Many of you probably already know Show Season Rider, Audrey Hart. I mean… she has been apart of the Arabian horse community practically all of her life, competing at the Scottsdale Arabian Show when she was only two-years-old!

Continuing on since then she has continued to make quite the impact, having won many titles, including 2013 National Champion last year, in the Arabian Western Pleasure AAOTR 18-35 with Vallejo Moonbeam.

As she revs up for National’s this month (!!!), lets all get to know a bit more about this fashionistas fab style in our Show Season exclusive –

Show Season: Describe your riding fashion style.

Audrey Hart: I believe in the big picture! When designing an outfit it is easy to get caught up in the small patterns and minuet details, and when you step back, it looks like mud. I like to pick a simple color scheme and make sure that from a distance, there is still a “WOW” factor!

SS: What is your favorite head-to-toe riding outfit?

AH: When I showed walk trot (1800 years ago) I had a forest green outfit. It was forest green crushed velvet with cream, red and green horsehair braided piping and silver conchos. I had the forest green chaps to match. When I look through old pictures, that is still my favorite outfit! 

SS: Do you wear anything for good luck in the show ring?

AH: A brand new pair of socks. I buy a new package of socks before every show!

SS: What is one thing you never go in the ring without?

AH: Every time I am walking towards the gate to enter a class, my dad says, “Don’t beat yourself.” I play those words through my head 100 times each class and it keeps me from overacting or getting to extreme in my show ring tactics.

SS: How would you describe your non-horse show style?

AH: I like a clean, traditional style with modern accessories. Fun jewelry, shoes or a wild shirt paired with a nice pair of jeans is my staple.

SS: What has been your biggest accomplishment as a rider?

AH: Making the finals in the Arabian Junior Western Pleasure at US Nationals on Sunstormm is the highlight of my show career. I had always wanted to show in a class with my Dad at nationals!

SS: What are your riding goals for the future?

AH: I would like to keep improving in the reining pen. It is a new venture for me and it is so challenging!

SS: Who has been the most influential in your riding career?

AH: Naming one person is impossible! My parents, Bob and Kathie Hart, obviously deserve all the credit for all my success with Arabians. But Mary Trowbridge and Crystal McNutt have also help me immensely with my horsemanship and showmanship.

So, I have been doing a lot of these Show Season rider style interviews, and I have been loving learning all about the fashionistas in our horse community. Having done quite a few of these style pieces now, it hit me that I haven’t done one on my closest horsie, loving partner-in-crime: my mom, Lori Lawrence.

The woman who introduced me into this horse-crazy world, she has been riding since way before I was born, starting at 5 years old (so basically all her life) on her sister’s pony.

“I started showing in my early teens, riding anything anyone would put me on – Quarter horses, Tennessee walkers, Saddlbreds… But I took a break when I started college and didn’t return until the early 1990s. It was then that I got involved with the Arabian breed.”

“I always had an affinity for Arabians – their beauty, intelligence and versatility. So when Carey and I got married we bought our first one – a beautiful grey halter horse – before we had even finished furnishing our house.”

“But it wasn’t until Nicole got old enough to ride and start showing with me that I bought my first Arabian saddleseat horse and put it in training with a barn about a mile away from our house with a trainer named Bridget White. It allowed me to combine my love for the saddleseat division with the most beautiful horse breed on the planet. Nothing better than that!”

About 20 years later my mom and I are now sitting on a plane together, conducting this interview, as we fly to go practice with Joel Kiesner in Tennessee.

Last year’s 2013 National Champion in the Half-Arabian English Pleasure 40 and over on Eves Fire, National Champion in the Purebred English Pleasure 40 and over on Nabasken Afire, and Reserve National Champion in the Purebred English Pleasure Maturity on NobleMis, Lori is gearing up once again for Nationals in October.

Learn all about this Show Season fashionista in this exclusive interview –

Show Season: Describe your riding fashion style.

Lori Lawrence: Melissa and Patti at Show Season know I like a classic suit with a little bling on the shirt and vest (well, maybe a lot of bling!). Having the perfect suit to complement my horse, and styled and tailored perfectly for me makes me feel great when I go trotting through the in-gate.

SS: What is your favorite head-to-toe riding outfit?

LL: My black satin suit paired with my turquoise vest that Show Season made for me the first year I showed Adams Fire back in 2007. Adam must have really rubbed some luck on it for me; I have won unanimously in it the past two years with his sister Eve. That makes it my favorite just for the sentimental value, for sure!

SS: Do you wear anything for good luck in the show ring?

LL: My Kiesner pin and my National Championship necklace that my mother bought me when I won my first Championship on Adam.

SS: What is one thing you never go in the ring without?

LL: Never without a good-luck wish from Nic and my Kiesner pin on my lapel!

SS: How would you describe your non-horse show style?

LL: Casual-chic. I live in San Diego so it’s jeans, t-shirts, maxi-dresses and flip-flops most of the year. But I still love to dress up with a great pair of designer heals in the evening! And maybe a studded shirt or two thrown in the mix as well.

SS: What are your riding goals for the future?

LL: My goals are to keep improving my riding skills each season, as well as turn in the best possible classes I can, come the Nationals!

SS: Who has been the most influential in your riding career?

LL: Joel Kiesner has certainly been the most influential in my riding career. His innovative training techniques and ability to convey them to me has lifted my horses and me to levels I never imagined we could achieve. Also, my relationship with my daughter Nicole, and our shared passion for the Arabians has had a huge impact on my riding career as well; It is so very unique and special to share it with someone you love.

Ever think the yellow pages could change your life? Oh, wait, and change the course of it before you even were born.

Yeah, me either.

But it changed the course of Holland Stevens life!

“The reason I happen to be involved in the Arabian breed was completely random. My mom promised to find somewhere where my older sister could take lessons, so she opened the yellow pages and put her finger down randomly on the page, and it happened to be an Arabian barn,” explains Holland (that older sister being Madison Stevens, who many of you in the Arabian community probably also know). “She [Madison] always loved horses and took lessons here and there, so when I was born I was just thrown into it as well.”

Riding at three years old, she began showing at 8, and since then has kicked some serious booty.

At this year’s Youth Nationals she took home many titles, including

• National Champion with Capt Jack Sparrow (aka ‘CJ’) in the H/A Western Pleasure 14-18 JOTR
• National Champion with Capt Jack Sparrow in the H/A Western Pleasure 14-18 JTR
• National Champion with GR Khliedescope (aka ‘Khylde’) in the Arabian Ladies Sidesaddle 18 and Under
• National Champion with Khontroversey PGA (aka ‘Khontro) in the Arabian Western Pleasure 14-18 JTR
• Reserve National Champion with Apollos Cary Grant (aka, ‘Moose’) in the H/A English Pleasure 14-18 JOTR
• Reserve National Champion with Maverick Afire (aka ‘Mav’) in the Arabian Mounted Native Costume 18 and under
• Reserve Natonal Champion with Wildfire LPR (aka ‘Willie’) in the H/A Country English Pleasure 14-18 JOTR

Learn more about this Show Season fashionista –

Show Season: Describe your riding fashion style.

Holland Stevens: I would say I like to keep my riding outfits clean cut, and not too distracting. It is important to stand out in the ring, but you don’t want to take away from your horse. It is also important to reflect the horse’s features and color into an outfit that makes the over all picture more pleasing to the judges.

SS: What is your favorite head-to-toe riding outfit?

HS: It is my day coat I wear for Half Arabian English: The jacket is black with a small blue oval pattern running through it and the pants are black. I wear it with a white or black vest, shirt, and tie.

SS: Do you wear anything for good luck in the show ring?

HS: I wear a small gold pin that I was wearing when I won my first national championship.

SS: What is one thing you never go in the ring without?

HS: Hair spray. Although it can be a sticky mess to put in, and it leaves your hair feeling like a rock, it is essential for having a nice clean-cut look that will only benefit you in the show ring.

SS: How would you describe your non-horse show style?

HS: My style ranges when I am not at a show. I live in Sun Valley, Idaho so it can get pretty cold during the winter, which definitely affects my style. But my go-to outfit all year would be a skirt and shirt – its comfortable and classic.

SS: What has been your biggest accomplishment as a rider?

HS: I would say my biggest accomplishment is just the fact that I love riding so much and have fun doing it. No other sport (that I have tried thus far) has ever made me want something so badly, or made me want to try and work for something so hard. To me that is the greatest success.

SS: What are your riding goals for the future?

HS: My goals are just to grow with my horses and find new things to improve on. I would like to become a better rider in general, as well as find ways to better myself in and out of the ring.

SH: Who has been the most influential in your riding career?

HS: There have been many people that have influenced me as a rider throughout the years – past and present trainers, family, friends, supportive teachers… Everyone really plays a big part in influencing my riding career, so it is hard for me to pick just one.

Revving up for Youth Nationals in just a few weeks, Show Season rider Allie Cederberg is no newbie to the show arena, competing since she was just 3 years old.

“I got involved with showing through my mom, who use to show,” she explains. But what really made her fall in love was the “beauty, intelligence and goofy personality” or the Arabian breed.

Last year this talented junior rider won Reserve National Champion in the PB English Pleasure 14-17, Top Ten in the HA Country 14-17, Top Ten in the PB Hunter 14-17, and Top Ten in HA Hunt Seat Equitation Not to Jump 14-17… and we can’t wait to see how she does this year.

Get to know Allie and her fashion style in our Show Season exclusive –

Show Season: Describe your riding fashion style.

Allie Cederberg: For lessons I wear whatever is comfortable and never forget my gold sparkly paddock boots! For showing I like to wear clothes that are different and new; I never want to be the same as anyone else.

SS: What is your favorite head-to-toe riding outfit? 

AC: For practice, my favorite is lulu lemon t-shirts and my tailored sportsman breeches. For showing – my bright blue day coat I wear on my Half-Arabian Country horse, Shock and Awe DSF.

SS: Do you wear anything for good luck in the show?

AC: No, I’m not very superstitious.

SS: What is one thing you never go in the ring without?

AC: Lipstick. Every final touch counts!

SS: How would you describe your non-horse show style?

AC: Athletic. I pretty much live in lulu lemon!

SS: What has been your biggest accomplishment as a rider?

AC: Being able to successfully compete in multiple disciplines.

SS: What are your riding goals for the future?

AC: To continue to compete as an amateur for as long as I can.

SS: Who has been the most influential in your riding career?

AC: I couldn’t just pick one person. I have been blessed with the opportunity to ride and learn from so many great people.