Nina Clarkin

Nina Clarkin
Born	Carina Vestey
Education	The Cheltenham Ladies' College
Alma mater	University of the West of England
Occupation	Polo player
Spouse(s)	John Paul Clarkin
Parent(s)	Mark Vestey Rose Vestey
Relatives	Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey (paternal uncle) Paul Clarkin (father-in-law)

Nina Clarkin is a British polo player.

Carina Vestey was born circa 1983. Her father, Mark Vestey, (b. 1943, d. 2016) was a former polo player. Her mother, Rose Vestey, is the Master of the Cotswold Hunt. Her paternal uncle is Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey. She has a brother, Ben, and a sister, Tamara. She grew up at Foxcote Manor in Foxcote, Gloucestershire, in the Cotswolds.

She was educated at The Cheltenham Ladies' College in Cheltenham. She graduated from the University of the West of England, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Clarkin is distantly related to actor Tom Hiddleston.

She worked for Sotheby's in New York City.

Nina Clarkin is a polo player with a polo handicap (outdoor) currently at 4 goals.

She is credited in the introduction of Ladies Handicaps for the British Hurlingham Polo Association where she currently has the highest Hurlingham Women's handicap of 10.

In 2003, she won the Cowdray Park Gold Cup on the Hindon Polo Team, defeating the Labegorce Polo Team.

She is married to John Paul Clarkin, a polo player from New Zealand.

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