Nature Strip's next challenge comes on Saturday in the $3m Group 1 Champions Sprint against unbeaten three-year-old star Giga Kick, who ran him down in the Everest and poses another big threat. He has already seen off a host of one-time rivals, including horses that have either gone on to stud careers or fallen by the wayside. UNLOCK ALL OF RACENET'S EXPERT TIPS AND ANALYSIS ON CHAMPIONS DAY FOR ONLY $1 He wins far more than he loses, having won 22 of 40 career starts (including nine Group 1s) and more than $20m in prizemoney, and he has always managed to get back off the canvas on the occasions when he is beaten. The eight-year-old gelding just keeps fronting up, taking on challenger after new challenger. He's been doing it for the best part of five years now, so much so that his managing part-owner Rod Lyons likens him to an equine version of legendary heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. ![]() ![]() It seems appropriate that on a Champions Day chock-full of fresh racing rivalries that the grand warrior Nature Strip is back again to try to see off another heir to his Australian sprinting throne.
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