \u2018A course\u2019 and I was furious, but thankfully the horse has done a good job, and Hugh gave him a beautiful ride.\u201d<\/p>

Angus Chung and Tony Cruz closed the programme in style when Do You Just (120lb) clinched the Class 3 Golden Point Handicap (1200m) to claim a PP Bonus of HK$1.5 million.<\/p>

By So You Think, the three-year-old won the Listed Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie Racecourse when he was trained in New Zealand by Lance O\u2019Sullivan & Andrew Scott before export to Hong Kong.<\/p>

Hong Kong racing continues at Sha Tin on Sunday (19 April).<\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Preparing to bid for a record fourth HK$30 million G1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) victory with Romantic Warrior at Sha Tin next week, Danny Shum vaulted into third place in the Hong Kong trainers\u2019 championship with a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (15 April).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”15877″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Shum struck with Always My Folks… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":15881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"2normal","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15875"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15875"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15882,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15875\/revisions\/15882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}