Liveshow Report Part 5: Random Pictures

I took some more pictures at the show so here are a few more 😊

An Arabian class 

My Brego taking first in his class.

Suffolk Punches

Fjords

My table at the show

Beautiful Eberl Rosita

Beautiful vintage model

Another vintage model who did well.

The Legendary Phrixos!

Magic Merlin

One of my favourite vintage models!

Liveshow Report Part 2: Vintage

Models made before 2007 had a show of their own. The Vintage show. Some of the models shown were made several years before I was born and they still look great! I don't have a whole lot of vintage models as I haven't been in the hobby for that long and I tend to prefer the newer models. That being said, there were still several that I wouldn't mind bringing home with me!

I had a total of 6 vintage models to show. The oldest made in 2002 or 2003. 

As usual we started the show with the foals. I surprised myself by having three foals to show. The did okay placing second, fourth and fifth in their class. Chance, who placed second in the class surprised me by claiming the champion reserve title (poor girl doesn't get out to shows that often) behind an incredibly detailed prancing foal.

Champion Foal: Busta Move, Sm. Prancing Foal rep. D. Capwell
Champion Foal Reserve: Chance, Sm. Scrambling Foal cm T. Wolmer 

Arabians were up next and I actually had one to show. She rarely gets out to shows as she might not be the best conformation wise but I think she's absolutely adorable anyway. She had quite tough competition and I wasn't surprised that she placed last in her class. The Championship title was claimed by a beautifully painted Proud Arabian Mare with an awesome customized Swaps as reserve. I really like Swaps customized into an Arabian and that one is really nice (he could come live with me if he wanted 😉)!

Champion Arabian (right): Ahvaz Lyra, PAM cm K. Gerhardt
Champion Arabian Reserve (left): Ahvaz Fateh, Swaps cm S. Nordström

The stockhorse championship had some really nice models in it. One of my absolute favourite vintage models showed in this division and managed to claim the champion reserve title. I am not a fan of the Stud Spider mold but that model is another one that would be very welcome to come live with me 😊. The champion was a beautifully painted and hair Ideal Stock Horse.

Champion Stockhorse: R. Frosted Robin, PS ISH rh F. Cohen
Champion Stockhorse Reserve: R. Poco Leo Chex, Stud Spider rrh Elaine Lindelef

The Riding- and Carriagehorse championship was not very big but there were some really nice horses shown. My dear Madonna made me proud and took first in her class and went on to claim the reserve champion title behind a dapple grey Andalusian.

Champion Riding- and Carriagehorse: Legendario, AA mini Andalusian rep. S. Nordström
Champion Riding- and Carriagehorse Reserve: Madonna, Sm. G2 ASB rep. C. Johansson

In the pony championship it was the day of the grey welshes as both the champion and reserve was grey welshes. There were also a riding pony, dartmoor, shetland and another welsh in the championship.

Champion Pony: Nebulosa, Breyer Cl. QH Stallion rh LMS Remaking
Champion Pony Reserve: Star's Perfect Pitch, Cl. Arabian Stallion rrh S. Nordström

The wild- and crossbreds championship offered a nice mix of mustangs, polo ponies and different crossbreds. A really cool draftcross with amazing blue eyes was crowned champion with a nice bay mustang as reserve.

Champion Wild- and Crossbreds (right): TS Bonnie Bluebelle, Tr. Clydesdale Mare rrh M. Spinella
Champion Wild- and Crossbreds (left): Llaqtaymanta, Tr. Indian Pony rep. S. Nordström

The other Equus championship was really, really small with only one entrant so naturally, he was crowned champion.

Champion Other Equus: Lillen, Unknown Porcelain rep. S. Nordström
Champion Other Equus Reserve: -

Drafthorses were up after the other Equus and in this championship one of the "vintage legends" showed. He also proved he is still going strong by claiming the champion reserve title behind a lovely dapple grey mare.

Champion Drafthorse: Rumneyhill Victoria, Breyer Clydesdale mare rrh S. Nordström
Champion Drafthorse Reserve: Simmerl, Breyer Clydesdale Mare rrh M. Baumann

I'm not sure how it happened but I managed to miss out on photographing the champion of the sporthorse championship! I can't believe it! I think I might have been too busy checking them out on the judges table and then somehow forgot to take pictures of them. Anyway the champion was a really great custom of the breyer trakhner with a really cool Hanoverian custom as reserve.

Champion Sporthorse (top photo): Amantus VS, Breyer Trakhner rrh D. Capwell
Champion Sporthorse Reserve (bottom photo): TS Vino Tinto, Breyer Hannoverian cm M. Spinella 

After a tough voting the sporthorse champion was voted Best In Show with the stockhorse champion as Best in Show Reserve.

Best in Show Vintage: Amantus VS
Best in Show Vintage Reserve: R. Frosted Robin

Special Shows

The show also offered four special shows in addition to the resin and plastic divisions. You could enter a maximum of 5 models to each of the shows.

The special shows held were:

Novice

Fantasy

Original Finish Plastic

Vintage

Unfortunately I didn't get a whole lot of pictures of the different entries in these shows but at least I managed to get pictures of the winners!

I couldn't enter the novice show as I am not a novice anymore. This show had some really cute models but in the end it was won by the cutest little G2 Pony called Amadeus.

Best in Show Novice: Amadeus, Sm. G2 Shetland OF

The Fantasy show is always fun to see, even though I don't collect fantasy models myself I love to see all the beautiful creations. An absolutely beautiful unicorn claimed the Best in Show title.

Best In Show Fantasy: Chrysaor, HA Kilimanjaro rep. D. Brown

The Original finish plastic special show was the only special show I entered as I didn't have any horses to enter in the other shows. I entered 5 horses and the show was divided in 7 classes. Shaniqua (Cl. Arabian Mare OF) didn't place in her class. Fandango (Tr. Valegro OF) and Imperia (Tr. Sidesaddle Strapless OF) showed in the same class and got first and second. Bocelli (Tr. Tregoyd Journeyman OF) took first in his class. Last but not least was Remembrance (PS Pony Shoal OF) who also won his class. So for the callback table I owned 3 out of 7 horses. And Remembrance managed to claim the Best in Show for me! *Happy dance*

Best in Show Original Finish Plastic: Remembrance, PS Pony Shoal OF

The vintage show brought out some really old goodies! Some where even older than me and in awesome shape at that! I do have some more pictures of some vintage ones and they will be up on my Facebook page soon :) Most of the horses were done pre-2000 with several done around 1992-1995. If I remember correctly the adorable little pony who claimed the Best in Show was done around 1992-1995. It was really fun to see all these pieces of hobby history!

Best in Show Vintage: Nebulosa, Breyer Cl. Quarterhorse Stallion rh LMS

Show report - Vintage

The show also had a seperate vintage show. And in the vintage show customized horses older than 10 years were welcome to participate. It was great to see all the oldies. Some of them are real pieces of modelhorse history with the oldest pieces made way back in the 70's! That's impressive since most of them look really good for their age! Eventough I've been in the hobby for 8 years now (wow, where have the years gone?) I've mostly collected OF Breyer so I don't have any vintage horses but it's fun to see how good the oldies look :)

 

There was a total of 17 classes divided on 5 divisions.

Arabians/Thoroughbreds
Draft breeds/Pony breeds
American Breeds
Other Breeds
Foals

 

Champion: Walad (left)
Champion reserve: TEA Sheeba (right)

First up were the arabians and thoroughbreds. Some of them I've seen before and some I haven't. The oldest creation was from the 80's and the newest was dated 2003 in this division. In the end Walad claimed the Champion title. Walad is a Breyer PAM rrh by Sophie Nordström in 1997. Another rh PAM, this time by LMS remaking, from 1992, TEA Sheeba, claimed the champion reserve.



Champion: DO Ellusive Dreams (left)
Champion reserve: Simmerl (right)

The draft/pony division only had three classes, one for drafters and two for ponys. But eventough it was a small division there were still a great deal of nice horses ranging from the 70's to 2000. The champion in this division was DO Ellusive Dreams, a PAM rrh by Carol Hale in 1994. Reserve was Simmerl, a breyer clydesdale mare rrh Monika Baumann in the 80's

Champion: BGF Brokeback Mountain (left)
Champion Reserve: Crabtree Noontime Spender (right)

The American breed division was the biggest with horses created from the 80's to 2003. The champion of the division was BGF Brokeback Mountain, a Breyer Trakhener rrh by Michelle Belisle-Locke in 1994. Champion reserve was claimed by Crabtree Noontime Spender, a sweet old american saddlebred stallion who started his life as a Breyer PAS. He was rrh by Kay Holmes in 1985.

Champion: Phrixos (left)
Champion reserve: Björkhaga Waldemar (right)

The other breeds division had crossbreds, warmbloods and mules among others. The champion was a trakhener, Phrixos, made in 1977 from a Breyer Hannoveraner and rrh by Judy Renee Pope. The reserve was Björkhaga Waldemar, a Breyer cl. Jet Run cm Carlee Balling in 1995.

Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the foal division, which only consisted of one class. But it was won by Hallon, a paint foal, from a Breyer sm. TB foal, rep. Janet Bonney.

Best In Show: Phrixos (left)
Best In Show Reserve: BGF Brokeback Mountain (right)



The Best in Show was a tough vote but in the end Phrixos was crowned Best in Show with BGF Brokeback Mountain as Best in Show Reserve.