Silent Witness -- OH MY GOD!!

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Postby kimberley mine » Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:51 am

Sam wrote: Honestly, I'd MUCH rather see a match between him and Kitten's Joy than a match between him and Ghostzapper.


I doubt that would happen, simply because everything we've seen points to Silent Witness going up to a mile, whereas KJ takes about 8.5 just to get warmed up before closing like a freight train.

Silent Witness against Artie Schiller, perhaps.
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Postby hungdynasty » Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:39 am

Lei Owen wrote:One question, what is the quality of the other horses? Is he winning against a strong field?

Lei, they are suppose to be the top horses from 1200m to 1600m in Hong Kong.But one thing, just don't count this race. I can't really name any horses who can run this pace (57.5 in first 1000m) to finish 1400m except SILENT WITNESS, all other horses are just exhausted.

KAL wrote:One thing which I find very, very interesting about Silent Witness is that he is rather "unremarkable" in size and build. He appears to be quite normal in size and isn't a super-thick horse, nor is he extremely muscled or quarter-horsey

KAL, SILENT WITNESS is a big and muscled horse, I saw him at the track in his 16th win. He is not extremely big in dimension but he is muscular! He was already 1203 pounds at 3 in his first race and yesturday's race he was 1264 pounds.

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/RatingResultWeight.asp?HorseNo=C140
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Postby hungdynasty » Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:44 am

rascal wrote:Technical question: I can hear the race using my Windows Media Player, but there's no film footage showing. Help! What a race! i'd like to see it, too! :roll: Rascal


rascal I don't think we need anything other than Windows Media Player ,you just try again! It actually happened to me sometimes.
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Postby KAL » Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:35 pm

I stand corrected.

I had no idea his weight was that heavy, he certainly didn't look that "thick" during the telecast. He looked to only be about 16 hands, is this correct?
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Postby Sam » Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:43 pm

KAL wrote:I stand corrected.

I had no idea his weight was that heavy, he certainly didn't look that "thick" during the telecast. He looked to only be about 16 hands, is this correct?

I don't even think he's that tall (or he's so well put together, you don't notice it .. kind of like some of the Robertos)

He's got a MASSIVE chest. You could show a widescreen movie on it :D
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Postby Inyureye » Mon Apr 25, 2005 2:29 pm

Sam's in love. The only way this could be any more cool for her would be if this horse sired a coupla mules, and then she could have a Silent Jake and Jim !! :D

(I mean that as a friendly tease!!) :shock:
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Postby Sam » Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:26 pm

Inyureye wrote:Sam's in love.

Sam's been in love since 1993.

This is lust. :wink:

The good thing is he's a gelding which means I don't have to worry about trying to track foals in 5 years.

Inyureye wrote:The only way this could be any more cool for her would be if this horse sired a coupla mules, and then she could have a Silent Jake and Jim !! :D

Male horses sire "Hinneys" which are not cool.

Now ... a Coalee McGee son out of Toussaud or Dance Smartly ... drool be still my heart.

In the meantime, I need to figure out how to get my hands on one of those Silent Witness hats without it costing me $30 in shipping fees on top of the $20 for the hat. Though .. I may just do that anyway.

Hey .. If I can buy a Bellamy Road hat (which looks damn good nestled in there with all my Yankees WS clubhouse hats) in support of the Boss' hoss, I can get a Silent Witness one too. :D
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Postby Tairaterces » Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:25 pm

Sam,

If you figure out how to get a Silent Witness hat . . .PULEEEEZZZZEE let me know.

Thx,
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Postby Sam » Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:28 pm

Tairaterces wrote:If you figure out how to get a Silent Witness hat . . .PULEEEEZZZZEE let me know.

There's two up on ebay right now (along with a couple of HKJC produced DVDs of his wins through the 13th AND A STUFFED PONY! :shock: :D)

I think the openning bid is like $5, but when you read the shipping instructions, it's an additional $25.
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Re: Silent Witness -- OH MY GOD!!

Postby Double_Jay » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:11 pm

Sam wrote:OH MY GOD!!

OH MY GOD!!

OH MY GOD!!

THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!

JESUS!

That was better than sex :lol:

That horse is amazing!

I'm still in shock.

WOW .. just ... wow.

For our Aussie buds .. I see Elvis is in the next race ... good luck.

I'm gonna go watch this race a few more times though.

Where the heck is my thudding emoticon?


Would you like to watch all his races? Go here and scroll down to where it says "Race Replays". They're in English, by the English-speaking (he's actually Australian) race caller at Sha Tin:

http://www.silentwitness.com.hk/english/sw05_showcase.asp
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Postby Double_Jay » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:22 pm

KAL wrote:One thing which I find very, very interesting about Silent Witness is that he is rather "unremarkable" in size and build. He appears to be quite normal in size and isn't a super-thick horse, nor is he extremely muscled or quarter-horsey


KAL, SILENT WITNESS is a big and muscled horse, I saw him at the track in his 16th win. He is not extremely big in dimension but he is muscular! He was already 1203 pounds at 3 in his first race and yesturday's race he was 1264 pounds.


I've seen in more than one place where people have said that he looks like an ordinary-sized horse. But when I started watching his races I would connect to the Sha Tin racetrack live audio and listen to the English-speaking analysts while waiting for his race to come around, and just for fun I started looking at the entire card for the day of his race. The Hong Hong Jockey Club lists the weights of all the horses in the fields, and whether they've gained or lost weight since their last race. Silent Witness had gained 11 lbs. since his last race, and he was also the 2nd heftiest horse in the entire card, with one other weighing about 10 lbs. more. SW is a whopper!
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Postby hungdynasty » Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:17 am

Tairaterces wrote:Sam,

If you figure out how to get a Silent Witness hat . . .PULEEEEZZZZEE let me know.

Thx,
Tairaterces

Hi guys don'y buy the hat on ebay! In fact HKJC will give like 20000+ hats to public, FOR FREE! If I'm going to the Champion Mile in May I'll try to get some!
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Postby madelyn » Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:53 am

I would LOVE one too....
So Run for the Roses, as fast as you can.....
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Postby chicago78 » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:00 pm

It's absolutely amazing for any horse, but especially a sprinter, to go on a streak like that. If you look back at every Breeders Cup Sprint winner in history, only the first one, Eillo, and the filly Safely Kept won as many as 2/3rds of their career starts. Sprinters just don't go on that sort of streak in this country. Unbelievable, really.
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Postby Sam » Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:42 pm

hungdynasty wrote:Hi guys don'y buy the hat on ebay! In fact HKJC will give like 20000+ hats to public, FOR FREE! If I'm going to the Champion Mile in May I'll try to get some!

throws herself at Hung's feet

I'll beg if I have to :lol:
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