Peter and Lori Conway have a long history with the Arabian horse as exhibitors and as dedicated breeders. Lori has a passion for showing horses in both the Western and English divisions but these days her time is mostly devoted to the breeding end of the business. Foaling out 26 mares this year and running their new farm in Florida hasn’t left much time for riding and showing. Peter augments his passion for breeding with the satisfaction of serving on several of the horse show community’s governing bodies. Together, they are a formidable pair who continue to support and promote the breed wholeheartedly, as evidenced by their farm slogan,“Bred To Move You.”
In 2023, Conway Arabians, under the leadership of Peter and Lori, continued their streak of success, earning numerous accolades for their achievements in breeding, showing, and service to the Arabian horse. The Conways were AHT Leading Breeders of purebreds by number of winners and overall, with three national champions emerging from the Conway Arabians program. Wild Hearts CA (VJ Royal Heir x Wildfire
LOA) was crowned the 2023 Mid Summer National Champion Arabian English Pleasure, while Money Trane CA (Coltrane SS x Viressa) became Canada’s 2023 National Arabian Champion Half-Arabian Country English Pleasure AATR. To complete the trio, Songwriter CA (Coltrane SS x ROL Fire Mist) earned the
2023 U.S. National Champion English Pleasure Futurity title. Meanwhile, Songwriter’s full sibling, Rubi Slippers, was the National Reserve Champion in the same class. Money Trane and Songwriter’s sire, the black beauty, Coltrane SS (IXL Noble Express x Brassmis), and the 2018 U.S. National Champion Park horse, has contributed to Conway’s status as 2023 Saddle Seat Leader by being named a Leading Living Sire of Overall Saddle Seat national winners (purebred and Half-Arabian). Coltrane is also a Leading Sire of purebred national winners by his number of winning offspring and by the total number of wins. His prepotency is evident through his many champions, who mirror his carriage, style and movement.
Prosuasion (SF Specs Shocwave x MZ Kitty) is a new and important element in the Conway Arabians Saddle Seat breeding program. A celebrated show horse, Prosuasion earned six National Champion titles and five Reserves beginning in 2011, when he was named the U.S. National Champion English
Pleasure Futurity winner. Most recently, he earned U.S. National Champion Park Horse honors in 2022. Prosuasion excels as a sire, with his progeny earning seven National Champion titles and two Reserves, with 27 additional Top Ten awards.
In 2023, his son, Prosuaded By Love (x Heirs Noble Love), was named the U.S. National Champion English Pleasure Junior Horse, which followed his 2022 U.S. National Champion AEPA $100,000 Saddle Seat Futurity and 2021 U.S. National Champion English Pleasure Futurity victories. Another son, Barrister DGL (x Noble Blitz), is a highly regarded junior stallion for the Conways. The breeding program is based at Peter and Lori’s beautiful new farm in Micanopy, Florida. They are breeding mares to Coltrane, Prosuasion and Barrister in 2024.
