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Trainer Chris Waller poised to win his first Golden Slipper – Racenet
For a race that seems to be run and won in a blink of an eye, the first Golden Slipper Chris Waller ever attended left a lasting impression.
For a race that seems to be run and won in a blink of an eye, the first Golden Slipper Chris Waller ever attended left a lasting impression.
It was 1996 and Waller was then an unknown 23-year-old from New Zealand and was asked to lead a horse for the nation’s dominant big-race trainer, Lee Freedman.
“I can’t remember who asked me but I can certainly tell you I was very proud to be leading a horse around for the Freedmans even though it wasn’t in the Golden Slipper,” Waller said.
“But I was so proud…
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