The Placings:
🥇1st: Horse A - Heath
This week, all three models in the class are of roughly the same run size, time frame, run type, and condition. So, how do we place them in this case? We're down to desirability. Despite being the most recent of the three presented here today, Heath is the clear winner. Othello is the most popular mold of the three, and Heath's color is the best executed. He has nice shading, nice masking, and is an easy breed assignment for showers.
🥈2nd: Horse B - Griffin
In second place, we have Griffin. The Cleveland Bay is a pretty popular mold, but his color drops him down below Heath. The run tends to be more of a Cheeto orange rather than the flaxen chestnut he's intended to be. The photo makes my copy look less orange than he is in reality. In a better color, he could challenge Heath due to being slightly older on an equally popular mold, but alas, he is what he is.
🥉3rd: Horse C - Moondance
Moondance is the easy third place here. By far the Forever Saige mold is the least popular of the three. While her masking is nice, her pattern means there's less of her base color, and what we see is fairly flat. Basecoating her whites might have made her more appealing, but even still, her mold is highly unpopular, in part due to the perceived length of her neck, particularly on her offside. A better color could swing odds in her favor, but against two hobby favorites in Othello and the Cleveland Bay, Moondance is the obvious third place choice.
How did you place these three? What criteria did you use to make your decision? Remember, your placings do not need to match mine!
I had Griffin first since the time difference means they probably made many more of Heath and I thought Griffin was a lovely palomino! I also have a preference for solids over pintos. But yes, Moondance third.
ReplyDeleteI had Griffin 1st, Moon Dance 2nd, and Heath 3rd. The Griffin has lovely shading and fits the breed well. Though the Mustang Mare mold is not really popular there was a lower number produced and she is rather HTF these days on the second hand market. Though she has a teeny bit of over spray in a few spots of color I still feel she is more collectable over Heath. Now Heath is not easy to show as much any breed the othello is supposed to represent. I know as I have live shown mine 2 times at fun shows and the judges all gave him the gate and not due to any flaws, but because of breed picked. One judge said the mold is too bulky for a Vanner, and the leg feathers were poorly for a Vanner too. The other said my choice of Spotted Draft was nice BUT what breeds were used to produce a Roan Sabino with that much feathering. Sigh he just doesn't fit except as a Grade Draft which seldom gets much attention outside of the Mixed/Grade breed Class. Both judges did comment on mine having the best paint job with no ear tip rubs though.
ReplyDeleteI love the Cleveland Bay mold, and have Griffin (I may have two), but DARN Breyer looked at the fluorescent-yellow FAS and said "hold my beer" when they did this color. Mine is way on the cheeto end of the spectrum.
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