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Nature Strip and Durston headline Chris Waller's autumn carnival team

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Nature Strip and Durston are the star of Chris Waller's autumn carnival team. They are aiming for a fourth consecutive TJ Smith Stakes during The Championships in the autumn. Nature Strip is the $4.50 favourite with TAB Fixed Odds to win the TJ. Smith. Stake. Durst is on third line of betting at $15 for the Group 1 $1.5 million Tancred St.akes at Rosehill Gardens on March 25. The trainer stopped short of locking in a return to England's Royal Ascot next year.

Caulfield Cup winner Durston is being aimed toward the Tancred Stakes during the autumn carnival. Chris Waller also has big plans for boom import El Bodegon, who ran third in the Cox Plate. Wallers stable is in a rebuilding phase but he thinks he has a nice team for autumn.

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