His sire Painted Black has a long and successful career in sports, which started with numerous victories in Stallion competitions and Young Horse Classes with rider Hans Peter Minderhoud. Ridden by Anky van Grunsven he was a.o. Reserve World Champion at the World Championship for 6-year-old dressage horses in Verden and Dutch Champion in the Prix st. Georges in 2005. After his debut in the international dressage arenas, he continued his victories with the Dutch Championships in Grand Prix in 2008 and 3rd place in the World Cup Finals in Las Vegas in 2009.
Since 2010 he has been very successful in the U25 competitions ridden by Morgan Barbançon Mestre. Starting competing Grand Prix with Morgan Barbançon Mestre who competed at the Olympics of London in 2012 and the World Championships in Caen in 2015, being the highest placed Spanish combination.