Some Dutch articles about Orion's relatives: 

"Het doopceel van...Barina" (In de strengen 2003)
"Barina ster verklaard" (Het sportpaard 2008)
"Voorwaarts blijven denken" (Tarina, Hoefslag 2010)
"Beroemde merriestammen"(De Paardenkrant Extra juli/aug 2012)
"Sport is bepalend" (about Carina's dam Narina, In de strengen 3/2013)

Orion EH is a very special foal to us because we bred both his dam Ilona Barina EH and his sire (KWPN and Oldenburg approved stallion) Joyride EH here at De Engelse Hoeve. Orion EH is a true mix of champions: his grand dam Elite mare Carina was overall champion of the dressage mares at the CK of Sevenum in 2010, and she passed her EPTM exam with an amazing score of 80 points. Her sire Apache is a very successful Grand Prix dressage stallion, he wins all there is to win! Apache was decorated with the prestigeous KWPN KEUR predicate in febr 2019. Great grand sire Florencio became world famous when he won the World Championships of young dressage horses in Verden in 2004 and 2005. Orion's sire Joyride was reserve champion of the KWPN stallion licensing in november 2017. Out of Orion's dam line (Zanka line, KWPN breeding family 401, which is at the 29th position in the top 50 of most successful KWPN dressage dam lines) many successful sport horses and breeding stallions were born, like KWPN approved stallions Imposantos (champion by far of the KWPN stallion licensing 2017), Tolando and Landeur, Grand Prix dressage mare Tarina and the famous Olympic/international GP horse Ideaal (by Doruto) but also top jumper Explosion W. Through Rubinstein I Orion carries blood from the Dodona-line. The Dodona-line has given several world famous international Grand Prix horses, among which Rembrandt (2 x Olympic Champion with Nicole Uphoff), Ahlerich (2 x Olympic Champion with Dr. Reiner Klimke) and Amon (Olympic competitor with Annemarie Keizer). The Dodona-line is being seen as worlds best breeding line for dressage horses.
Orion's great granddam is the elite/sport mare Narina, who also is the dam of approved KWPN stallion Tolando (he was champion of the KWPN performance test of dressage stallions in spring 2003). Narina is in the top 200 of best KWPN dressage mares in her category, with a dressage index of 161 (KWPN table 2013). Narina's dam Barina has gained 4 x the Preferent predicate and 4 x the Prestatie predicate through her offspring. Barina is the dam of Grand Prix dressage mare Tarina, successfully showing under Katja Gevers. With a dressage index of 191, Tarina finds herself at the 3rd position on the list of 200 best KWPN dressage mares in her category (KWPN table 2014). In december 2012 two grandsons of Barina passed the 1st inspection of the KWPN stallion approval in Ermelo successfully, and are therefore invited for the 2nd inspection in Den Bosch in february 2013. One of them, a son of Narina named Floret (cat.nr. 341, by Ampère x Rubinstein I x Sultan), also passed the 2nd and 3rd inspection in Den Bosch, and therefore is selected for the 70 days KWPN stallion performance test in Ermelo. The Dutch KWPN magazine "In de strengen" nr. 2/2013 wrote as follows about this young stallion: 
"Ampère-zoon Floret vertegenwoordigt eveneens een sterke stam, en is een halfbroer van de KWPN-goedgekeurde hengst Tolando (v. Krack C) die in de Lichte Tour presteerde. De lijn gaat terug op de merrie Olgarina (v. Epigoon), een halfzus van het bekende topdressuurpaard Ideaal (v. Doruto) van Johan Hinneman. De jeugdige Floret toont souplesse en een mooie voorbeentechniek in beweging."  

Orion's dam Ilona Barina EH was awarded STER as a 3 year old at the KWPN mare inspection in Hunsel with 70 points for conformation, 80 points for carriage and 80 points for her movements. With these scores she was the best mare in Hunsel. It qualified her for the KWPN CK of Limburg in july, where she was upgraded to voorl. KEUR. Ilona Barina won the 3rd prize in the Limburg Cup for dressage mares, this means that she was one of the top 3 mares with the highest overall scores at the KWPN mare inspections of Limburg in 2016.

In april 2017 she did the IBOP mare performance test as a 4 year old. She passed successfully with 75 points, which was enough for upgrading to Elite. Orion's pedigree shows 3 generations of Elite mares in a row (Ilona Barina, her Carina and granddam Narina).