This blog will mainly be about the model horse hobby, focusing heavily on Breyers, with some random weirdness mixed in. Off we go!
The next Limited Edition is Chardonnay, who is the second German Riding Pony to be represented at Breyerfest (remember the Celebration Horse, Nikolas, is a German Riding Pony as well). Chardonnay is a portrait model and will be portrayed on the Flash mold:
Chardonnay, as a Limited Edition model, will be available to both in-person and online ticket holders. He is limited to a run of 3,000 pieces and is priced at $75.
*Photos of Chardonnay are from Breyer’s website.*
This is one of those drafts that I was unable to finish in a timely manner, so here it is, late to the gate…
Collectors are being treated to a new mold for Breyerfest 2022. Sculpted by Brigitte Eberl, the German Riding Pony mold (#815) is joining the Breyer family. Debuting as a portrait model of Nikolas, a buckskin GRP gelding, this fellow is sure to be popular. Nikolas and Avatar’s Jazzman (whose portrait model is on the Flash mold) are scheduled to be at the Kentucky Horse Park for Breyerfest. Both are owned by Melissa Dowling, and trained and ridden by Lauren Chumley. Here is another photo taken from a slightly different angle (though it does look almost the same as the photo above):
The photo below may give an indication of the model’s size. In the photo, the model looks to be at yet another slightly different angle while being held:
For Breyerfest Prost, I am extra-super-hoping they use the Georg mold. While the mold is depicting a German breed (Rhenish German Draft), Breyer can sometimes be…unpredictable with their interpretations of chosen themes. I will say that for the Breyerfest 2021 theme of Horse of a Different Color, Breyer knocked it out of the park. That was my favorite Breyerfest theme hands down. Speaking of Breyerfest, it is of no surprise that Breyer has officially announced that Breyerfest 2022 will be an online and in-person hybrid. It’s going to be interesting to see how they balance that out.
*Photos of Nikolas are from Breyer’s website and JAH.*
