Wednesday, August 5, 2026

The BreyerFest Files: The 2026 Haul

๐Ÿ“‚ The BreyerFest Files๐Ÿ“‚

In place of the usual July monthly round up of additions, this month we have the 2026 BreyerFest haul! I didn't buy anything outside of BreyerFest week in July, so it made the most sense to schedule this post on my usual first Wednesday of the month. Most of my BreyerFest budget was spent on pre-arranged pickups, so I didn't buy much outside of my Special Runs. 

We'll start with the aforementioned pre-arranged pickups! We'll start with the Anton, as he's been a long time coming. My friend Kelly runs a cheapie string of models, and she ended up with a donation of the Vintage Club Anton. I was looking for one, and Kelly tends to sell off her Project Cheapie String models at the end of the project in order to fund the next project. I laid claim to the Anton, and we spent the next two years in a fun cycle of - "Well, I've found the box but no horse" "I have the horse but no box" "I have the horse and box but I can't make it to this show." Well, the horse reappeared to attend NAN this year, and I snagged him off Kelly before leaving Kentucky. (In theory I'm getting his box at Happy Kamper, as it pulled its disappearing trick again). 

Mini Tortuga is one I've been after for a while - I've had mini Jade and mini Mauvelous in my collection for a few years, and I've been looking to complete the set. I have a reputation at this point for my mini obsession, to the point my friends reach out to me when they have minis they're looking to sell. My friend Lindsay is one of those people - she was getting her sales together for BreyerFest, and asked if there were any minis I was looking for. I mentioned mini Tortuga, and with luck she not only had him, but also the COA, and was willing to split both out from the rest of the set. I also picked up the blue G1 Arabian Mare keychain from her. 

The Highland Pony keychain was another instance of a friend reaching out to me privately. I was very thrilled to add her - I've had the opportunity to add some great rarities to my collection this year, but I think I'm going to save her full story for a future Collection Spotlight!

Finally, I was able to pre-purchase both this year's VIP pin set and the 2008 BreyerFest lapel pin from yet another hobby friend. I was very excited about the 2008 pin, as it was my first BreyerFest! 

Next up, we have my room sales purchases. Like I mentioned, I didn't buy a lot this year, and I didn't do a lot of shopping in general. I was just too busy and too tired. I am very happy with what I acquired! I picked up the multimedia dun Swaps from a friend's room on the first Sunday night after picking up my NAN packet. The G3 Stock Horse is an upgrade for the one I have who went yellow - thanks Heather B. for that girl! The classic Man O'War and Quarter Horse Foal came from the same room - the Man O'War especially is in fantastic shape. The NIP Thoroughbred Mare came from another friend's room, and has different packaging from my other 90s NIP G1 Thoroughbred Mare. The two keychains likewise I picked up from friends - though on different nights! I've definitely been on a keychain kick lately - those early BreyerFest ones, I'm coming for you next! 
I wasn't planning on entering the NAN raffle. Then I had time to kill on Tuesday waiting for performance to finish (my stewarding part was done, but I carpooled with my friend who was a performance judge) so I looked over the raffle. This model in package specifically with the misprinted label has been a minor grail of mine for a while, so I dropped $30 worth of raffle tickets in for him. It paid off. I'm still figuring out the perfect show name for him, and I'm very excited for his show career to begin this fall! 

Time to move into the official event models, starting with the Celebration Horse and Event Stablemates. I had three tickets, two I purchased, plus one ticket as compensation for volunteering. I picked the nicest Flinka of my three and sold my extras to my BreyerFest roomies. The two tickets I purchased before the cutoff for included event Stablemates, which would mean I only had to track down the other two event Stablemates instead of paying for the full set from the Breyer Store and hoping they didn't sell out before I got there like last year. As it happens, my friend Sarah had two pre-cutoff tickets as well, and doesn't collect minis, decos, or glossies. I offered to take her two off her hands. My friend doing pickups while we were at the live show grabbed me nearly one of everything, but Helsinki wasn't available when she went through. She grabbed me two of the Lying Mare instead, and I exchanged one for one of my roommate's extra Helsinkis. Hobby friends are worth their weight in gold!

It was a light Special Run year for me! I did get three tickets because I always want two surprise models, and I went the master list route because it has never failed me. I was actually was glad Breyer revealed the variations early, as it meant I aimed to put two mules on my list instead of the mare and foal set. I did get all of my picks (two surprises, two mules, a Midnattssol, and an Oseberg). I was equally fortunate to pull all of the variations I wanted: glossy Oseberg and both the bell tail and swish tail mules. I ended up with two of the gold decorator Surprises, and I plan on selling both of those, so they didn't make it into the loot pic. 

It was a light store special year for me as well! I'm not a huge Idocus or Icelandic Pony collector, I don't trust my cats enough to collect the crystals, and the Classic was cute but not my speed. As per usual, I picked up the Stablemate set, and I needed the Gotland Pony for conga reasons. 

The mish mash of non-model acquisitions! I always try to pick up the magnet, enamel pin, plush, and mug every year. I snagged the sweatpants from the Breyer Store on Sunday on the recommendation of a friend. I finally made it to Old Friends this year and picked up the travel mug and the hat. It's not a BreyerFest without buying the chaotic nonsense Shauna has cooked up - this year it was genuine horse hockey bases and Clarion carpet pins. I also once again participated in the Heather jam trade (I got peach this year!) I picked up a nice pony pouch for my NIP Morgan. The Dala Horse keychain and rubber duck were both given to me by strangers while I was on volunteer shifts. 
For online models, I needed two Hygges and one Uff Da. I ordered one Hygge myself (fighting with the cell service in the Alltech to do so), and my friend Amanda grabbed my Uff Da and second Hygge. All three have arrived, though the ones Amanda ordered will be in a later additions post as they shipped to her and I don't have them yet. Both of my Hygges ended up being the decorator variation, so I'll end up buying the realistic at some point, keeping the nicer decorator, and selling the other. 
I'll talk more about my experience volunteering in next Wednesday's post, but suffice to say - I was both a NAN volunteer and a BreyerFest volunteer this year. It meant I spent the week with little free time and even less sleep, but it was a very rewarding experience! I was happy to give back to the hobby. I ended up with a lovely purple medallion to match my other purple medallions from 2022 and 2024, and the champagne variation of the volunteer model. His show name is going to be She Works Hard for the Money. (I'm the she. He's the money.)
Not technically a purchase, but my wonderful friend Brooke made me a tray for carrying minis at shows. I had a DIY one that I used myself, but when I was running Kelly's models at BOB this year, she had a tray made by Brooke. Brooke was also attending BOB, and I made sure to compliment her on how nice it was and how much I liked using it. She offered to make me one as well! If anyone is looking for a tray, I highly recommend reaching out to her (I can get you in touch with her!)

Friday, July 31, 2026

It's Friday, I'm a Guest Judge! Breed: Quarter Horse by Shannon Call

It's time for another guest judge on the blog! This month, I asked my friend Shannon to assess a Quarter Horse class. 
Quarter Horse
by Shannon Call

Greetings! I’m Shannon Call, and I’m so excited that Macie invited me onto her blog. I’ll be chatting about a class of Breyer Quarter Horse mares.

A little about me: I’ve been collecting OF Breyers for over 40 years—back when the hobby meant sending self‑addressed stamped envelopes to other hobbyists for price lists and mailing printed photos for photo shows. I didn’t attend my first live show until 2017, but once I did… that was it, I was completely hooked. These days I make it to about 3–6 live shows a year, including BreyerFest Live. I also judge photo shows for Great Lakes Congress (GLC). More recently I’ve started live show judging too, which I am really enjoying. I am the current NAMHSA Region 7 representative. BreyerFest is the best weekend of the year. 

On the real‑horse side of my life, I’m active in AQHA, competing in all‑around events and have shown at the All-American Quarter Horse Congress and AQHA World show. I serve as president of the Northern Ohio Quarter Horse Association which hosts three multiday AQHA shows each year. I also compete in western dressage and am trying out working equitation. My horse background goes back over 40 years and includes being a 4‑H kid (and later an advisor) growing up with my horses in my backyard, showing hunters and equitation with the Ohio Hunter Jumper Association, and riding on the Ohio University IHSA team for four years and two more as an alum in both hunt seat and western events.

Long story short: I love the competitive horse‑show world. I follow a lot of different breeds and disciplines, and the real‑world experience has helped me tremendously when it comes to showing model horses. 

Now let’s look at our quarter horse mare class, starting with some background on the breed.
The American Quarter Horse, with more than 6 million horses registered, is the world’s largest equine breed registry. They are characterized by their heavily muscled body, powerful shoulders and hindquarters, and strong, sturdy legs. Their heads are finely chiseled and of a flat profile with a wide forehead. 17 different colors are accepted by AQHA. Markings do not typically affect a Quarter Horse’s registration but any horse with excessive white will have a notation on its registration certificate as an undesirable trait and uncharacteristic of the breed. The only pinto pattern known to exist in American Quarter Horses is the overo pattern. This includes subpatterns splash and sabino.

Known for its versatility and depending on how the horse is bred for a specific discipline, quarter horses come in varying body types, but all maintain the general quarter horse characteristics.

General rules of balance in conformation regardless of type:
When viewed from the side, the length of the shoulder, back, and hip should all be equal. This is known as the rule of thirds.  The top of the neck should ideally be twice as long as the underside of the horse’s neck, or a 2-to-1 ratio. Ideally, the back of the horse should be shorter than its underline. The angle of the horse’s shoulder should be approximately 45°. When viewed from the side, the hip of the horse should appear square. The heart girth should equal the length from the underline to the ground.
As model horse judges we observe correctness of anatomy, biomechanics, and conformation, and may have to evaluate a model not standing square. We consider breed and gender characteristics.  Since we are judging model horses we are also going to evaluate model condition, finish and molding artifacts due to the sculpture and molding processes. 

For this clinic we have three quarter horse mares. All three models demonstrate strong quarter horse type.  Two are in action and one is standing square.  These three models are all in excellent condition and finish. Two models are matte and one is glossy.  The finish if it is clean and complementary to the model does not affect my opinion on placings. These three models are all strong contenders in a QH class and any of them could be the winner.

Also remember that a judging opinion is just that, an opinion. A judge should have a good understanding of correct breed conformation, but they may tend to gravitate towards a mold, type, finish or just have certain preferences; that is human nature and why there is always another show and the same model doesn’t win all the time.

Horse A: Kendall
Horse B: Wimpy's Little Chic
Horse C: Delia

Shannon's placings can be found under the jump. ↓

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

The BreyerFest Files: Collector's Class 2026

๐Ÿ“‚ The BreyerFest Files๐Ÿ“‚

I mentioned it last week in my Open Show report, but I once again entered the Collector's Class this year! This year, I used a theme that I've been waiting on for a while - Taylor Swift albums. At the BreyerFest Open Show, the Collector's Class has a maximum of twelve models, so I was waiting for Taylor to release album #12 before doing a Swiftie themed Collector's Class. Imagine my surprise when not only did she release her twelfth album last year, but that the colors of that album color were a dead on match for the micro run decorator variation of Shindig. It felt like kismet. It was time. 

My first order of business was tracking down the decorator Shindig. He was the linchpin for the class, and I was not fortunate enough to pull one from Breyer organically. Once I secured one on time payments, it was time to start thinking about who else would go in the class. I knew gold baby, Moon Pie, and my no stamp dapple gray G1 ASB were locks, but I spent months debating who else would go in the class, and asking friends what their opinions were. I actually finalized my list June 27! 

My goal with this was a roughly chronological timeline of the Stablemates line, each one assigned to a respective Taylor Swift album. My final list ended up as follows: 
  1. Debut: No stamp ASB
  2. Fearless: Mexico stamp G1 Quarter Horse Mare
  3. Speak Now: BreyerFest 1998 Purple Clearware G1 Thoroughbred Lying Foal Keychain 
  4. Red: 2004 JCP Parade of Breeds G1 Draft
  5. 1989: Frankenstang
  6. Reputation: Gold Baby
  7. Lover: Moon Pie
  8. Folklore: Mini Hermoso
  9. Evermore: Vintage Club Misty
  10. Midnights: Puget
  11. TTPD: Gold Buggy
  12. The Life of a Showgirl: Deco Shindig
With each model assigned an album, their information card of course had to match in theme! Not only did I put the album on each card, but I also pulled a relevant lyric from each album as well. Each horse also got a friendship bracelet made by me for the album they represented. The friendship bracelets may have been made the Friday before I left for BreyerFest, but that's okay! I additionally pulled some Taylor Swift merch from my merch collection, as well as a handful of bracelets I had traded for at various Taylor and model horse events for additional decoration. 

One thing about me is I've become a fan of using Canva, and I realized as I was setting up my class at home that I had forgotten to make a sign for the class. I realized - what if I recreated the vibes of the Eras Tour poster? And off I went with my iced coffee and a dream. Each model in the sign is the model in the class in their respective era! I was very proud of it.  
The sign all put together with the cowboy hat disco ball cup I found on sale at Michaels! 
My initial run through of the class - at this point I had not finished making the friendship bracelets or the sign, but I needed to have a rough idea of how the class would be arranged on show day!
My entry didn't place this year, but that's okay. The entries that won were all very deserving, and I'm happy with how my entry turned out. I spent most of this year tweaking it and second guessing myself on it, nearly up until the last second, but I did finish it, and it looked nice. I had people compliment me on it as I was setting it up, and it means more to me that people liked it! There's a show I'm attending later this year that has a Collector's Class, so it may even get a second chance to shine! (Or I'll do something new! Who knows!) 

Sunday, July 26, 2026

Stablemate Sunday: Premier Club 2014-2018

Happy Sunday! It's the last Sunday of the month, and we're back for another edition of Stablemate Sunday. We've looked at the beginnings of the Vintage Club, the Stablemates Club, and the Deluxe Collector Club, so let's round off the Breyer Clubs with the Premier Club! (Yes, I do know about the Fairytale Friends Club, the post has been in my drafts for months, but for the life of me I cannot find one of the models in the disaster that is my horse room. We'll get there!)

Like the Vintage Club, the Premier Club debuted in 2012, advertised as Connoisseur-level finishwork on three brand new sculptures each year. Unlike the Vintage Club, a bonus Stablemate at the end of the year for members who had purchased all of the models that year was not present from the inception of the club. The Premier Club's first Stablemate was mini Falhofnir in 2014. 

Now, the Premier Club debuted around the time I was in high school and on a hobby break, so I can't say if there was controversy around one Club having a Stablemate, and one Club not. That being said, I don't think it's a coincidence that Breyer debuted the Stablemate Icelandic mold for BreyerFest 2013 to turn around and have the 2014 Premier Club include a traditional Icelandic sculpt. 

The Premier Club Stablemate is also distinct from the Vintage Club Stablemate. The Vintage Club Stablemates are all unique models, while the Premier Club Stablemate replicates one of the colorways from that year on a miniature version. While the Premier Club Stablemate started as a nearly 1:1 recreation from one of the releases (in color and body type), as it has progressed that is not always the case (but that's more of a story for the inevitable part two!)
And here he is - mini Falhofnir, the first Premier Club Stablemate! He's done in a delicious glossy silver bay pinto. As you would expect, he's a miniature version of Falhofnir from the Club that year, though with a few differences. For one, Breyer wasn't using the shrink ray yet in 2014, so the sculpts are different (trad Falhofnir being a Moody sculpt, and mini Falhofnir being a Lunger sculpt). The traditional version of Falhofnir was offered in matte and glossy finishes, while the mini was only ever offered in gloss. There were approximately 741 made of mini Falhofnir. 

I remember mini Falhofnir was my hardest Premier Club Stablemate to track down. He was one I had to find secondhand years after the fact. I want to say I tracked him down somewhere between 2018-2020? I'm pretty sure I bought him from someone on MH$P before it went defunct. He's definitely one of my favorite Stablemates, and he's shown well for me. His show name is All The Girls Say. 
Next, we have the 2015 set: mini Hermoso and Corazon. They utilize the finishwork of the Hermosa and Corazon set, although the adult is done on a stallion mold and thus has the masculine version of the name. To date, they are the only adult-foal set used for a Premier Club Stablemate. I'd love to see it happen again (especially if we get new Stablemate foal molds out of it!). They are done as glossy black tobianos with cat tracks. 

I'm fairly sure I picked my set up secondhand, and both are excellent show models for me, racking up several NAN cards each (and the adult just got a top ten in collectability at NAN!) Hermoso shows under the show name Fearless Leader, and the foal shows under the name Heartsick. 
In 2016, Breyer went a different route for the Premier Club Stablemate - a mostly new mold. The Running Mare mold originally appeared as a porcelain Esperanza as part of the Spirit Collection in 2002. She made her transition to plastic in 2016, being used twice - once as a BreyerFest Single Day Stablemate and once here, as mini Geronimo for the Premier Club. She's done as a matte grulla frame overo to match the traditional Geronimo. 2016 marked the first year Breyer stopped giving run numbers for the Premier Club, so we don't know exactly how many of her were made. 

I can't remember when exactly I picked her up - it was either direct from Breyer in a Black Friday sale or I snagged her from someone secondhand. I think I've photo shown her once, and I actually can't remember the name I showed her under. She has a nice color, but her mold doesn't have the best ABCs (she was meant as a cartoon character!), so she'll probably never go to a live show. 
Next up, we have mini True North! Released for the 2017 Premier Club, mini True North utilized the finishwork of True North - a lovely matte silver bay frame overo. Mini True North marked several departures from the established pattern - for the first time, the breed type didn't match up to the large version! True North is a warmblood, while mini True North is a fluffy cob type. Mini True North was the debut of the mini Vanner mold, originally released as a traditional sized sculpt for the 2012 Premier Club. This also makes him one of the earliest uses of the shrink ray on existing Breyer sculpts (I think just the Eberl Andalusian Stallion is earlier, with his gallery release being 2012 and his plastic introduction being 2013). 

Like mini Geronimo, this is one who doesn't get to show much for me, though he has photo shown for me in the past! His show name is Magnetic Pull. I definitely remember picking him up from the Breyer Black Friday sale in 2018. 
Rounding off the first years of the Premier Club, we have Darwin. Darwin marked a few firsts for the Premier Club Stablemate - he was a brand new sculpture (not a shrunken version of an existing traditional mold, not a porcelain that had been converted into plastic) and he had his own individual name rather than "Mini Dundee." Darwin takes his finishwork from Dundee, as a sabino dunalino. He's quite lovely in hand, and one of my favorite Premier Club releases! 

I am fairly certain I picked mine up secondhand from another collector, though like many of the earlier Premier Club Stablemates, it was long enough ago that I haven't retained the information! He's mostly photo shown for me, as I have too many other Spanish horses that usually throw him out of my show string. His show name is Devil Roll the Dice. 

Which early Premier Club Stablemate is your favorite? 

Friday, July 24, 2026

It's Friday, I'm a Judge! Breed: Arabian

Hello and happy Friday! We've got another mini breed class for you today.

As always, my personal judging history and credentials can be found on my About Me page. 

This week, I decided to make it harder for myself and you all - what do you do if there isn't a mold with great ABCs? How do you evaluate molds that are less accurate against each other? So, I'm once again looking at a mini Arabian class, but this time there are no Love molds or Eberls on the table. Let's refresh our memory on what we're looking for in an Arabian before looking at our class. 

According to the Arabian Horse Association, the breed standard is as follows:
  • Comparatively small head with a straight or preferably concave profile, small muzzle, large nostrils, round expressive dark eyes set well apart, small thin and well-shaped ears
  • Long arched neck set high, moderately high withers, short straight back, deep chest, comparatively horizontal croup, natural high tail carriage
Arabian mare
Horse A: G4 Arabian
Arabian mare
Horse B: G3 Arabian
Arabian stallion
Horse C: Galloping Arabian (Darley)

Evaluate each of these horses against the breed standard. What do they get right? Think about the ABCs - anatomy, biomechanics, and conformation/condition: who is the soundest option? When you're ready, my placings can be found under the jump. ↓

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Show Report: BreyerFest Open Show 2026

๐Ÿ”ต BreyerFest Open Show 2026๐ŸŸก

Welcome to the second show report from HorseFest, covering two days of the BreyerFest Open Show! Yes, I did five days of showing in a row. Yes, it was a lot. Yes, I might second guess myself before doing this again! 
I did put a little bit of strategizing in regards to my week when I was figuring out my show strings. I ultimately decided to take the least amount of horses on Thursday, which was Mini day. Yes, I know that's weird for me! But in my mind, I was doing a Collector's Class (which will have its own post next week!), and several of my best minis were showing NAN and I didn't want a ton of overlap for the strings (no one likes midweek repacking!), so it made the most sense to bring more trads. Plus, this way if I felt tired after three days of NAN, I wouldn't feel bad bailing if I only brought a small amount of horses. 

In total, I showed 28 minis - two in the new collectability division, and 26 in the regular run division. Probably half of what I brought for the regular run division had either only photo shown for me or never live shown at all! I came home on Thursday with eight placings and two NAN cards, which felt respectable, and a sore throat from cheering so loud for my friends who won sectional championships. 

It was also nice how smoothly Thursday ran - I think we were done by 3 at the latest? It was really nice to have a short and relaxing show day!  
My Mini Collectability Entries aka the "Named by Beth" pair
Friday was traditional and classic day, and my string was all over the place - some regular runs, some in both special run divisions, and some foals. I ended up with 13 placings and one NAN card. I was very close to getting the ribbon rainbow this year! I only missed out on the first. For a while on Friday the ninth was eluding me - I kept getting tenths! I swear I was more frustrated over not getting a ninth than not getting a first. I finally got my ninth in the RR Standardbred class, and it was the most exciting part of the day. 

I always go into the Open Show with no expectations - it's a huge show, with hundreds of entrants, and judges that you often don't know and haven't shown under. There are always some hiccups throughout the day. It's best to keep a good mindset - I'm there for the air conditioning and to hang out with my friends. The ribbons and NAN cards my horses bring home are a bonus. 

The NAN Qualifiers:
Stella - Mini RR Warmblood Breeds Solid
Depressed Damsel - Mini RR Foals Spanish Breeds and All Mustangs
Chocolate Drizzle - Special Run (non BreyerFest) Arabian Stallions & Geldings
Gay Prancer, second in the Mascots Fun Class! 

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Show Report: NAN 2026

๐ŸŸช๐Ÿ† NAN 2026 ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŸช

Monday NAN
Hello from the other side of HorseFest week! This is going to be a Thursday post instead of my usual Wednesday because I think I've spent the majority of the past three days when I'm not at work sleeping. A week of model horse festivities really takes it out of you! Over the next month, my Wednesday posts are pretty much going to be BreyerFest content, and we're starting that off with show reports today and next week. I did two multi-day shows during HorseFest this year - NAN and the BreyerFest Open Show, for a total of five days showing in a row. Reader, I was not built for waking up at 5am for five days straight. 

Today we'll start by talking about NAN, or North American Nationals. NAN occurs in even-numbered years in Kentucky, and I've volunteered or shown at it since I first started live showing in 2022. I have a post planned to talk about my volunteering experience, so we'll reflect on my 2024 NAN experience here for a minute. I always tend to go into shows with zero expectations, the mindset of "if one horse places I'll be happy," and that's doubly true when I show at NAN and the Open Show. I think in NAN 2024 I can home with one gold cookie, two silver cookies, and twenty top tens and I was thrilled. I had an idle goal that I'd like to do better this year, but I in no way expected to do so. 
...and Wednesday NAN
And then I nearly accomplished that goal on Monday, with two gold cookies, one silver cookie, and seventeen top tens. Wednesday was collectability day, and while I've been concentrating more on expanding my mini collectability string, I still did not expect anything. Cue four gold cookies, two silver cookies and twenty top tens. My total across two days of NAN was six gold cookies, three silver cookies, and 37 top tens, from 131 horses entered. I did not imagine I'd do this well, and I'm so happy that my work curating my collection and show string has paid off. 

I'd like to shout out a few of my cookie winners in particular. DWS Mister Waternoose, my loose mane Shannondell I bought from my friend Kelly M. came home with not just a silver cookie in breed, but a gold cookie in collectability as well. What made it even better was Kelly being there to see it! 
My beloved Golden Child completed her redemption arc from last NAN, and took top honors in the regular run unrealistic class. She's one of my favorites in my collection, and I was thrilled to see her (deservedly) do so well this time around. The same goes for my no-stamp dapple gray ASB Psychotic Love Theme, who took a Reserve Champion in a very competitive, 79 entry Regular Run mini class. Both of these models were very lucky eBay lot finds. 

I can't talk about NAN without giving a special shoutout to my friends Sarah P. and Kelsey B., who ran my collectability horses for me on Wednesday while I volunteered. They did such a fabulous job, and even took photos of everyone in the photo booth for me! I'm very fortunate to have such fabulous friends.

I haven't quite decided yet how many horses I'll take to NAN in 2028. I may work on some merit awards, and I may volunteer more next time. I'll have to see how my horses show in the next two years - I'm too tired to think about it now! 

The Cookie Winners:
Peony - OFP Breyer LB/SM Foals - Stock/Sport National Champion
Voulez-Vous - OFP Breyer LB/SM Spanish (all other colors) National Champion
DWS Mister Waternoose - OFP Breyer Draft - Clydesdale/Shire National Reserve Champion
DWS Mister Waternoose - OFP Collectibility Breyer SR 201+ Realistic Color - Draft/Pony/Other Type National Champion
Mist It By That Much - OFP Collectability Breyer SR 201+ Realistic Color LB/SM - Stock/Spanish Type
Golden Child - OFP Collectability Breyer Regular Run Unrealistic Color (post 1971) National Champion
Goldenlake - OFP Collectibility Breyer SR 201+ Realistic Color - Light/Gaited/Sport Type National Champion
Psychotic Love Theme - OFP Collectibility Breyer Reg Run Realistic Color LB/SM National Reserve Champion
Belli - OFP Collectability Breyer SR 201+ Realistic Color Foals LB/SM National Reserve Champion

The Top Tens (listed):
  • Always a Wendy - OFP Breyer Foals Light/Gaited/Other Foals
  • Riker Horse - OFP Breyer Gaited - ASB
  • Shameful Sunday - OFP Breyer LB/SM Arabian/Part Arabian
  • Ego Death - OFP Breyer LB/SM Morgan/Other Light
  • Southport - OFP Breyer Sport - Thoroughbred/Standardbred
  • I Don't Collect These - OFP Stone PB/CH Spanish
  • Everyone's Type - OFP Breyer LB/SM Spanish (all other colors)
  • Saludos al Sol - OFP Breyer LB/SM Spanish (all other colors)
  • Total Eclipse - OFP Breyer LB/SM Other Stock (Incl. Mustang)
  • Divine Rival - OFP Breyer LB/SM Other Stock (Incl. Mustang)
  • Not Mine to Lose - OFP Breyer LB/SM European Draft
  • Heavenmetal - OFP Breyer LB/SM Other Pure/Part (Incl. Donkey/Mule/Exotics)
  • Join the Heist - OFP Breyer LB/SM Other Pure/Part (Incl. Donkey/Mule/Exotics)
  • Goblin King - OFP Breyer LB/SM European Pony
  • Goblin King - OFP Collectability Breyer SR 201+ Realistic Color LB/SM - Draft/Pony Type
  • Heartbreak in Remission - OFP Collectability Breyer SR 201+ Realistic Color LB/SM - Draft/Pony Type
  • Coincidence - OFP Collectability Breyer SR 201+ Realistic Color LB/SM - Draft/Pony Type
  • Three Shots, Lemon Drops - OFP Collectability Breyer SR 201+ Realistic Color LB/SM - Draft/Pony Type
  • Daytime Contender - OFP Collectability Breyer SR 201+ Realistic Color LB/SM - Light/Gaited/Other Type
  • Gotta Goat - OFP Collectability Breyer SR 201+ Realistic Color LB/SM - Light/Gaited/Other Type
  • Fearless Leader - OFP Collectability Breyer SR 201+ Realistic Color LB/SM - Stock/Spanish Type
  • Greek Tragedy - OFP Collectability Breyer SR 201+ Realistic Color LB/SM - Stock/Spanish Type
  • It Ain't Me - OFP Collectability Breyer SR 201+ Realistic Color LB/SM - Sport Type
  • Say It Right - OFP Collectability Breyer SR Realistic Color Foals
  • A Jazz Combo - OFP Collectibility Breyer Connoisseur Realistic Color
  • Smol Gay Bean - OFP Collectibility Breyer LB/SM Fantasy Equid
  • Lighting Strike - OFP Collectibility Breyer Reg Run Realistic Color LB/SM
  • Friendship is Magic - OFP Collectibility Breyer SR 2 - 200 Realistic Color LB/SM

The BreyerFest Files: The 2026 Haul

๐Ÿ“‚ The BreyerFest Files๐Ÿ“‚ In place of the usual July monthly round up of additions, this month we have the 2026 BreyerFest haul! I didn'...