Hometown --  Wilmington, DE
Residence -- Summerfield, NC
Date of Birth --  Jan. 4, 1958

Schools Attended/Degrees -- BA, Averett University, 1979, Summa Cum Laude, Business Administration/Horsemanship; Moat House Equestrian Center, Benenden, Kent, England, 1979, BHSAI

Marital Status – married, William (Bill), No children

Occupation – teaches riding, judge competitions

Qualifications – BA, Averett University, 1979, Business Administration/Horsemanship; BHSAI; American Riding Instructor Association Instructor Educator, ARIA Instructor of the Year, 1993; International Side Saddle Organization Instructor of the Year, 2002; Centered Riding Senior Level IV Instructor, apprenticed with Sally Swift 1991-1993; USEF "S" Dressage judge since 1992 (first dressage license in 1983); USEF "R" Eventing judge since 1992 (first Eventing license in 1984); teaching clinics internationally since 1992

When/Why First Started Riding – always loved horses; started riding at a rent-a-pony at age 7

Most influential person in your career -- Anne Gribbons

Hero/idol -- Reiner Klimke; visited with him in 1992 and also met Ahlerich there

Name of First Horse/Pony – Royal Jewel

Non-Equestrian Career/Accomplishments – Registered Yoga Alliance Yoga teacher since 2003

Hobbies – yoga, gardening, tatting, reading

Most Admired Rider – Anne Gribbons, Hilda Gurney

Equestrian Awards Won – USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medals; Gold earned in 1992 on a horse I trained myself; 1999 World Dressage Championships, two Gold and Bronze medals won; many regional and national year-end awards, all on horses I trained myself, including Bordeaux, Augenblick, Ultimatum (USEF Grand Champion Dressage Horse in 2005), Richmond, Radetzky; competed in Paralympic Games Sydney 2000 and Hong Kong 2008; competed in World Dressage Championships in 1999, 2003, and 2007, the last two on Richmond

Most memorable riding achievement -- Winning the gold medal in the freestyle at the World Championships in Denmark, where I also met the breeders of my Danish warmblood Bordeaux on the same day

Hardest lesson you had to learn as a rider -- not every horse shares my goals

Pet peeves -- not paying attention to detail; it's a detail-oriented sport

Sporting philosophy -- Stay focused every single day, and make every day count toward the ultimate goals

Your Criteria in an Para Dressage Horse – great mover, great temperament

Your Ideal Career – just what I am already doing; I live my dream

Best Advice Ever Given – Every day counts

Superstitions/ritual/beliefs -- I believe I can do whatever I set out to do as long as I work at it consistently

Favorite Food – spaghetti

Favorite Music – freestyle music, classical mostly

Last Place you vacationed – Disney World, 2004

After the selection trials I plan to -- continue doing just the same things as I always do, bringing along my young horse and continuing with the six horses I have in training

Robin Brueckmann's comments on two of her top horses:

Radetzky -- 17-hand chestnut Trakehner gelding born in 2001

Own Horse -- Yes

How long have you partnered with this horse -- Since 2006; bought him sight unseen from Sweden just barely green-broke as a five-year-old.

Competitive highlights together -- This is the horse I took to Olympics in Hong Kong. In 2008, he and I were USDF All-Breeds Champions at Third Level, Third Level Freestyle, and Third Level Vintage Cup. We finished 12th overall at Third Level Freestyle. In 2007, he was NCDCTA Training Level Year-End Champion, and in 2007 he was NCDCTA Third Level Champion and Reserve Champion All-Level Freestyle for NCDCTA.

Grade Level -- 4 Profile 23

Personality -- A timid horse who needs a lot of support, he enjoys the trails in the North Carolina mountains as well as performing in competitions.

Quirks -- His best trick is hugging a barrel.

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Raison d’Etre -- 17-hand chestnut American Warmblood gelding born in 1998

On Loan from owner Elly Schobel

How long have you partnered with this horse -- New partnership in 2010. First show in March.

Competitive highlights together -- New partnership. With his own rider he was 7th in Grand Prix at Dressage at Devon.

Grade Level -- 4 Profile 23

Favorite thing about this horse -- He is a lovely, fine horse with an entirely different presentation than Radetzky, so it will be interesting to see what the judges think about these two horses.