Romantic Lead (USA) Horse
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Romantic Lead is a 5yo horse from the United States trained by Felipe Nickel. It is sired by the stallion Union Rags out of the dam Team Of Teams. Romantic Lead has managed to win 1 race in its career so far. On 26th Jul 2025 at Belterra Park, Romantic Lead scored its most significant win to date, earning $29000.00 in Race 3.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Ellis Park 06-Jul-26 1609m R1 Race 1 $5,500 (of $27,500) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:38.760, SP: 4.33 pursued along the inside while steadying behind foes reaching the backstretch, chased two wide and between rivals rounding the far turn, crept forward to bid for place in the three path entering the lane and edged that position while no match for the winner. 1st Jinxzi ( V R Carrasco 123 ) 2nd Romantic Lead ( L Machado 123 ) 6.00L 3rd Timberline ( F Arrieta 118 ) 8.50L See full results | L Machado 55.8kg 6.00L | 2 (5) |
| Belterra Park 18-Jun-26 1207m GOOD R1 Belterra Park Race 1 $2,200 (of $6,600) Barrier 3, SP: 4.30 1st Doc B ( J Mckee 123 ) 2nd Romantic Lead ( R J Mojica 123 ) 3rd First Act ( R Blanche 125 ) 0.50L | R J Mojica 55.8kg | 2 (6) |
| Churchill Downs 01-Jun-26 1609m R3 Race 3 $3,600 (of $36,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:36.310, SP: 15.00 broke a step slow, recovered to vie three deep while kept in the four path into the turn, moved down to the three path briefly before getting outkicked by an outer bidder after leaning back to the four path entering the lane, lost place at the furlong grounds yet battled for show with an inner counterpart thereafter and prevailed. 1st Il Cavallino ( G Saez 124 ) 2nd Bagg O Time ( J Graham 118 ) 5.25L 3rd Romantic Lead ( T Gaffalione 124 ) 11.75L See full results | T Gaffalione 56.2kg 11.75L | 3 (7) |
| Churchill Downs 09-May-26 1710m R2 Race 2 $2,520 (of $36,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:44.960, SP: 4.00 hopped at the start and was off slow, trailed in the two to four path and made little impact. 1st Wish Carefully ( D E Sheehy 123 ) 2nd Tisum ( J Torres 118 ) 0.20L 3rd FAST Joker ( E Morales 123 ) 3.50L 4th Romantic Lead ( T Gaffalione 123 ) 12.10L See full results | T Gaffalione 55.8kg 12.10L | 4 (6) |
| Keeneland 19-Apr-26 1811m FIRM R2 Race 2 $1,433 (of $49,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:53.990, SP: 17.00 broke a step slow, laid off of the pace in the two path, shifted out to the five path around the far turn and failed to factor. 1st Consolidated ( L Machado 125 ) 2nd Stonemont Reunion ( G Saez 125 ) 3.75L 3rd Tiz Freedom ( L Saez 125 ) 4.75L 5th Romantic Lead ( E Morales 125 ) 12.60L See full results | E Morales 56.7kg 12.60L | 5 (7) |