Ridden by Lucy Davis, he won team medals at the 2014 World Equestrian Games (bronze), and at the 2016 Summer Olympics (silver).
Barron is a chestnut Belgian Warmblood gelding foaled in 2004, sired by For Pleasure and out of Vita van het Reithof.
[2] 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] Barron and Davis competed in the 2014 World Equestrian Games as part of the US show jumping team, which won bronze.
[6] In the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, they knocked down one rail in the team competition but finished within the required time limit.