Dream Boy Retired from Sport

Dressage

The Netherlands

Dream Boy, a KWPN licensed stallion and Hans Peter Minderhoud's 2021 Dutch Olympic team horse, has been retired from sport.

Dream Boy is a 16-year old Dutch warmblood stallion by Vivaldi out of Resia (by Ferro x Balzflug). He is bred by Tim Coomans.

Licensed Stallion

Dream Boy was licensed at the 2011 KWPN Stallion Licensing and scored 78,5 points in his stallion performance test.

He was later approved for Danish and Swedish warmblood and all major German studbooks.

Dream Boy has certainly made his mark in the breeding world, having sired licensed sons Dynamic Dream and Blue Hors Monte Carlo, as well as 20 more. In 2022 the KWPN society proclaimed him Keur stallion.

Gerdine Maree

The black was first trained and competed by Gerdine Maree. He finished fourth in the 2013 Pavo Cup Finals and 14th in the 2013 World Young Horse Championships finals in Verden.

In 2014 he was second in the KWPN Stallion Competition and made an impact when he won bronze at the 2014 World Young Horse Championships in Verden.

Hans Peter Minderhoud

In the winter of 2015-2016, Hans Peter Minderhoud received the ride on Dream Boy.

In the summer of 2016 they won silver at the Dutch Small Tour Championships in Ermelo. In June 2017 the late Gaston Glock bought an ownership share in the stallion from co-owners Tim Coomans, Jacques Maree and Stable Brinkman.

In 2018 Dream Boy made his Grand Prix debut at the CDI Nieuw en St. Joosland. His talent as a future Dutch team horse was spotted and he received NOP status. The pair went on to represent The Netherlands at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon, where they won team silver and finished 20th in the Special (72.052%). At the 2019 World Cup Finals they were 10th and at the 2019 European Championships they got team silver again and landed 9th place in the Kur to Music (81.546%). They won silver at Dutch Dressage Championships in 2018, 2019, and 2020.

Minderhoud rode his second Olympic Games in Tokyo on Dream Boy, placing 12th in the Kur to Music (after Johnson took him to Rio 2016). Six weeks later Dream Boy also competed at the 2021 European Championships in Hagen, and ranked 13th in the Special with 73.632% but was withdrawn from the Kur.

In 2022 the pair tried qualifying for the Dutch team for the World Championships but had to withdraw during the selection trials in the spring due to an injury. He returned to competition at the 2023 CDI-W Amsterdam and two months later the CDI-W 's Hertogenbosch. It was the combination's last show.

Retirement

Aside from two team silver Championship medals and four individual medals at the Nationals, Dream Boy won six international Grand Prix classes in his career.

At the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon

Glock Horse Performance Center announced Dream Boy's retirement today.

"The time has come: Dreamy Boy will get his well-deserved retirement from sport," Hans Peter Minderhoud stated. "Dreamy is a sensational stallion who has performed consistently for so many years and has shown top performances in so many championships! I started riding him when he was seven years old and am delighted that he is now going into his well-deserved retirement in really good health. He can enjoy breeding, relaxed riding and being out in our pastures all day."

The stallion will receive a special retirement ceremony at the 2024 KWPN Stallion Licensing on 2 February.