Erle was born in a stormy night in February. Her birth was predicted to be very heavy as the vet expected her to be pretty big, even for a draught horse foal. In the end though, her dam Alight did so well and managed everything mostly alone. Erle was indeed a big girl right from the start but her birth went smooth and both, dam and foal, were fine afterwards. The foals long legs finally earned her the name of Erle.