A Colac Pony Club member has her sights set on state championships after winning at a Loch Ard one-day event, near Simpson. Sarah Robbins rode her 15-year-old thoroughbred mare Key to Prosperity in the grade three class, placing fourth after the dressage phase and moving into first place after clear cross country and [...]

More than 200 horse riders from as far away as South Australia and Gippsland will compete in Colac at the weekend. Colac Pony Club’s Elliminyt grounds will come alive as a two-day event – the biggest on the club’s calendar – gets underway. Eight Colac riders, including Sarah Robbins, [...]

A Colac district boy who suffered a life-threatening injury has won a state title for showing ponies. Bailey Charteris, of Irrewarra, won best exhibit by a junior member at the Victorian Pinto Society’s State Championships at Werribee for showing his Arabian pony Chablis Jahru. Bailey, in Grade Five at [...]

GIDDY UP: Colac Pony Club members Chloe Tangey, left, and India Newman participated in show jumping and dressage events in Colac on Sunday.

More than 150 riders competed against Colac Pony Club members in a one-day event in Colac. [...]

Two Colac girls will jump into the saddle this weekend to contest their inaugural one-day competition. Colac Pony Club’s one-day event this Sunday has attracted the interest of avid 11-year-old riders Justine Boyd and Lexie Langdon. Justine’s mother and club secretary Janine Boyd said the girls were [...]

Colac district horse rider Amelia Conway has defied the adage that age, size and experience count most in sport. The pint-sized rider took on her older contemporaries in a regional competition and won, claiming three titles at the Mount Duneed Open Horse Show. Amelia, 8, of Gellibrand, won the [...]

About 180 people attended the opening of Colac Pony Club’s new club rooms. The club has spent the past 12 months rebuilding its club rooms. Treasurer and life member Barb Griffiths said the club had saved money for the past decade to build new rooms. “The [...]

Colac Pony Club has honoured one of its past life members by unveiling a memorial stone in her honour. The club honoured Heather Crabbe, who died last year, for her service to the club. Treasurer and life member Barb Griffiths said the club organised the plaque and wanted to [...]

Colac Pony Club will use a municipal grant to finish work on a new jumping arena.The club has received almost $4000 in a Colac Otway Shire Council community grant to pay for the work.Junior committee president Jessica Payne, secretary Grace Anderson, vice-president Alana Park and treasurer Sarah Anderson, have worked together for the past seven [...]

Graham Payne is one of the many helping hands at Colac’s Pony Club. Mr Payne, a former club president, has been a member for the past eight years. Mr Payne is the club’s district commissioner and is responsible for grading riders and making sure they ride in their correct [...]