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frittered away energy running too free and had to wait to get a run. As temperatures rose off the track, the sizzle on it was provided by Australian sprinter Nature Strip, who proved a class apart from his King’s Stand Stakes rivals with a four-and-a-half-length win to make it nine career Group One successes. Winning trainer Chris Waller has Nature Strip entered in Saturday’s Platinum Jubilee Stakes but also brought over Home Affairs who is the favourite for that race. Nature Strip’s owners include Steve Hansen, who coached the All Blacks to their 2015 Rugby World Cup win and had a stint coaching Wales. Hansen said: ‘Father was a big race fan and used to train them himself. I have a lifelong love of racing, it’s a bug and once it gets you, it gets you. ‘This horse is just a privilege to be part of.’