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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat
Well you know me and that I share the opinion.....
The De Silva's wanted Silent Witness retired not once but twice. He, like Bullish Luck, was never the same after Japan.
Both had picked up viruses there.
Bullish had an injury but that didn't stop Tony.
Cruz did a really good job in ruining a lovely horse, Russian Pearl. There have been a few that he's run into the ground. A shame.
I say this as a former fan.
I don't know much about anything but one thing I follow religously is HK racing.
I've said this before..... shame on him.
I wouldn't have heard about this but for my quirk of checking on him, making sure he did his swimming etc.
I emailed a friend on the SCMP and jokingly said hey what's up with Bullish man, no swimming in four days?
Not the answer I was expecting.
Hopefully they do what's right by him, whatever that is.
He's a hero, a legend, and God knows this old warrior deserves to get the hell out of HK now and go somewhere nice where the air is less polluted and there's a little space.
I love this horse.
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I knew you would remember the discussions we had on the other forum about SW, Tony Cruz and the DaSilvas when all that was going down. There's no one on any forum that I read that knows as much about international racing as you, as well as your love for these horses. I'm really glad to hear that Tony Cruz is losing some of his power. He's surely had some nice horses. I could not understand then (the DaSilvas) and still don't grasp how a trainer could override an owner or owners, but it certainly happened in that case. Silent Witness had some mysterious virus that, if I remember correctly, was never fully identified because there was little or no follow through with tests. Then, he was running down on his "bumpers", but they still kept at it because Cruz wanted SW to retire with "dignity". Proceeding with racing him in the condition he was in precluded any achievement of "dignity". He just wasn't the same horse.
I hope Bullish Luck comes through and heals in record time for you, MMSC. If it's not to be, though, I would hope the connections will stand firm and put the horse first. He sounds like a very special guy.
