Silent Witness (horse)

Silent Witness
Statue of Silent Witness
Sire	El Moxie (USA)
Grandsire	Conquistador Cielo
Dam	Jade Tiara
Damsire	Bureaucracy (NZ)
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	1999
Country	Australia
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Mr I. K. Smith
Owner	Arthur Antonio da Silva
Trainer	Tony Cruz
Record	29: 18-3-2
Earnings	HKD$62,496,396 (USD$8 million)
Major wins
2003 & 2004 Hong Kong Sprint 2003 & 2004 International Sprint Trial 2004 HK Bauhinia Sprint Trophy 2004 HK Centenary Sprint Cup 2004 HK Chairman's Sprint Prize 2005 Sprinters Stakes
Awards
Hong Kong Champion Sprinter (2004, 2005, 2006) Hong Kong Horse of the Year (2004 & 2005) Hong Kong Most Popular Horse of the Year (2004, 2005) World's Champion Sprinter (2003, 2004, 2005)
Last updated on 16 September 2010

Silent Witness (traditional Chinese: 精英大師; simplified Chinese: 精英大师; pinyin: Jīngyīng Dàshī) (foaled 1 October 1999) was an outstanding Thoroughbred racehorse who won his first 17 starts in sprint races in Hong Kong. He was ranked the world's top sprinter for three seasons.

He was bred by Mr I. K. Smith and foaled in 1999 at Edinburgh Park Stud near Taree, New South Wales in Australia. Silent Witness is by El Moxie (USA) out of Jade Tiara by Bureaucracy (NZ). Jade Tiara is the dam of nine named horses.

Silent Witness was trained by Tony Cruz, ridden by Felix Coetzee and owned by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Antonio da Silva.

He made his debut as a three-year-old at the Sha Tin racecourse in a 1,000 metre race in Hong Kong. Silent Witness won this race by a margin of almost four lengths in the fast time of 57.8 seconds.

Silent Witness was awarded the title of Most Improved Horse and Champion Griffin (inexperienced racehorse) in the Hong Kong Jockey Club awards presentation ceremony in June 2003.

In 2003 and 2004 Silent Witness won the internationally contested Hong Kong Sprint race by defeating top horses from Europe, Japan, Australia, and the United States. In the Centenary Sprint Cup (G1), Silent Witness equalled the long-standing Hong Kong record of ten consecutive wins. He also won six other major Group One (G1) Sprints in 2004 and 2005.

After the 17 consecutive wins, he attempted the mile race in the Champions Mile on May 2005 at Sha Tin Racecourse but he was defeated by Bullish Luck by a short head.