Early Career
Slater began playing rugby league for the Brothers club in Innisfail, Queensland at only four years old.He attended upper coomera state college, A North Queensland Cowboys fan growing up, he continued to make the Innisfail representative side every season until his final year with the club. At sixteen years of age, Slater decided to follow his personal passion for thoroughbred racing, working initially in Sydney as a roustabout for the racehorse trainer, Gai Waterhouse.
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