Little, a former disability worker, is well known in Far North Queensland for winning $40 million on a lotto ticket.
“I’ve spoken to Cliff many times over the phone but I still haven’t met him in person,” Lipp said.
“But, he tells me he’s going to fly down for this race on Saturday but I’ll believe it when I see him face to face.”
Lipp has a high regard for Little who gave him a blank cheque to buy Cifrado.
Cifrado was knocked down for $320,000 at the Magic Millions sales at the Gold Coast in 2022.
“I trained a few from North Queensland that I had to send back when they didn’t measure up and then Cliff asked me to buy a horse for him at the sales,” Lipp said.