Barron being ridden by Davis in the 2016 Olympic Games | |
Breed | Belgian Warmblood |
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Discipline | Show jumping |
Sire | For Pleasure |
Dam | Vita van het Reithof |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 2004 |
Color | Chestnut |
Major wins | |
Team bronze in 2014 World Equestrian Games, team silver in 2016 Olympic Games |
Barron is a show jumping horse. Ridden by Lucy Davis, he was part of the bronze-winning United States team in the 2014 World Equestrian Games, and the silver-winning team in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Show jumping, also known as "stadium jumping", "open jumping", or simply "jumping", is a part of a group of English riding equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including the Olympics. Sometimes shows are limited exclusively to jumpers, sometimes jumper classes are offered in conjunction with other English-style events, and sometimes show jumping is but one division of very large, all-breed competitions that include a very wide variety of disciplines. Jumping classes may be governed by various national horse show sanctioning organizations, such as the United States Equestrian Federation in the USA or the British Showjumping Association in Great Britain. International competitions are governed by the rules of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports.
Lucy Davis is an American show jumping competitor and 2016 Olympian.
The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and commonly known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. These were the first Olympic Games ever to be held in South America and the third to be held in a developing country, after the 1968 games in Mexico City and the 1988 games in Seoul, South Korea.
Barron is a chestnut Belgian Warmblood gelding foaled in 2004, sired by For Pleasure and out of Vita van het Reithof. [1] He was purchased for American show jumping rider Lucy Davis in 2013. Barron was originally named Underground des Hauts Droits, [2] but was renamed for Davis' grandfather, Robert Barron Freize, a jockey's agent. [3] In an interview, Davis described Barron as a good horse but said that he could be flighty, and noted that he wears earplugs while in competition because he does not like crowd noise. [4] He competes in a Kimberwick bit and double reins, and is groomed by Tasha Houghton. Davis and Barron's first major competition together was in the 2013 World Cup Final. [5] Barron and Davis competed in the 2014 World Equestrian Games as part of the US show jumping team, which won bronze. [6] The same year they won a total of three 5-star Grand Prix jumping competitions, and Barron was named Horse of the Year. [7] In the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, they knocked down one rail in the team competition but finished within the required time limit. The team won silver. [6] [8] In the individual competition, Barron and Davis knocked down the rails of two jumps and Barron stepped in the edge of the water jump, incurring a total of 12 faults. They did not make the individual finals. [9]
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