He spent his early years riding and showing cutting horses with his late father M.L.
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.
Chartier began competing in cutting events as a youth under the guidance of his late father, M.L.
After graduating from youth competition, he competed in the Non-Pro Division riding cutting horses sired by the family's stallion, Dry Doc.