Erin and Donaufürst in 1999.  Photo Credit: Shannon Brinkman

Welcome to 
Spica Dressage!

Spica Dressage Features Classical and Modern Dressage Training for horse and rider from green through FEI levels. 

Spica Dressage is owned and operated by Erin Brinkman, currently head trainer at Valhalla Farm.
Erin is a USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold Medalist
Erin has shown almost twenty horses to USDF Horse of the Year awards.  She has trained 10 horses through FEI and finished two to Grand Prix.   The last horse Erin finished to Grand Prix, “Limbo King” was sold back to Germany in 2005.


Erin and Devaro -  RMDS Region V Champions. PSG & Int. 1 2005

Erin has over 30 years of experience and believes in kind and correct training from the start to achieve a harmonious and long-lasting relationship between you and your horse. 

She can also help you find your dream horse in the US or Europe. Erin is available for clinics and private lessons. 

 “Erin Brinkman has always been blessed with a natural feel for riding,
although she will tell you she had to work very hard to gain good body
control.  She is incredibly thorough with every horse she encounters
and just seems to speak “horse”.  She seems to me to always be evolving
in her approach to horses and I am quite often brought to tears by her
riding!  She is an enthusiastic trainer and it has been an honor to
have been her best friend for these last 10 years... “
                                                                                       -Shannon Yates, 2006