Ms Walder has been riding since she could walk and her love of horses is a lifetime passion.

She started working as a stable hand with Bombala horse trainer Sally-Ann Thompson when she was 13 years old before going off to work with Bombala trainer Barb Joseph for 11 years.

“I’ve only had my license to train race horses for two years,” Ms Walder said.

Ms Walder was given Beersheba Lass and her full sister by the former Minister for Police, Paul Whelan from the Luskin Park Stud in the Hunter Valley.

“They had wonky legs and their confirmation wasn’t up to standard.

“I have had only two horses prior to Beersheba Lass, I had one winner and the other horse was no good.

“It has taken almost two years, a lot of time and patience to educate Beersheba Lass and I had a fair bit of help from a trainer in Goulburn.

“We first raced Beersheba Lass 13 months ago, her performance was average but we always thought she had a bit of ability because she’s a trier,” she said.

Beersheba Lass has had 11 starts in her career with only four starts in her first preparation.

“We decided to let her mature a bit more and put her out for a bit, before bringing her back in March this year,” Ms Walder said.

“She’s had a few races since July in this preparation and out of the seven starts she’s won $12,000, until Friday when she won another $28,200.

“We only thought we would be win about $11,000, so the extra money was great and then I also won the country trainers bonus of $6000,” she said.

Ms Walder said that she is part owner of the mare with the other owners being “two larrikins” Ray Crawford and Spec Joseph who have shares in Beersheba Lass.

“They’re pretty excited at the moment,” she said.

Beersheba Lass is a bay mare, 15.3 hands, with a white blaze and one white sock.

“She’s quite a quirky little sole,” Ms Walder said.

All of Beersheba Lass’s training happens before 7am in the morning before Ms Walder heads off to work as farm manager on the Bataam Farm.