Dinja Van Liere
In August 2020, Dinja van Liere and Reesink Horses agreed on a partnership that would prove to be beneficial for both parties. Reesink Horses invested in world-class horses and was creating a world-class collection of dressage breeding stallions. Dinja was proving herself on the world stage of dressage and access to great horses for her future made sense.
Originally from the southwest region of Holland called Zeeland, Dinja relocated to the newly purchased Reesink Stallion Station and training center in Uden. This location in central Netherlands near Den Bosch is ideal.
With this role, Dinja is in charge of the development of Reesink's stallions and performance horses. She enjoys working with these best-of-class horses with excellent characters and high potential.
From the age of six, Dinja was introduced to what would be an amazing career trajectory having gotten her first pony from her grandfather. At age 11, another pony that wasn’t so willing over fences got Dinja focusing on dressage to help control it.
More and more, she discovered her love of horses and dressage. Before long she became more and more certain about her career choice; she wanted to be involved with horses.
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As years passed, Dinja found more and more opportunities to ride. After passing her VWO exams (high school) and uncertain about what line of study to pursue, she started taking lessons at Stal Hexagon of Leunus van Lieren. Before long, she accepted a position as a rider at that stable.
In her new position, her special talent for riding and training became more obvious, which opened doors for more opportunities for Dinja. In 2012 she became National Indoor Champion in the M2 level, and was given the stallion Capri Sonne, on which Van Liere won the bronze medal at the World Championship for Young Dressage Horses. After this success, other stallion owners began asking Dinja to ride their horses.
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In 2015, Dinja van Liere started her own business. Through Laurens van Lieren, Dinja came into contact with businessman and horse investor Jan Pieter Dalsem. He put her on the Johnson son Hartsuijker who was her alternate for the 2024 Olympics in France.
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Meanwhile, Dalsem had begun using Reesink Horses to find world-class horses and to manage their careers. It made perfect sense that Dalsem would connect this talented young rider to Eugène Reesink.
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Eugene recalls, “That's how we met initially. We got into conversation with Dinja van Liere about working together. She wanted her own place and she was interested in working with our horses."
We wanted a centrally located facility for a breeding station, and also a training center. "In our eyes, Dinja is the ideal rider to help these top horses realize their potential," says Reesink.
For Dinja van Liere, the collaboration with Reesink Horses brought a 'unique opportunity'. “I had already ridden a couple of really nice horses from Reesink and I had a lot of confidence in Eugène's knowledge and expertise in finding the type of horses I wanted to ride," says Van Liere.
In 2021 Dinja competed two horses, Haute Couture and Hermes, at Grand Prix and was named to represent The Netherlands at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. But after a technical mistake in the owners' registration in the database of the FEI, she was not allowed to compete Hermes. With her other horse Haute Couture, Dinja was named as traveling reserve. Very soon after that, she was selected by the Dutch Equestrian Federation to compete at the European Championships in Hagen.
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Dinja has come a long way from the 6-year-old girl on a pony. Van Liere is recognized and respected as a high-profile International dressage rider and has been ranked among the riders in the world placing 4th individually at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Hermes.