Erin Characklis

About Erin

 

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For over 30 years, I have specialized in the sale and brokering of high-quality show jumping horses worldwide. I work with a carefully selected group of horses, acquired at a young age and developed over several years with a focus on biomechanical correctness, durability, and long-term athletic performance.

In addition to sales and brokering, I support the training and development of client horses using a biomechanically informed approach. Osteopathy and tensegrity-based training principles are incorporated as complementary methods to improve movement efficiency, postural organization, load distribution, and functional soundness. These methods are applied with the goal of enhancing performance while supporting long-term physical resilience.

Through an extensive international network of established stables and professional partners, I have access to a broad global market. Whether through my own stable or those of my partners, I am able to identify and source horses suited to a wide range of objectives—from young prospects to proven Grand Prix competitors. Many horses I have sold or brokered are successfully competing at national, international, and championship levels.

Integrity, expertise, and long-term professional relationships form the foundation of my work. I am proud to serve an international clientele and to build enduring partnerships based on trust, transparency, and results.

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ULTIMATE INTEGRITY

 

Horses demand authenticity every step of the way.

 

To be effective, riders must develop an alert yet meditative state of mind,

creative approaches to problem solving, and 

an ability to set long-term goals without lapsing into impatience

with the challenges that arise or an attachment to preconceived notions

of how success will be attained.

 

Horses respond to personal integrity, thoughtful leadership,

mental and physical balance, emotional congruency, flexibility, receptivity,

clear intent, and sophisticated energy management.

 

They reward their riders for even the most subtle approximations of

these virtues through increased attention, cooperation and affection,

acting as unbiased barometers in the work of human development!

 

Unlike some humans, the horse won’t deny a miracle when it has occurred

and won’t pretend it occurred if it didn’t!

 

Horses represent the ultimate integrity!

 

-Excerpts taken from “the Tao of Equus”-