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Mishriff posted a one length victory in the Saudi Cup over Charlatan [120], who was also making his first start of 2021. Last year, Mishriff s biggest score came when he won the Prix du Jockey Club (G1) in France.
Australia s Nature Strip (AUS) [121] is the second highest rated horse in the first edition of the rankings for 2021 after his half-length win in the Black Caviar Lightning (G1) in February, which served as the multiple Group 1 winner s first start of the season.
In co-third, along with Charlatan, are Hong Kong-based runners Exultant [120] and Golden Sixty (AUS) [120]. Golden Sixty, who has now won 13 races in a row, took the Stewards Cup (G1) in January over Southern Legend [118] and Ka Ying Star [117], and he beat Furore [117] and Exultant in the Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (G1) in February. Exultant came into that race having finished second in the Centenary Vase (G3) while carrying 133lbs.
Randwick.
Challenge Stakes (1000m) at Randwick, with
Nature Strip a confirmed runner and
Bivouac 50/50 after also being entered for the longer
Canterbury Stakes (1300m) on the same program.
They head the weights at 58.5kg for the
Newmarket Handicap but connections revealed a fortnight ago that neither horse would run, a snub to the most revered sprint in the country especially given they were weighted to be competitive – using history as a benchmark – and also that the Newmarket purse of $1,25 million dwarfed the $500,0000 for the two Sydney races.
The bypassing of the
Newmarket by two star sprinters who had established an enticing rivalry has been frustrating for the
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RACING’S GREAT PRACTICAL JOKE, THE FAIRER SEX
February 14, 2021 9:32 am
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
Agreeing with Matt Chapman doesn’t come easily to me.
I wrote a yarn few years back about Royal Ascot and the frustrating TV coverage beamed back into our lounge rooms by Chapman and the late John McCririck.
I found the Vaudeville pair colourful yet downright balmy, particularly Chapman and the way he yelled his way through the coverage from what appeared to be a small caravan surrounded by corporate bookie betting screens.
I wrote a line that wasn’t quite accurate, and Chapman’s lawyer demanded a retraction from my bosses, who all but dangled me out the 10
Nature Strip back to best in Black Caviar Lightning Posted by: Mediality Racing+ at 6:29pm on 13/2/2021
Image: Brett Holburt
Star jockey Jamie Kah proved the key to coaxing the best out of the enigmatic Nature Strip
Star jockey Jamie Kah proved the key to coaxing the best out of the enigmatic Nature Strip when she combined with the superstar sprinter to win the Black Caviar Lightning.
The race proved to be a triumph for Australia’s leading trainer Chris Waller, who produced the quinella in the Group One at Flemington with his three-year-old filly September Run flying home for second.