Nature Strip, part-owned by Horsham residents won the 2021 Darley Sprint Classic

The Chris Waller-trained star is part-owned by five Horsham residents - Craig Garland, Geoffrey Dumesny, Craig Bennett, Frank Giampaolo, and the late David McCluskey.

Garland, Bennett and Dumesny were lucky enough to watch on from Flemington for the first time in a long time, as the sprinting star cemented its spot as one of the greats.

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The victory was the second time Nature Strip has taken out the Group One feature, after first doing so in 2019.

The seven-time Group One winner finished the race with ease 3.25 lengths ahead of Swats That in second, followed by Bella Nipotina in third.

After the race Chris Waller who was on track to watch the race told Channel 10 that seeing the victory was "as good as it gets".

The win continued a great week for jockey James McDonald who rode the Chris Waller-Trained Verry Elleegant to Melbourne Cup Victory on Tuesday.

At the Ararat Cup on Sunday, Horsham jockey Dean Yendall had a good day at the office notching two victories; one with the Mick Price and Michael Kent-trained Havisham and another a race later with the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Heberite.

Yendall also bagged another win at Hamilton on Tuesday with the Mick Price and Michael Kent-trained Guaranteed.

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Also at the Ararat Cup the Paul Preusker-trained Orleans Rock narrowly missed out on claiming the 2021 Horsham Cup/Ararat Cup double.

Orleans Rock finished second, 0.2 lengths behind the Matthew Enright-trained Tibetan in first.

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