ponies and clean stables in exchange for lessons. By the time she turned 18 she was working for a professional show
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One clip at a time
jumper on weekends. Charline considered studying to become a journalist but instead opted to continue grooming at show jumping stables. Her resume includes the European Sunshine Tour and other noteworthy shows, and internationally recognised riders such as
Despite having no plans for a career in horses, former professional groom and Equi-Clip owner CHARLINE REMY found once the opportunities started, they kept coming.
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Jan Tops and Edwina Tops-Alexander. “The opportunities came and just kept coming,” she says. “In that kind of job you always have opportunities – it’s impossible to be out of work.” Playing a major part in the horse and
harline’s career with horses
lessons when she was a child, although
has taken her around the
she’s the first to admit that it took some
world, helped her learn a new
time for her passion to develop: “I didn’t
language, and now has her clipping
even like it that much, to be honest! But
hundreds of horses a year through her
my grandma kept picking me up, taking
own business.
me to my riding lessons, and after a little
Growing up in Belgium, Charline did not
while I started liking it.”
rider's successes was a rewarding aspect, along with seeing ‘her’ horses turned out impeccably as they performed in the ring. It was while she was based at Stal Tops twelve years ago that she was introduced to Australian show jumper Jamie Winning-Kermond, who was looking for someone to
come from a horsey background. It was
Although her parents couldn’t afford
quarantine and fly with her horses back
her grandmother who took her to riding
horses, Charline was able to lease
to Australia.
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