Getting to know our MQHA Leadership: Sabrina Seaboldt
WHAT IS YOUR NAME: Sabrina Seaboldt
WHAT COMMITTEE CHAIR POSITION ARE YOU HOLDING THIS YEAR? Membership
WHERE ARE YOU FROM? Lone Jack MO
TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAMILY: My Husband PJ Seaboldt is also a Horse Trainer and MQHA Member. We travel to shows and train together. My son Hank Seaboldt is 5 and starting Kindergarten this fall and is excited to also start showing walk whoa this fall.
WHAT GOT YOU INVOLVED IN HORSES AND FOR HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED? I started taking lessons at age 5 from a riding instructor Val Hayworth in Buckner at Osage Oaks Arena. I kept riding through all my youth years and started training horses professionally at age 19.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CLASS TO SHOW IN OR WATCH? My favorite class to show in would be the Trail.
DESCRIBE YOUR BEST HORSE SHOW MEMORY- I don't think I have just one. Most of my favorite horse show memories are spending time with our horse show friends from our team as well as the other Missouri teams! Late nights in the barns are always fun.
WHAT ENERGIZES YOU AND DRAINS YOU AT HORSE SHOWS? Lots of caffeine keeps me energized. And late nights will drain you but also drive you to keep working harder!
WHO IS YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE HORSE? My all-time favorite horse would be Presleys Got Rhythm Aka Diesel I was given the opportunity to help a 16-year-old girl begin his training career when he was 4 years old. He was fun and difficult to teach at times. He not only helped get my career as a professional trainer off the ground but has taught me so much over the years. I believe that you will always learn something new every time you swing your leg over a horse.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT MQHA? My favorite thing about MQHA is how well everyone gets along. We get together at our MQHA shows and our year end banquet and everyone always has such a fun time together. I think we have one of the best groups of youth riders who always support and cheer for each other!
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO WHEN YOU ARE NOT AT A HORSE SHOW? I like to spend time with family and friends at our family farm.
WHAT IS YOUR REAL JOB, OUTSIDE OF MQHA? Professional Horse Trainer
ARE YOU A MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? I am a morning person, but typically must be both a horse shows.
DO YOU USUALLY ARRIVE EARLY OR LATE? Early
ON FRIDAY NIGHT…WOULD YOU RATHER GO OUT OR STAY IN? Staying in sitting on the couch watching a movie with my husband and son is our typical Friday night
IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPERPOWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE? I would want to be able to read minds.
WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS FOR TURNING A BAY DAY INTO A GOOD ONE? Something we always tell the people on our team, “We have to close this box leaving all the bad inside and open a new box for good to come into our day. Letting go of what's now in the past.”
IF YOU WERE TO WRITE A MEMOIR ABOUT YOUR LIFE, WHAT WOULD YOU TITLE IT? Life of the crazy horse lady
TELL A FACT THAT MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU? I showed Arabian Horses during my youth career
SHARE THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE ANYONE HAS EVER GIVEN YOU: Walk into every part of life like you own it!
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER? A horse trainer or a photographer
NAME ONE THING ON YOUR BUCKET LIST? To visit another country.
LAST MOVIE YOU SAW? Dog
LAST BOOK YOU READ? No idea, I don't have time.
FAVORITE SERIES YOU BINGE WATCHED? Yellowstone
WOULD YOU EVER GO ON A REALITY SHOW? IF SO, WHICH ONE? Probably not
FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? Football
FAVORITE TEAM? Kansas City Chiefs
FAVORITE FOOD? Anything Italian
FAVORITE QUOTE? Sit Deep & Drive Forward.
