Fenway fields
This is the story of an upper-level Trakehner dressage horse as told by the people in his life. Bred and trained initially by Erin Brinkman of Spica Dressage in Wellborn, Florida, Friedensfürst, a.k.a. Fenway, is now owned by Junior rider Lindsey Holleger of Whigham, Georgia. Lindsey is a student of Erin’s and together they have developed Fenway into a rising star. The pair has won numerous championships and finished fourth individually in Junior dressage competition at the 2012 Adequan North American Junior Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC) in Kentucky in July.
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Te Early Years By Erin Brinkman
enway was born around 10:30 at night on April 7, 2002, while I was watching the movie Field of Dreams, hence his barn name “Fenway” aſter Fenway Park. I
had already decided to name this colt Friedensfürst (roughly translated, Prince of Peace) prior to his birth. Tanks to the movie’s inspiration, I also felt he may become a dream horse some day. He was indeed special at birth with almost perfect conformation and one of the most beautiful necks I have ever seen on a foal. Fenway was sired by my Elite stallion Donaufürst (by
Mahagoni, out of Donaufahrt vom Schimmelhof by Pregel). Donaufürst *Ps*E* was trained by me through Grand Prix dressage and remains to this day my best and most beloved horse. Unfortunately, he was injured prior to showing Grand Prix in competition. “Don” is the most intelligent horse I have ever met. Litle girls still come to visit him and can ride him bareback without a bridle in his field.
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a junior’s dreams
Lindsey and Fenway school at home.
Fenway is almost the mirror image of his father in
personality and intelligence, with a very high capacity to understand the human language. Don’s offspring usually pick up the verbal commands of “walk,” “trot” and “canter” in one session. Fenway’s dam, Feodamee von Krotenbach, was sired by the German Elite stallion Hohenstein, who was the German National Champion and trained through Grand Prix as well. Upon Fenway’s birth I nominated him for the American
Trakehner Association (ATA) Futurity. In 2005, at age three, he went on to win in-hand in his first season out as a young stallion, receiving an 82 percent in his first competition. Later that year he would be named the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Regional Champion Tree-Year-Old Stallion In Hand. He was wonderful to show in hand and was trained with natural horsemanship techniques. A year later I began his competition under saddle at
Training Level. Again in his first competition he scored an 80 percent. In 2007, he won the ATA Dressage Futurity for five- year-olds at Training Level averaging over 74 percent. When
Blair Davis
American Trakehner Association
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