Hollee Bohr will combine her Year 12 studies at North Albury’s Xavier High School, with a TAFE course in horsemanship.

“Well, I’ve grown up around horses, pop’s been a trainer, mum’s been a jockey, mum’s been a trainer,” she said.

“You kind of learnt to love the animals themselves.”

Bohr’s mother Jodie is an Albury-based trainer, who was an apprentice to the late Theo Green, who trained 1984 Golden Slipper winner Inspired.

Hollee has been riding for three years, but never in a race.

“It’s a very big adrenaline rush, what I do, riding trackwork,” she said.

Bohr starts that at five am, and given she returns to the stables after school, it will guarantee an extremely busy year.

The first part of the 17-year-old’s course is theory-based, completing a number of certificates.

“So once I have the completion of all those, I’ll get assessed doing jump-outs (races), and move on to barrier trials,” she said.

“If your master thinks you’re ready, then you’ll move on to race riding.”

The teenager naturally uses her mum’s experience.

“Listen to everything I get, even if it’s harsh criticism,” she said.

“The big one is if you’re nervous, the horses are going to feel it, and they’re going to get nervous, and you’re more likely to come off.”