Pony Club Victoria

Well done to all our riders! 🙌👏🦄

Pony Club Australia’s eight riders have made a strong start to the 2026 Pony Club International Alliance Virtual Dressage Training Challenge, recording two top-three finishes, two further top-seven results and encouraging performances across both team competitions.

The international challenge brings together Pony Club riders from around the world in a development-focused format. Following Round 1, riders receive feedback from international judges and use it to guide their training before riding and submitting the same test again in Round 2.

🐴 TRAINING LEVEL

Our Training Level team placed fourth out of 10 teams with a combined score of 269.8 points.

🥈 Daisy Laycock and Moment In Time
Apsley Pony Club Inc. , Pony Club Victoria
68.846%

🥉 Grace Jones and Bella Carmena
Huntingfield Pony & Riding Club, Pony Club Tasmania
68.654%

14th: Harriet Le Grand and Art Dealer
Ballarat Pony Club, Pony CLub Victoria
66.923%

17th: Esther Coxon and Fastnet Princess
Apsley Pony Club, Pony Club Victoria
65.385%

🐴 PRIX CAPRILLI

Our Prix Caprilli team placed fifth overall with 247.8 points.

Prix Caprilli combines dressage movements with jumping elements, presenting riders with a different challenge to a traditional dressage test.

6th: Charlotte Neilson and Halycon Affair of the Heart
Vines Pony Club, Pony Club NSW
67.692%

7th: Charlotte Collins and Flowerdale Titanium
Cobbitty Pony Club, Pony Club NSW
66.154%

25th: Ella Hogan and Plein Ciel
Moyhu Pony Club, Pony Club Victoria
57.692%

28th: Catherine Duck and Eulinga Doller Girl
Briag & District Pony Club, Pony Club Victoria
56.154%

While there is plenty to celebrate from Round 1, the challenge is designed around learning and measurable improvement. Each rider will now use the judges’ feedback to refine their training before filming the same test again.

Round 2 videos will be submitted between 20 and 30 September, with final results expected in late October.

Congratulations to all eight riders on an excellent first round. We are proud of the way you have represented Pony Club Australia and look forward to following your progress through Round 2!

📷 Daisy Laycock training with Moment In Time.

THROWBACK THURSDAY - Pony Club Victoria Tetrathlon State Championships 2026 🐎🏊‍♀️🎯🏃‍♂️

Five months ago, on 29 March, riders came together at Dandenong Ranges Horse & Pony Club for the Pony Club Victoria State Tetrathlon Championships, tackling swimming, riding, laser shooting and running. It was a fantastic display of determination, skill and sportsmanship across all disciplines!

The full album of photos and results can be found in Issue 2 of 2026 So Far at Pony Club Victoria Newsletter 📲

Since then, we were incredibly proud to see Victorian riders Chloe Leen, Emma Grave, Teesa Leen, Oliver Homer and William Nieuwenhuis go on to represent Pony Club Australia at the PCIA Tetrathlon International Exchange, alongside Coach Darcy Wade.

The exchange ran from 30 June to 20 July, with competition held across three venues in Queensland. the team had the opportunity to ride other horses and compete against competitors from the United Kingdom, United States, Ireland and New Zealand. What an incredible journey from the State Championships to the international stage!

Check out Pony Club Australia Socials & Website to learn more about National & International Opportunities ⭐️

📸 Lisa Law AAPS

𝐖𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐘𝐨𝐮!

We’re looking for more riders to feature in our Pony Club Victoria 𝙍𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨!

Whether you’ve been competing at the highest level, recently achieved a personal goal, are working your way through the Pony Club pathway, or simply have a great story about your partnership with your horse, we’d love to hear from you.

Your story could be about:
-A recent achievement or competition
-Your special horse or pony
-A goal you’ve worked hard to achieve
-Representing Pony Club Victoria or Australia
-Overcoming a challenge or setback
-What Pony Club means to you
-Something you’ve learned through your Pony Club journey
..or anything else that makes your story special!

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛! Simply send us an achievement, milestone or moment that you or a fellow rider is proud of, and our team will get in touch to help bring the story to life.

If you know a Pony Club rider with a story worth sharing, please send the office an email at [email protected]

We can’t wait to hear from you!

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 – 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧

Good coaching isn’t about removing every challenge, it’s about choosing the right challenge, at the right time, for the rider and horse in front of you.

Join us for Applying Risk Decisions, an interactive coach development session designed to put your risk assessment skills into practice.

Through realistic coaching scenarios, polls and discussion, we’ll explore how to:
-recognise when risk is changing
-decide when to Watch, Modify, Pause or Stop
-make proportionate coaching decisions
-respond when rider, horse, environment or activity factors change
-explain and recheck your decisions with confidence

This is about practice, not repetition. Applying the tools you already know when decisions need to be made in the moment.

📅 Monday 7 September
⏰7:30pm - 9:00pm
📍 Online
🎤 Facilitated by Rachael Edwards

Registrations via JustGo: https://pca.justgo.com/Workbench/i/r/EventsAndBookings/booking-details/E8D7FDCF2A762F4F5EC35CE111EA437D5B2285C5/

Good risk decisions are timely, calm and defensible. Come along and strengthen your decision-making as a coach.

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐬 - 𝐈𝐓 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭

Connecting Up is a free program that provides eligible not-for-profit organisations with access to discounted software, hardware, cloud-based products and online learning.

This could be a useful resource for clubs when looking at ways to make club administration more efficient while keeping technology costs down.

Visit our website for more information: https://ponyclubvic.org.au/resource-for-clubs-connecting-up/

It’s pretty special to see so many young riders reaching great equestrian goals, especially when Pony Club has played a role!

This story is a wonderful reminder of the role our clubs play in developing the next generation of equestrian athletes, while helping young riders become confident, capable and compassionate people along the way.

Pony Club is about so much more than competition too. It’s where young riders build their horsemanship, develop resilience and independence, find lifelong friends and learn the skills that can take them wherever their equestrian journey leads.

Congratulations to everyone featured!

The region’s finest young equestrian prospects are establishing the Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley as Victoria’s ultimate breeding ground for riding talent 🐎 Meet the stars from Balnarring Pony Club leading the charge into the future of Victorian equestrian sport 👉 https://bit.ly/3SOu46c

North Eastern Zone Trainee Coach Assessment Day - Sunday 27 September at Wangaratta Pony Club

Trainee Coach Assessments available on the day:
• Trainee Foundation Coach Assessment
• Trainee Preliminary Coach Assessment
• Trainee Level 1 Coach Assessment

All Trainee Coaches, please note:
• To assist us in timetabling the day, please purchase the assessment ticket relevant to the Coach Course you are enrolled into.
• Booking an assessment will close at 5:00pm on Monday 14th September on JustGo.
• Your Chief Instructor attending is Julie Duffy ([email protected])

Ticket Bookings & Event Schedule on JustGo: https://pca.justgo.com/workbench/public/events?ref=FEE00A8AB8D2BC516065E1741FA64FBF76D165A1

We hope to see you there!

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 & 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬

Pony Club Victoria is excited to announce the qualifying criteria for the 2027 Pony Club Victoria State Dressage and Showjumping Championships, with two significant changes creating more opportunities for riders to compete at State level.

1) 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖
From 2027, both the State Dressage and State Showjumping Championships are open to all riders who meet the relevant qualifying criteria.

This is an exciting change for PCV and means that riders who achieve the required qualifying performances will be eligible to compete at State Championships, providing more members with the opportunity to experience competition at the highest level of Pony Club Victoria competition.

2) 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
The 2027 State Championships will also introduce a Masters section in all grades.

The Masters section will be open to members over the age of 25 years.

This exciting addition recognises the continued participation and commitment of our adult riders and provides Masters riders with the opportunity to compete for State Championship honours in their own section.

𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨. These details are also available on the news section of our website.
https://ponyclubvic.org.au/2027-state-dressage-showjumping-championships-qualifying-criteria/