M.L. Chartier (July 15, 1930 – June 23, 2006) was born in

St. Clair County, Michigan St. Clair County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan and bordering the west bank of the St. Clair River. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 160,383. It is the 13th-most populous county in the state. The county seat is Port ...

. He was inducted into the NCHA NonPro Hall of Fame (1980) and showed

cutting horse A cutting horse is a stock horse, typically an American Quarter Horse, bred and trained for cutting, a modern equestrian competition requiring a horse and rider to separate a single cow from a herd of cattle and prevent it from getting back to ...

s in both the

National Cutting Horse Association The National Cutting Horse Association (or NCHA) is a non-profit equestrian organization headquartered in the US. Their primary purpose is to promote and sponsor cutting events.American Quarter Horse Association The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), based in Amarillo, Texas, is an international organization dedicated to the preservation, improvement and record-keeping of the American Quarter Horse. The association sanctions many competitive even ...

(AQHA) sponsored events. He was also the owner of

NCHA Horse Hall of Fame The NCHA Horse Hall of Fame was established by the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) to recognize the accomplishments of outstanding cutting horses based on their lifetime earnings in NCHA approved championship cutting horse competition. I ...

cutting horse

stallion A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded (castrated). Stallions follow the conformation and phenotype of their breed, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" nec ...

Dry Doc Dry Doc (1968-1997) was an AQHA registered American Quarter Horse stallion by Doc Bar and the second as well as the last foal of the champion cutting mare Poco Lena. Dry Doc was a cutting horse and sire of cutting horses. Life Foaled in 1968, ...

. Chartier is the father of current champion

Randy Chartier 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 ...

and the grandfather of champion

R.L. Chartier R.L. Chartier is a cutting horse trainer and earner of over $2.5 million at the start of the 2022 NCHA point year. In 2013, he was inducted into the Open Division of the NCHA Rider Hall of Fame. R.L. is the son of Randy Chartier Randy Char ...

References

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