Truer words could not have been spoken as race commentator David Raphael called the finishing order for today's Group 1 Centenary Sprint Cup in Hong Kong - and with Scintillation victorious, Natural Blitz second and Planet Ruler third there was one name that was conspicuously absent.

"It's a sad day - Silent Witness is done" said Raphael after the world champion sprinter Silent Witness laboured to keep up from the 600m mark and was well beaten.

It's just not right indeed.