Castlemaine teenager Pru Robinson has big reason to celebrate after she and her horse Kenlock Super Davina recently qualified to represent Victoria in the dressage competition at the Australian Interschool Championships in Sydney this September.
The 16-year-old year 10 Castlemaine Secondary College student has been riding horses as long as she can remember, and has been riding competitively since the age of five.
“About 12 months ago, I got my horse Kenlock Super Davina who is a six-year-old warmblood mare,” says Pru who is a keen member of the Mandurang South Pony Club.
Davina was uneducated and knew very little about how to perform in Pru’s chosen field of eventing at the time, but since then things have changed dramatically.
“I have been seriously training and she has been absolutely amazing in her response and has learnt so fast,” Pru says.
“She is now a competitive horse in all the categories we compete in including dressage, show jumping and cross country.
Together Pru and Davina took on the interschool competition at Boneo Precinct representing Castlemaine Secondary College, and the results they achieved were impressive.
“We entered in three events; senior secondary preliminary dressage, senior secondary 80cms combined training and secondary 80cms horse trials (80cms is the height of the jumps),” Pru says.
During the April school holidays they competed at the Equestrian Victoria Interschool State Championships.
They successfully competed in the class secondary senior preliminary, and then went on to ultimately be awarded champion in the secondary senior preliminary, qualifying them to be a part of the Victorian team to compete in Sydney, late September.
“Mum and I will be travelling to Sydney towing Davina in our horse float,” Pru says.
“I am really excited and looking forward to participating and representing Victoria.”