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Celine Gaudray still remembers walking down trainer Pat Carey’s driveway with her father 10 years ago to see if he could find a part-time job for her at the barn.
Somewhere deep in Gaudray’s young mind there was an idea; he wanted to be a jockey.
Jockey Celine Gaudray will compete in her first Melbourne Cup on Tuesday.Credit: Luis Enrique Ascui
The sports enthusiast boy developed his love for horses and started show jumping when he turned 13.
But horse racing? This was a different world.
“I was a bit of a late bloomer when it came to horses. Even though I grew up on a farm, I didn’t really have much interest in it, but I started getting into it at 13 when my dad bought me my first pony,” Gaudray said.
“It has now turned into drugs”
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Today, just five years after his first race ride at Moe in June 2020, he will take part in his first Melbourne Cup with the Paul Preusker-trained Torranzino.
This time last year he had been sidelined for three months after suffering a broken back and a knee injury in his fourth race ride, but he was literally back on the horse with his first victory on the Carey-trained Tippitywichit at Traralgon.
Find out more about what makes Celine Gaudray tick here.
