Karin Rehbein had to deal with a serious set back, as horse owner Gisela Carstens decided to take home her two stars Cherie and Miss Holstein. Carstens, who lives in Hamburg
near Gestut Gronwoldhof where the two horses were boarded, was no longer pleased with the training of Cherie and Miss Holstein by Mrs Rehbein.
It was a tough decision for Mrs Carstens as both Cherie and Miss Holstein truly excelled under Karin Rehbein.
Miss Holstein became the 1998 German Young Horse Champion as a six-year old under Rehbein's student Falk Rosenbauer. In 2000, Rehbein herself rode the Prix St Georges Finals of the Nurnberg Burgpokal and had started the Holsteiner mare (by Romino) at Grand Prix level this year. Cherie, a Hanoverian mare by Don Primero, won the 2001 World Championships for Young Dressage Horses and was the strongest competing horse at Prix St Georges level, this year at the prestigeous CDI Aachen.
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Karin Rehbein and Cherie Reign at 2002 CDIO Aachen