The Year 9 student at Holy Trinity and Inverell Pony Club member has just returned from the Sydney show, telling of the awesome "buzz" the whole journey has left him with.

He won the Novice Boy Rider 15 years and under, the Open Boy Rider 15 years and under, and the piece de resistance, the Reserve Champion Boy Rider.

Toby told the Times he wasn't expecting to come away with such success, but rather was in it for the experience alone.

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"I was standing there, and I heard them call out the number with a 10 out of 10, and I was waiting for someone else to walk forward, but they didn't so I did," Toby laughed.

"It was pretty amazing - it was almost unbelievable, there was such a buzz!"

Watch Toby being awarded reserve champion here:

His mount was Wenona Lawson, stable name 'Henry' - owned by Rob and Julie Aitken from Bundarra - who certainly did him proud.

"There was a time there before the workouts when the other horses were playing up, but Henry was just quiet," he said.

"It was a proud moment for me when I finished, knowing we had kept everything calm."

Check out Toby and Henry's winning workout in the video below:

Now his sights are set firmly on the Grand Nationals in 2022 - the location yet to be determined - which this win qualified him for.

In the meantime, he will be tackling the Toowoomba Royal Show.

"I'd like to thank the Aitkens, they've done so much," Toby said, and added the wonderful lessons from Les Friend.

Toby's love of horses runs in the family, with his grandmother introducing him to the equine beauties at a young age.

"He was riding just after he could walk," mum Gabe Adams explained.

And after trying his hand at many different types of riding, he found the one that called to him.

"I played four games of polocrosse and that was enough for me," Toby joked, saying he definitely didn't have the interest on the game like his sisters did.

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"Julie Casson, who breeds Welsh ponies, took me to a Welsh show in Tamworth," he explained.

"I fell face first into the sand and swore I'd never do it again.

"But I keep coming back to it - it's stuck with me now."

Despite riding for the majority of his life, Toby has been lucky enough to not have had many bruises.

"There was one time I remember I was riding at Grandma's," he told.

"I was asleep or daydreaming or something, and my horse stopped and rolled in the mud.

"It was very embarrassing," he laughed.

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