Waldgraf Farm
European Sport Horses
Waldgraf Farm
Heidi Wilson Valk
Professional Dressage Rider, Instructor and Trainer
1984
Practicing Piaffe
- Champion, East Coast American Horse Shows Association (AHSA), Second Level Horse
- Champion, East Coast American Horse Shows Association, Third Level Horse
- United States Equestrian Team (USET) Young Riders' Invitational Clinic, Gladstone, NJ
- Silver Medal Team, North American Continental Young Rider's Championships (NACYRC), Toronto, Canada
1985
- United States Equestrian Team Advanced Young Riders' Invitational Clinic, Gladstone, NJ
- Bronze Medal Team, North American Continental Young Rider's Championships, Wayne, Illinois
- Southern Team, Olympic Sports Festival, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- United States Equestrian Team Benefit, Invitational Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Exhibition
1986
- United States Equestrian Team Advanced Young Riders' Invitational Clinic, Gladstone, NJ
- North American Continental Young Rider's Championships, Lake Erie College, Ohio
- Awarded United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Bronze Medal Rider Award
1987-1990
Training in Germany
- Trained at German Olympic Training Center (DOKR), Warendorf, West Germany, under Olympic level coaches
1990
- Won FEI Intermediaire II and FEI Grand Prix, Richmond, Virginia, Spring and Summer competitions
- Won FEI Grand Prix Special, Virginia Dressage Association, Amhurst, Virginia, Charlottesvile competition
- Won FEI Intermediaire II Championship and FEI Grand Prix Reserve Championship, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Bengt Ljungquist Memorial Dressage Championships
- FEI Grand Prix Exhibition, Wakefield, Virginia, Wakefield 4-H Center
- FEI Grand Prix Exhibition, Diliwyn, Virginia, Equestrian Center Opening Ceremonies
1991
Competing in Virginia
- Won FEI Grand Prix, Virginia State Horse Show, Richmond, Virginia
- Won FE1 Grand Prix Freestyle Dressage, Commonwealth Park, Culpepper, Virginia
- Won FE1 Volvo World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix Freestyle CDI-W Saratoga, Saratoga Springs, New York
- Won FEI Grand Prix Freestyle, Virginia State Games, Richmond, Virginia
- Placed Second FEI Volvo World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix Freestyle and Third FEI Grand Prix Special CDI-W Halifax, Halifax, Massachusetts
- Reserve Champion FEI Grand Prix AHSA National Dressage Championships and USET 1992 Olympic Screening Trial, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Qualified to compete at Bengt Ljungquist Memorial Championship, Lexington, Virginia
- Placed Third at First U.S. League FEI Volvo World Cup Dressage at the Washington International Horse Show, Landover, Maryland
1992
Winning at the
Volvo World Cup Qualifier
- Awarded United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Gold Medal Rider Award
- Winner FEI Grand Prix Freestyle, Virginia State Horse Show
- Winner FEI Grand Prix Freestyle World Cup Qualifier, Royal Dressage Festival, CDI-W Port Jervis, NY
- Winner FEI Grand Prix Dressage at Commonwealth Park - Summer Competition
- Winner FEI Grand Prix and FEI Grand Prix Freestyle World Cup Qualifiers, CDI-W Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
- Placed second FEI Grand Prix Freestyle World Cup Qualifier, CDI-W Devon, Devon, Pennsylvania
- Placed third at the U.S. League FEI Volvo World Cup Dressage Finals at the Washington International Horse Show, Landover, Maryland
1992-June 1994
Director of Training at Fox Ridge Farm, Charlottesville, Virginia
Rabenstein's First Show, 2005
- Managed many working students and horses at all levels of dressage training.
1994-Present
Dressage Trainer and Riding Instructor
- Training and competing horses in FEI dressage
- Instruction for dressage riders at all levels
- Consulting for clients wishing to purchase dressage horses in Europe