Did the Saudi Cup leave a mark on Romantic Warrior? Quite possibly. He was awash with sweat at the start and looked uncomfortable as he stood behind the stalls. He broke with his usual speed, taking 5.8s to reach 30 mph and at halfway, James MacDonald must have been relatively happy with his position behind the leader. Moving forwards around the turn, he ran 11.95s for the 6th furlong and hit the front as the field straightened up. However, once in front he began to struggle and the eventual winner, Soul Rush, was faster than him over each of the final 3-furlongs. At no point in this race did Romantic Warrior run the fastest individual furlong and his final furlong time of 11.97s was only the 7th fastest time in the field. That is in stark contrast to his victory in the Jebel Hatta in January when he ran the fastest split for 4 of the last 5-furlongs to win by 4-lengths. It may well be a combination of sweating up at the start and the hard race with Forever Young in Riyadh, but Romantic Warrior didn’t quite match the form levels that we have come to expect, although he has still produced a top class performance.
TLDR: soul rush最後3f造出嚟嘅時間每一段都快過日本城
日本城最後1f嘅時間只係全場第七
作者相信沙特嗰場同閘前標汗係導致表現下滑嘅原因
另外篇文嘅作者認為瀨屎藏有機會贏到凱旋門
佢對當晚所有場次嘅時間分析可以㩒入去睇
https://www.totalperformancedata.com/dubai-world-cup-night-2025-adam-mills/