Randy Chartier

rdf:langString Randy Chartier

rdf:langString Randy Lee Chartier

rdf:langString Randy Lee Chartier

rdf:langString Cutting horse trainer, NCHA Judge, clinician

rdf:langString Kelle Chartier – 2007 NCHA Non-Pro Hall of Fame

rdf:langString Randy Chartier (born March 31, 1957, St. Clair County, Michigan) is a cutting horse trainer, clinician, judge and competitor in the equestrian sport of cutting. He spent his early years riding and showing cutting horses with his late father M.L. Chartier at the family's Fairhaven Farm in Fairhaven, Michigan, where Dry Doc once stood at stud. At age 21, he earned the title of 1978 NCHA Non Pro Futurity Champion riding Miss Dry, and in 1979 earned multiple championship titles that led to his induction into the NCHA Non-Pro Rider Hall of Fame. Chartier eventually decided to not renew his Non-Pro status, and started training cutting horses, and judging NCHA events. He relocated to North Texas, and built a cutting horse training operation near Millsap in Parker County where he and his wife, Kelle, reside. In 2015, he was inducted into the Open Division of the NCHA Rider Hall of Fame. He ended 2021 as the NCHA Reserve World Champion Rider riding "Classic Is Cool". At the beginning of the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) 2022 point year, Chartier had earned over $1.5 million in lifetime earnings. Chartier is the father of champion R.L. Chartier.