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Celine Gaudray still remembers walking up trainer Pat Carey’s driveway with her dad 10 years ago to see whether he might have a part-time job for her in the stable.

The 14-year-old was growing up alongside her two siblings Elidjo and Julie on the family farm in Carrum Downs with her French parents Bernard and Claudia, who had met as adults in Australia before settling Down Under.

Somewhere in the back of Gaudray’s teenage mind was an idea – she wanted to become a jockey.

Already a go-getter who attacked what was in front of her with flair and dare, Gaudray was a sports-loving kid. She tried her hand at everything bef

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