Join us in welcoming Robin Birk to our club! She will share her knowlegde and love for the sport with us on Jan 7th! 

About Robin: has over 45 years experience with horses and has been riding since the age of 5. Robin spent most of her early years of riding hunters and then moved on to open jumpers. For the last 25 years, Robin’s passion has been on the development and training of dressage horses.

Robin is a FEI level competitor and is a USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medalist. In 2013, Robin graduated from the USDF L Judging Training Program with Distinction and is currently licensed with the USEF as a ‘r’ dressage judge. In 2020, Robin is also an approved young horse trainer by the American Hanoverian Society (AHS). Robin has also won a USDF Horse of the Year Award and has held other national rankings. Robin has placed at many regional shows and has achieved many other high point show awards and WPDA and TREA year-end awards. Robin has ridden with many national level clinicians including Laura Graves, Steffan Peters, Jane Savoie, Linda Zang, Walter Zettl, Betsy Steiner, Janet Foy, Jeremy Steinberg, Dolly Hannon “S”. Robin has been a student of Michael Bragdell of Hilltop Farm,Inc. for the last several years as his training philosophies have been instrumental towards the development of dressage horses at Timber Ridge.