![]() "I reckon he is a bit like the heavyweight fighter Muhammad Ali," Lyons said of Nature Strip. 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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