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09-17-2006, 10:22 PM
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Silent Witness.....
The barrier trial..... (batch 1)... http://www.hkjc.com/english/press/btrs.asp * * * The update..... Fitness the only worry as Witness prepares to defend Japan title MURRAY BELL (SCMP) Tony Cruz faces the possibly the greatest challenge of his training career to win the Sprinters' Stakes in Japan with fallen idol Silent Witness on the evidence of his defeat in yesterday's barrier trial at Sha Tin. However, owner Archie da Silva has declared the return visit to Nakayama is on, saying the only issue is with fitness. "I was actually happy with the way he performed - the way he pinged out of the barriers, went to the front, enjoyed the gallop and travelled well for Felix [Coetzee]," Da Silva said. "He was beaten because he got a bit tired in the final stages. He's still fat, and weighs 1,280 pounds - that's a big horse. He has to lose another 20 pounds to be fit for Japan." Silent Witness contested the first of five barrier trials over 1,200 metres on the all-weather track. He led comfortably until challenged by stablemate Floral Pegasus at the 300 metres. Once the battle was joined, Silent Witness and Floral Pegasus had the trial to themselves and pulled seven lengths clear of the remainder. The margin in favour of Floral Pegasus was a half length. Coetzee told Da Silva that Silent Witness "blew heavily" on pulling up. "Felix said that the way he's working now, compared to last year when he returned from Japan, is much better," Da Silva said. "Before it was like he was telling us to leave him alone, that he wasn't feeling well and he didn't want to do it. Now, he's jumping straight to the lead in his barrier trials. We feel it's just a fitness issue." Da Silva said it would be a race against the clock to get Silent Witness fully fit for a defence of his Sprinters' Stakes title, hoping he could follow on from his blockbusting win in the event 12 months ago. "I would say, at the moment, he is 85 per cent fit," Da Silva said. "He's still big and he looks big. It's now all up to Tony Cruz. He's got 16 days to do it, the race is on October 1." Cruz was not at the track yesterday, having travelled to England for the graduation of his daughter, Antonia, from university. 
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09-20-2006, 01:16 AM
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09-21-2006, 11:18 AM
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The eagle has landed.....
 http://japanracing.jp/_news2006/060921.html PP's..... http://japanracing.jp/_news2006/pdf/..._sprinters.pdf
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09-21-2006, 12:03 PM
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Mr. Les Arcs, Esquire, has arrived in Japan as well.....
http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n...CING_Arcs.html
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#5
09-26-2006, 09:20 PM
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cheerful smile
and venus line look good.
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09-29-2006, 12:29 AM
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Finally!
The barrier draw..... NAKAYAMA 11R THE SPRINTERS STAKES (G1) Post Time 15:40 October 1, 2006, 1200m, Turf INT DSN, Special Weight, 3-Year-Olds & Up, Open Class, Value of race: 185,480,000 Yen 1 1 Venus Line(JPN) M5 55.0 Fuji Kiseki Hokuto Pendant Park Regent Hokuto Venus Shinichiro Akiyama Noriyuki Hori Turf Sport Sakai Bokujo 1 2 Tagano Bastille(JPN) C3 55.0 Brian's Time Wien Concert Sakura Yutaka O Sound Kagura Masaki Katsuura Kaneo Ikezoe Ryoji Yagi Sakurai Bokujo 2 3 Les Arcs(USA) G6 57.0 Arch La Sarto Cormorant Dame Sybil Eric Saint-Martin Timothy Pitt Willie Mckay Elk Manor Farm 2 4 Meisho Bowler(JPN) H5 57.0 Taiki Shuttle Nice Raise Storm Cat Nice Tradition Yuichi Fukunaga Toshiaki Shirai Yoshio Matsumoto Hinode Bokujo 3 5 She is Tosho(JPN) M6 55.0 Sakura Bakushin O Jane Tosho Tosho Fleet Cornice Tosho Kenichi Ikezoe Akio Tsurudome Tosho Sangyo Tosho Bokujo 3 6 Golden Cast(JPN) H6 57.0 Taiki Shuttle Return Bandam Niniski Return to Paris Futoshi Komaki Kojiro Hashiguchi Koji Maeda Bandam Bokujo 4 7 Orewa Matteruze(JPN) H6 57.0 Sunday Silence Curly Angel Judge Angelucci Dyna Carle Yo****omi Shibata Hidetaka Otonashi Y.Odagiri Northern Farm 4 8 Keeneland Swan(USA) H7 57.0 Distant View To Act Roberto Comedy Act Leith Innes Hideyuki Mori Toyomitsu Hirai Jim Ryan & Geraldine Ryan 5 9 Benbaun(IRE) G5 57.0 Stravinsky Escape to Victory Salse Gaijin Daragh O'Donohoe Mark Wallace Ransley Birks Hillen Dr T.A.Ryan 5 10 Blue Shotgun(JPN) H7 57.0 Sakura Bakushin O Ogi Blue Venus Super Creek Ogi Twinkle Yusuke Fujioka Kohei Take Ogifushi Racing Club Co .Ltd. Take Bokujo 6 11 Tamamo Hot Play(JPN) H5 57.0 Fuji Kiseki Hot Play Northern Taste Dyna Hot Kunihiko Watanabe Katsumi Minai Tamamo K. Shinsei Bokujo 6 12 Symboli Escape(JPN) H5 57.0 Sakura Bakushin O Sweet Kenmare Kenmare Sweet Titania Masayoshi Ebina Takashi Kubota Symboli Stud Symboli Stud 7 13 Takeover Target(AUS) G7 57.0 Celtic Swing Shady Stream Archregent Merry Shade Jay Ford Joseph Janiak Joseph Janiak Meringo Stud Farm 7 14 Silent Witness(AUS) G7 57.0 El Moxie Jade Tiara Bureaucracy Jade-Amanda Felix Coetzee Anthony Cruz Arthur da Silva IK Smith 8 15 Suteki Shinsukekun(USA) C3 55.0 Danzig Autumn Moon Mr. Prospector Lypatia Hiroki Goto Hideyuki Mori Yoshinori Sakae Monticule 8 16 Cheerful Smile(JPN) M6 55.0 Sunday Silence Golden Colors Mr. Prospector Winning Colors Yasunari Iwata Yasuo Ikee Academy Co. Ltd. Katsunori Shimizu * * * As if SW wasn't worrying me enough, there's this..... http://www.smh.com.au/news/horseraci...337280067.html
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#7
09-29-2006, 08:15 PM
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witness and tt
have been cursed. cheerful smile looks the best.
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