Welcome to the Shouldabackedit podcast. The cream rose to the top on the first day of the Championships in Sydney. Nature Strip was dominant in picking up his third straight TJ, star 3yo Hitotsu claimed the rare Victorian-Australian Derby double, and boom filly Fireburn broke the Golden Slipper curse to easily take out the Inglis Sires.

Join Phil Georgios and Herald Sun tipster Chris Vernuccio as they dissect the weekend's racing. Find out who they shoulda, coulda and woulda backed if they had their time again.

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