Design A Horse - One Week Only

There is going to be some serious begging to Brendon that I need one for an Easter present :p

http://www.stoneponys.com/pages/new-design-a-horse

The Live Show Project - Update

Many of you will be aware that at the beginning of the year I started a project. To live show every model I owed at least once. So how's it going? Well I thought I would update you!

First of all how many horses have I qualified...well the answer to that is 54 individual horses (including performance set ups) have been qualified so far. And I've only been to three shows! Dreading BMECS already :p

So what about all those horses that had never been shown before..

Well here are a few stats on them!

49 of the horses who have never been shown before have placed

22 horses who have never been shown before have BMECS qualfiied!

So not bad at all! I have found some real gems hiding amongst my collection, I have even had one horse who I have owned for 6 years and never shown take a champion!

Bare in mind that the above statistics do include 'new' horses but still :p

So yes, the project is actually going quite well. Another show in a week! It's really quite interesting to see what is placing, many horses who I had simply never contemplated ever showing before!

Poseidon

The second Breyer web special Poseidon is now open for entries!

He is a rather nice Esprit:



To enter you need to be a club member and be ready to spend $150 :p

http://www.breyerhorses.com/poseidon

Ponies on eBay

Just a quick post to say I have listed some ponies on eBay :D

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/diamondsareforever6789/m.html?item=360616951421&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

Ghost

Well like a Ghost Breyer snuck this on and didn't inform anyone (absolutely HATE it when they do this). Very disappointed as my husband would love this, would have made a brilliant birthday present.

Anyway meet 'Ghost'

More 2013 Models - In The Flesh

First up are the three Artist pieces. These are the same scale as the Parade of Breeds horses and are made of resin. The three depict horses from famous paintings.

First the wild mustang:






Second the very recognisable Stubbs horse






And finally Leonardo de Vinchi's a Gentlemans Mount






Next up the new Marwari model (I must warn you this horse wobbles like hell...)






And the Gypsy Vanner. Despite the fact that he looks awful in all the pictures I have seen I actually quite like him in the flesh. Although I'm not looking forward to painting that mane...

Southern Roundup

Southern Roundup was held on Saturday. It was a good show even if it was a little stressful at the beginning due to all my performance horses being untacked! That said I got a few good placings and quite a lot of my own tack and customs place which is always nice :)

Best placing of the day was CRS Just Jazz my gorgeous Deb Brown custom SJW (with a Huck head) who got a section champion.

Here is a full link to all the pictures for you to look through:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151504049470155.1073741827.689360154&type=1&l=04b8a74829

And a link to my own show gallery to see horses painted by me who have won:

http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/article/2013showgallery

New Safari Fantasy Piece

Meet Safari's new Mythical Realms Areion Horse:



I am rather taken with him, will definitely have to get one to customize!

New Commission Piece & Palomino Trad.

Just a quick share to show you two pieces that I finished at the weekend. First up is a gorgeous commission piece that I completed at the weekend:



Second is a palomino John Henry that already has a new home

RIP Daisy Pig

Unfortunately we lost Daisy on Monday morning. She had been going progressively downhill since Rowan died and was booked into the vet on Monday morning but died over night.

At least now she will be with her mummy

Massive Website Updates

Hello all! Well I have spent the last few hours completely updating the website. So here is a summary of some of the updates and why I thought they were necessary!

Front Page

Well you will notice that some of the modules on the front page have been completely reworked and moved.

The Newsletter module has now been moved to the left hand side of the page and up a bit.

The latest news section has been moved to the right hand side and up a bit as well.

I have shifted the payment information section over to the left of the front page

I have shifted the social networking module to the bottom of the right hand side of the page.

Show Gallery

The show gallery has been updated with the 2013 gallery and links to the previous three years of galleries

http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/article/2013showgallery

Custom Gallery

The custom gallery has also been updated with our latest pieces. You will have seen most of them already but it's always fun to have a look through :D

http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/article/customgallery

Out of Stock Products

I have firstly updated the stock levels so most products are now back in stock. There is now just one item that is out of stock (sorry about that our suppliers did not have it in stock).

Secondly I have deleted all the out of stock products so the site should be a lots clearer now. It may also seem a little blank in places but I assure you these will be filled soon with some great new products so keep your eyes out!

March's Promotion

Throughout March if you order a one off Arabian tack piece you will get 10% off your order. This is for Traditional and Classic scales.

More information here: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/category/Tack_by_Chestnut_Ridge/Traditional,b.html?sortBy=FeaturedDesc

2013 Show Gallery - NOW LIVE

Our 2013 show gallery is now live on our website. Keep looking for pictures of our winners throughout the year. If you have any pictures that you would like to add to our gallery please just get in touch!

http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/article/2013showgallery

Bailadito 'In The Flesh'

Well I got to meet this gorgeous little resin in the flesh on Saturday and I also got to pick myself one which I should be able to prime at the weekend (got a commission to finish off first).

So here are my pictures of him from the live show on Saturday:

Midlands Winter Live

Here is a link to all of the pictures from yesterdays live show. It was held in Melton Mowbray by Rachel Smith and was a great day out! First live show of the season.

This is a public link so everyone should be able to see it:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151475334390155.1073741825.689360154&type=1&l=c7a4767878

New Breyer Barn

OK so it's not a model horse but I thought it was rather snazzy so thought I would share!

This is the Breyer two stall barn which they have done up with some rather snazzy new paint and is definitely a little different and rather cool