Romantic Encounter (2022) Horse
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Romantic Encounter is a four-year-old bay or brown gelding, by Ghaiyyath out of Romantic Whisper. He is trained by Ben, Will and Jd Hayes and owned by Lindsay Park Bloodstock, K L Bamford, Mrs C O Bamford and partners. In ten starts he has claimed one win, placed second twice and third once, earning $127,075 in prize money. His latest start was at Cranbourne on 23 October 2026, finishing third of six, and his most recent victory came at Bendigo on 7 September 2025.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Geelong 07-Nov-26 1518m SOFT 6 R7 Premier Fencing Ballan Cup Barrier 8, SP: 4.00 | B.Rawiller 58kg 6.01L | 9 (13) |
| Cranbourne 23-Oct-26 1400m GOOD 4 R4 BM74 (of $60,000) Barrier 4, SP: 5.00 In-running: 800m 3rd, 400m 4th | E Brown 60 4.15L | 3 (6) |
| Flemington 16-Oct-26 800m GOOD 4 R6 Jump Out-G4 | M Zahra | 3 (6) |
| Cranbourne 25-Sep-26 1400m GOOD 4 R7 BM70 $10,800 (of $60,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:24.020, SP: 9.50 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 3rd, 400m 4th 1st Dirty Look ( M Dee 58 ) 2nd Romantic Encounter ( J Radley 62 , Cd 60 ) 0.75L 3rd Regal Tycoon ( J Mott 60.5 ) 1.05L See full results | J Radley 62kg, Cd 60 0.75L | 2 (12) |
| Sandown Hillside 09-Sep-26 1400m SOFT 7 R10 BM78 $1,000 (of $50,000) Barrier 13, Winning Time: 01:24.480, SP: 21.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.170 1st Buccleuch ( W J Egan 61 ) 2nd Prestige Forever ( C E Hollowood 59.5 , Cd 56.5 ) 1.75L 3rd Fear No Evil ( J Childs 57 ) 3.00L 6th Romantic Encounter ( E Brown 58.5 ) 3.91L See full results | E Brown 58.5kg 3.91L | 6 (14) |
| Sandown Hillside 22-Aug-26 1300m HEAVY 8 R8 BM88 $4,500 (of $150,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:19.020, SP: 12.00 In-running: 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:34.820 1st Gold Coast Belle ( L J Bates 54 , Cd 52.5 ) 2nd Tennessee Bound ( J A Johnstone 58.5 , Cd 56.5 ) 2.25L 3rd Moby Dick ( J Mott 56 ) 2.60L 5th Romantic Encounter ( D Stackhouse 54 , Cd 54.5 ) 6.35L See full results | D Stackhouse 54kg, Cd 54.5kg 6.35L | 5 (7) |
| Flemington 14-Aug-26 1000m R4 Jump Out-S5 1st Romantic Encounter ( D Stackhouse ) 2nd Tan Tat Vixen ( D M Lane ) 3rd Hot Spirit ( R K Houston ) | D Stackhouse | 1 (6) |
| Flemington 07-Aug-26 800m R5 Jump Out-G4, Winning Time: 00:48.740 1st Superliv ( B Allen ) 2nd Chapados ( J Childs ) 3rd Azorian ( L Currie ) 4th Romantic Encounter ( D Stackhouse ) | D Stackhouse | 4 (5) |
| Flemington 28-Feb-26 1600m GOOD 4 R8 AUST GNS (of $1,000,000) Barrier 5, SP: 51.00 In-running: 800m 1st, 400m 1st | D Stackhouse 57kg 3.67L | 9 (10) |
| Flemington 14-Feb-26 1400m GOOD 4 R9 CS HAYES (of $200,000) Barrier 3, SP: 15.00 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd | D Stackhouse 56kg 3L | 4 (11) |
| Caulfield 24-Jan-26 1200m GOOD 3 R8 MANFRED (of $200,000) Barrier 1, SP: 13.00 In-running: 800m 7th, 400m 6th | L Currie 57kg 3.03L | 9 (9) |
| Picklebet Park Werribee 16-Jan-26 800m GOOD 4 R6 Jump Out-G4 | D Stackhouse | 1 (9) |
| Flemington 02-Jan-26 800m GOOD 4 R6 Jump Out-G4 | D Stackhouse | 3 (6) |
| Caulfield 11-Oct-25 1600m GOOD 3 R8 CAUL GUINEAS (of $3,000,000) Barrier 10, SP: 26.00 In-running: 800m 10th, 400m 8th | D Stackhouse 57kg 7.07L | 12 (15) |
| The Valley 26-Sep-25 1600m GOOD 4 R4 STUTT STK (of $300,000) Barrier 4, SP: 19.00 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd | D Stackhouse 57kg 0.4L | 2 (9) |
| Bendigo 07-Sep-25 1300m HEAVY 9 R3 3Y MDN-SW (of $42,500) Barrier 3, SP: 5.00 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd | D Stackhouse 58kg 0.15L | 1 (10) |
| Flemington 22-Aug-25 1000m GOOD 4 R2 Jump Out-G4 | D Stackhouse | 3 (6) |
| Caulfield Heath 13-Aug-25 900m SOFT 5 R5 3Y-TRL | M Dee 4.23L | 5 (11) |
| Flemington 04-Aug-25 800m GOOD 4 R10 Jump Out-G4 | C Gaudray | 2 (8) |
| Flemington 14-Feb-25 800m GOOD 4 R9 Jump Out-G4 | 4 (6) |