Nature Strip

Trainer Chris Waller's Everest winner underlined why he is rated the world's best sprinter as jockey James McDonald drove the seven-year-old to an emphatic ...

[The] ratings stack up — Nature Strip's one of the highest-rated horses in the world, but until you do it on the main stage, it's another story. "Obviously, Australia's got a huge racing industry, breeding industry. "It means a lot.

The star Australian sprinter was ridden confidently by James McDonald out of barrier 10 and hit the front at the 200m before exploding away and leaving the rest ...

That was scintillating. “He’s the highest rated sprinter and one of the highest rated horses in the world but until you do it on the main stage it’s another story. McDonald described the seven-year-old son of Nicconi as a “freak of a horse” in the aftermath.

The Chris Waller-trained horse came into the Group One (G1) race at the coveted five-day carnival as the second-favourite, with Golden Pal preferred by the ...

He's in the twilight of his career but he's just learned to be a racehorse now. We won’t be making a decision today.” "It means a lot.

There is an art to the way Chris Waller trains his really good ones, such as King's Stand Stakes winner Nature Strip. “With horses like a Winx and Nature ...

“That was Nature Strip at his best. He had experienced the pain of defeat with Brazen Beau in 2014 and had steeled himself to make a triumphant return. It allowed him to release his best once the barriers opened. That was pretty close to perfection [on Tuesday] and to be able to do it on the other side of the world is incredible.” “I didn’t know it had lost the rider. “He just got him to be himself and relax.