Nina Clarkin

Carina Vestey was born circa 1983.[1] Her father, Mark Vestey, (b. 1943, d. 2016) [2] was a former polo player.[3] Her mother, Rose Vestey, is the Master of the Cotswold Hunt.[3] Her paternal uncle is Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey.[1] She has a brother, Ben, and a sister, Tamara.[3] She grew up at Foxcote Manor in Foxcote, Gloucestershire, in the Cotswolds.[4]

She was educated at The Cheltenham Ladies' College in Cheltenham.[4] She graduated from the University of the West of England, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.[3] Clarkin is distantly related to actor Tom Hiddleston.

She worked for Sotheby's in New York City.[3]

Nina Clarkin is a polo player with a polo handicap (outdoor) currently at 4 goals.[5]

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.[6]

In 2003, she won the Cowdray Park Gold Cup on the Hindon Polo Team, defeating the Labegorce Polo Team.[7]

She is married to John Paul Clarkin, a polo player from New Zealand.[1]