A Winchelsea-based woman will compete against the best dressage riders in the country at the national Dressage with the Stars competition. Up-and-coming dressage star Stephanie Dijkstra will compete on the Warmblood mare Cipriani. The mare placed fifth in the four-year-old class at Dressage with [...]

Colac’s jumps racing crusader Terry Mulder has hailed yesterday’s one-year lifeline as an opportunity to save the sport. But he warned Racing Victoria Limited’s provisional agreement to sanction jumps racing in Victoria for an extra year was not a viable long-term solution.  RVL granted the sport a second chance yesterday, agreeing to the [...]

Colac-trained sprinter Secret Flyer has a chance to join champion horses Sunline, Redoute’s Choice and Miss Andretti as a winner of the Manikato Stakes. The Mark Young-trained six-year-old has earned a start from barrier three in the $500,000 group one race over 1200 metres at Moonee Valley tonight and will enter about an [...]

A Colac horse enthusiast has defied the odds to win one of the Royal Adelaide Show’s most prestigious events. Lucinda Fraser’s two horses both won championships at the show. Three-year-old filly Royal Minuet finished first and reserve in the Champion Australian Saddle Pony Filly class and second in the Riding [...]

One mistake was all it took to squash Mark Slater’s hopes of outclassing Olympic-calibre riders at a three-day equestrian event. Colac’s leading show jumper was aiming for a top-10 finish at the prestigious Melbourne event but stumbled in the cross country stage on Sunday. Slater was well placed after the [...]

Colac trainer Len Porter will quit the horse racing business if Colac Turf Club loses its industry training centre funding. Porter is the first Colac district trainer to declare his intentions as Colac Turf Club waits to hear about its future. Racing Victoria Limited will unveil the final draft of [...]

Colac junior riders put on their game faces and braved wild weather conditions to earn a place in a state equestrian competition. Twelve riders represented the Colac Pony Club at the Barwon zone round of the state games competition. The two teams of six demonstrated their riding skills at the [...]

A decision to give in to his passion for horses has netted the ultimate reward for Yeodene’s Rick Brown. Brown has earned an Australian championship crown after succeeding at the Australian National Arabian Pony Championships with horse Sarowan Park Pinup Girl. The long-time horse enthusiast had just returned to [...]

Colac Pony Club’s new showjumping arena is ready for competition this weekend. The new showjumping ring will be put to the test when riders from across Victoria travel to Colac for a Gymkhana event on Saturday, March 7. The pony club’s junior committee organised fundraisers to cover the cost [...]

Colac district horse rider Leeanne Lockhart says winning seven medals in a Masters’ Games equestrian event was the highlight of her sporting career. The Irrewillipe rider almost failed to make it to the Australian Masters Games after contracting pneumonia in December. But Lockhart put the setback aside to claim [...]