Current
Horses & 2007 Show Results
Bella Luna
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Photo Credit:
Dean Graham
Erin acquired Bella Luna
as an 11 year old in 2006.
Bella Luna
is a Hannoverian mare by Brentano. She is owned by Delight Willing.
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Erin and Bella Luna won
Horse of the Year, Intermediate I - Freestyle
With a 75.23% Median!
They were AHS All Breeds 1st
Place PSG Int. I and freestyle and 11th place HOY at PSG and
Int. I with a 69.25% Median!
2007 Highlights
Ocala Dressage - January
70% PSG - First
Place
High Point FEI
West Palm Derby - March
69% Int. 1 Freestyle - Second Place
Canterbury -
May 2007
75% FEI
PSG - First Place
72% Intermediate 1 - First Place
76% Int. 1 Freestyle- First Place
High Point FEI
Silver Sands -
June 2007
70% FEI
PSG - First Place
71% Intermediate 1 - First Place
77.75% Int. 1 Freestyle- First Place
High Point FEI
Devon -
September 2007
68.875% Int. 1 Freestyle-
Second Place
Regionals -
October 2007
68.875% PSG -
Second Place
76.675% Int. 1 Freestyle - First Place
High Point FEI
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Photo Credit: Dean Graham
Influential |
Photo Credit:
Dean Graham
Influential, "Lou" by
Donaufürst,
1998 Trakehner gelding currently showing fourth level.
Lou was 11th place USDF HOY at 1st
level 2004, with median of 71.783, and scores thru 79%. In 2005,
he was again 11th place HOY at 2nd level with a median of 68.43%,
scores thru 76%. In his first show at third he was hi-point at
third level with a 68.7% |
Erin and Lou were 5th
Place USDF Horse of the Year at third level with a 69.5% Median!
2007 Highlights
Ocala Dressage -
Jan. 2007
66% 3rd
Level Test 1
- First Place
67% 3rd Level Test 3 - First Place
Reserve High Point 3rd Level
Canterbury -
May 2007
70% 3rd Level Test
2 - First Place
70% 3rd Level Test 3 - First Place
High Point 3rd Level
Silver Sands -
June 2007
70% 3rd Level Test
2 - First Place
70% 3rd Level Test 3 - First Place
High Point 3rd Level
Regionals-
October 2007
69% 4th Level Test
1 - First Place
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Insightful |
Photo Credit: Shannon
Brinkman |
Insightful,
"Indy" is
1999 bay Trakehner mare by Hailo out of Icon, 16.2
hands. This half sister to Incantare is truly
beautiful in conformation and gaits. Her uphill
carriage, elegant, athletic way of going and great work
ethics speak to a high powered career as a dressage star.
She foaled one stallion prospect that is shown on Valhalla
Farm's website under 2003 foals, giving birth to her Beaujolais colt.
Indy is an awesome woman's horse for amateur or professional with FEI goals..
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Erin and Indy had a 67%
Median at second level in their first year together!
2007 Highlights
Ocala Dressage -
Jan. 2007
68% 2nd
Level Test 1 - First Place
70% 2nd Level Test 2 - First Place
High Point 2nd Level
Canterbury -
May 2007
72% 2nd
Level Test 3 - First Place
High Point 2nd Level
Regionals -
October 2007
65.2% 2nd
Level Test 4 Championships - Sixth Place
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Friedensfürst |
Photo Credit:
Dean Graham
Friedensfürst, "Fenway"
2002 Trakehner gelding by
Donaufürst In 2005, Fenway was region 5, 3 yr. old In hand champion.
Fenway was bred, trained and handled by Erin. He had breed show
scores thru 82.9%. In 2006, he began showing under saddle at training level. He
was hi-point of show with a 80.27% in training level test 4.
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Erin and Fenway were 3rd
place Horse of the Year at training with a 74.7% Median!
Fenway also won the
American Trakehner Association Futurity!
They were FIRST
PLACE ATA Breed Award!
2007 Highlights
Orlando USET Qualifier
Feb. 2007
75%
Training Level Test 2 - First Place
High Point Training Level
(Under
water - Torrential downpour at this show!)
Canterbury -
May 2007
74%
Training Level Test 2 - First Place
75%
Training Level Test 3 - First Place
74%
Training Level Test 4 - First Place
High Point Training Level
Silver Sands-
June 2007
78%
Training Level Test 3 - First Place
74%
Training Level Test 4 - First Place
High Point of the Show!
Regionals -
October 2007
74%
1st Level Test 2 - First Place
67%
Training Level Championships - Fourth Place
High Point 1st Level
Photo
Credit: Shannon Brinkman
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Photo Credit:
Dean Graham
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's Previous Horses
Devaro, 10 yr. old Westphalian gelding, owned by Ashwin
Stable, Santa Fe, NM.
Erin began with Devaro in the summer of
2004. In 2005, they were RMDS Region 5 champions
at
PSG and INT. 1. Devaro was 26th nationally in his first year
showing Intermediare 1,
with a 67.5% median.
   
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Erin and
Beau-2000 Photo
Credit: Shannon Brinkman
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Beaujolais, "Beau", imported in 1999 at 11yrs old.
This horse was a successful re-school for Erin. He had been kept
in a stall for almost 8 years after an injury at age 4. He had
almost no handling and was bucking off his riders. Erin
categorized him as quite wild, and very much in the minus scale in his
training. She was very happy and proud to be able to eventually
train him thru fourth level. In 2001, he was 2nd place in the
region three championships at 2nd level with a 69% and third place third
level with a 68%.
Beau was the cover page of "Hunter and
Sport Horse", 2000, with an article Erin wrote about the
"Deep Riding Controversy ". Axel Steiner later emailed
Erin that this was "a very good article". |
Photo
Credits: Shannon Brinkman
Limbo King, "Limbo", 2003, training the piaff
with Herwig Radnetter.
In 2003, Limbo was 16th place USDF
HOY at Intermediare 1, with a median of 68.250%.
Limbo helped Erin break
into the 70 percentile at FEI. They went on to do very well in the
USET classes in 2004, earning 13th place nationally.
Erin and Dancer with Herwig Rattener Photo
Credit: Shannon Brinkman
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Sunrise,
"Sunny", imported by Erin in 1999.
Sunny was sold back to Germany and is currently finishing
her Grand Prix training. |
“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
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