BreyerFest Fun Week 2024

Just think, this time next week we'll either be sunning ourselves in Kentucky or sat in rainy England staring at a computer screen. It's the later for me. I really need to quit teaching, it's my sole aim, leave teaching = go to BreyerFest. Anyway...

As always we are running our ever popular BreyerFest Fun Week to celebrate. We have a whole week of competitions and events for you to take part in so even if you cannot attend you can still get into the spirit and enjoy the fun.

Below is a full round-up of everything we are doing this year. Remember, as always, if you have some ideas for things we can do in future please just let us know! We are always open to feedback and new ideas :D

Daily Competitions

All competitions will be run jointly on our Facebook and Instagram pages. You can enter on both so double your chances this year!

The prize for all our competitions this year will be a £10 Chestnut Ridge e-voucher. If you win a competition you will receive a message on either Facebook or Instagram (depending on where you have entered) with your voucher code. This can be used against any of the products we have for sale.

Monday 8th July 2024

🙀 Guess the Surprise Model 🙀

This is always one of our favourite BreyerFest fun week competitions and this year you can have two guesses (one on Facebook & one on Instagram)! To enter all you will have to do is lookout for the competition post (posted around 8.30am BST each morning) and comment underneath which mould you think the surprise model will be on.

Tuesday 9th July 2024

🤔 It's Quiz Time 🤔 

This year we are doing a super fun ten question quiz, testing your BreyerFest 2024 knowledge (and maybe a few other fun questions as well). You'll complete and submit the quiz on a Google form and the winner will be chosen from all those that get 10/10 (or the highest score achieved). Good luck!

Wednesday 10th July 2024

🕵️‍♀️ Find Crackers 🕵️‍♀️ 

That naughty Crackers has been on the run again! It's your job to find him hidden somewhere on the Chestnut Ridge website. Simply find him and answer the question in the comments section of the Facebook or Instagram post for your chance to win.

Thursday 11th July 2024

💸 Auction Model Sale Price 💸 

I always love this competition. We will be giving you a BreyerFest 2024 Auction Model and you will just have to guess how much it will sell for. Again you get double guesses this year as you'll be able to enter on both Facebook and Instagram!

Friday 12th July 2024

❤️ Favourite BreyerFest 2024 Model ❤️

A nice simple one for the first day of BreyerFest. All you'll have to do is comment on the post and let me know who your favourite BreyerFest 2024 model is.

Saturday 13th July 2024

🔑 Wordsearch 🔑 

I love a good word search! Also in making this I discovered the app I use allows you to do fancy shapes and how did I never know that??!?!? IT'S AMAZING! So enjoy your round word search! All you'll have to do is find the name of the workshop that isn't listed and then comment it below the post.

Sunday 14th July 2024

🖼️ Photo Contest 🖼️

We are finishing strong with the ever popular photo contest. I am announcing the theme here so you've got all week to get your photograph prepared ready to be entered next Sunday

2024 Theme: Power Ballad 

Submit your photograph under the Facebook post or on Instagram with #CRBFFunWeek2024Day7

2024 Colouring Page

Have a little creative fun this BreyerFest with our 2024 colouring page. Download it below and don't forget to share your completed pictures, we'd love to see them

2024 Summer Photo Show

That's right! The Summer photo show is back and this year we are launching it during BreyerFest. To celebrate this we are doing a special show for Breyer models only this year.

As always it can be found on OMHPS - if you are not used to using OMHPS we have some amazing guides on this Blog but will also be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.

BreyerFest Fun Week

 I can't believe that BreyerFest is almost upon us! It has snuck up super quick this year :)

As always we will be running our amazing BreyerFest fun week, with loads of cool things going on for you to take part in.

Here is a full list of activities. Below is a full breakdown of the activities, where they are being held, what they are and how you can take part.

Day-By-Day Breakdown

Monday

Facebook competition: win a goody bag!
Choose the colour auction

Tuesday

Facebook competition: win a goody bag!
Model Horse Pub Quiz!

Wednesday

Facebook competition: win a goody bag!
Flash Photoshow

Thursday

Facebook competition: win a goody bag!
Live judging workshop

Friday

Facebook competition: win a goody bag!
BreyerFest Bingo Launches

Saturday

Facebook competition: win a goody bag!
Flash Sale

Sunday

Facebook competition: win a goody bag!
Share Your Shopping

Detailed Information

Facebook Competitions

Each day we will have a new competition.

Page Link: https://www.facebook.com/chestnutridgemodels

Winners will receive a goody bag with a selection of items from across our ranges, including model horses.

Choose The Colour Auction

This will be run through Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chestnutridgemodels

There will be 25 horses up for auction.

For each one you will get to pick one of four colours to have the model painted to. These are different for each model. 

You won't get to know exactly what your horse looks like until you receive them! How exciting is that? We will pick the markings and exact shade for each horse. You just pick the colour :D*

Auction Start Time: 19.00BST

Auction End Time: 22.00BST

You place a bid by commenting below each lot. The bidder with the highest bid when the auction closes will win the auction and be sent an invoice. Bids can be retracted up until the point at which the auction ends. After the auction ends all bids are binding and buyers have 24 hours in which to pay. If payment is not received within 24 hours then the item will move to the next highest bidder.

*we will send you over images of the completed horse and although we won't make changes to the colour we will want to ensure you are happy. You are entitled to request 'breed standard' markings (e.g. no white on an Exmoor model), just let us know when you pay.

Model Horse Pub Quiz

Our pub quiz is BACK!

Our 60 question pub quizzes are so much fun. They are free to enter and open to all. Enter by yourself or team up with some friends.

This will be run through Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chestnutridgemodels

Live Starts: 18.45 BST 11/07/22

Quiz Starts: 19.00 BST 11/07/22

The quiz normally won't take more than 2 hours! We should easily be done by 9pm.

Flash Photoshow

A quick 24 hour photoshow. You will be able to enter one photo per class.

Classes:

1. German Breeds
2. Go Home, You're Drunk
3. Eventing
4. Best Bear
5. Chestnut, Black or Palomino

Entries Open: 00.01 BST 13/07/22

Entries Close: 23:59 BST 13/07/22

Email your entries to: competitions@chestnutridge.co.uk

Please include the following:

1. What class your photo is entering (e.g. DSC1001 - Class 1)

2. Horse/Entry Name

3. Your Name

4. Your email address

The winner of each class will get a £10.00 voucher for www.chestnutridge.co.uk 

Live Judging Workshop

Our live judging workshop is back!

Time: 17.30 BST 14/07/22

Location: https://www.facebook.com/chestnutridgemodels

We will be judging a variety of different classes, as always those watching the live workshop will get the chance to vote for their favourite entries. We will talk through what to look for when judging, what is good or bad about each entry and have a discussion about which one we think is the best.

BreyerFest Bingo

Entries Open: 00.01 BST 15/07/22

Entries Close: 23:59 BST 17/07/22

Complete your Bingo card before the end of BreyerFest to win a free sticker! 

Bingo cards will be available to download from our Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/chestnutridgemodelhorses/

Flash Sale

Saturday will be FLASH SALE DAY!

Flash sale products will appear on Saturday - all discounts will only last for the day, so shop quickly to avoid disappointment.

www.chestnutridge.co.uk

Share Your Shopping

We will finish fun week with the chance to share your shopping

Use #CRShareYourShopping to share your BF purchases and we will send you a voucher for 25% off your next order at Chestnut Ridge

Questions

If you have any questions about BF Fun Week drop me an email at catriona@chestnutridge.co.uk

See you soon :D

BreyerFest Tickets :D

 I've been so busy this week, sharing this and sharing that I completely forgot to update you guys on my BreyerFest ticket purchases!

As I'm sure you all know BF tickets went on sale last Monday. You can still buy certain types of tickets here: https://www.breyerhorses.com/collections/breyerfest-2021-tickets

So last Monday I finished work and then got some jobs done, and then I loaded up Chrome with just the Breyer website open. I then just refreshed, and refreshed, and refreshed. I knew where the link would appear so the moment I saw it I clicked, clicked VIP and checked out like a ninja.

Well the model horse gods must have been shining on me because I managed to get VIP tickets! They sold out within two minutes and literally hundreds of people tried to get the 200 tickets, so to be able to get it was a real joy. I was just so happy I nearly cried.

I then added an all access ticket so that I could try and get Brendon his bull.

On Wednesday I got the chance to purchase my models. So who did I buy? Well no real surprises here!

Special Runs

Pollock was my obvious first choice!

And how could I not get a Seven Arts Surprise :D

Limited Editions

Favrille was another obvious choice for someone who can never have enough decorators!

The only model that wasn't an open run was Prisma. As I have a very close hobby friend who collects Sherman Morgans I chose to use my second slot to make sure she got one, she deserves it :)

I will also get Josie at BreyerFest, I'm not bothered about waiting for her so I didn't want to waste a slot. For my All Access ticket this is my preference list:

1. Knossos

2. 7 Arts Surprise

3. Gran Cavallo

4. Ansel

5. Uffington

6. Pech Merle

7. Tassili

8. Seurat

Although the later ones might switch around again before I pick, what I really need is that bull! Or I'll have a super unhappy husband!

Let me know if you managed to get tickets below :D I would love to know who you are planning on purchasing.

I'm so excited :D

PLUSHIE PEAK!!!!

LOOK AT THE FURRY LEGS! IT IS THE PLUSHIE! THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL THE BF MODELS!



I NEED TO CUDDLE IT NOW

O and also Breyer like released the custom contest prizes or something, I dunno, boring horses:

Cornwall



Breton



The single day tickets are also now on sale, although the four pack has sold out:

https://www.breyerhorses.com/collections/breyerfest-2020-tickets/products/2020-single-day

But all this is boring because PLUSHIE!!!!

BreyerFest Special Run Master List

If you haven't been keeping up with the BreyerFest conversation over the last couple of days then you will have missed several important announcements about the way that BreyerFest special runs are going to happen.

The latest one can be found here:

https://www.breyerhorses.com/blogs/breyerfest-blog/multiple-special-run-tickets

If, like me, you have multiple tickets the best way to do it (unless you want duplicates) is to send a master list. After Monday's update (which didn't mention this option) I was really worried about getting duplicates and working hard on trying to create a statistical formula that would give me the best chance of getting the ones I wanted without duplicates.

But the new master list option removes that risk, yes you could still get unlucky and get duplicates, but there is far less risk of that happening as they'll work down your master list for each slot and remove ones you've already received. Obviously if the only ones left when you're drawn are ones you've already got then you are going to get ones you've already got, but there is far less risk.

So here is my master list :)

1. Surprise Model

2. Brighid & Beltane

3. Lugh

4. Oak

5. Boudicca

6. Hamish

7. Ash

8. Thorn

9. Epona

Who is at the top of your list? And who is at the bottom? I would love to know yours as well!

Can you guess the ponies?

Yesterday Breyer released two more BreyerFest sneak peaks.

First is this one:



Yep no idea. I can tell you its a pinto!

Second is this one:



To me this looks like the shoulder on Cigar, but honestly I never get these right, I am so useless!

Let me know your guesses below :D

Arran

The final Breyer single day Stablemate is Arran:



This is the first release on the new tiny Croi mould so it will be interesting to see what she looks like in the flesh!

I will definitely be trying to get a full set, I can see Breyer's website not loading properly though, I do wish they would increase their server space! It took me 45 minutes to checkout and buy a model on Tuesday...

Anyway, enjoy :D

Skye

Just the mini-Croi to go now! What colour do you think she will be? I'm hoping for a palomino or buckskin, something nice and showable would be good :D

Anyway, Skye is the third BreyerFest single day Stablemate. She is a very lovely dark colour that Breyer are describing as 'silver black' but could possibly also pass for a very dark liver chestnut depending on what she looks like in the flesh.

The more I look at her the more I actually like her. I'm looking forward to owning one of this mould!

Single Day Stablemate Line Up!

SCREAMS

MINI CROI

SCREAMS

*breaths*

OK first up they've done a post that explains how these tickets work, I recommend you check it out: https://www.breyerhorses.com/blogs/breyerfest-blog/single-day-tickets

And secondly, here are the moulds:

Meh



OK meh

Meh



SCREAMS



Also check out this sneak peak, it's gonna be lush!

A Welcome BreyerFest Update

Why was I crying last night? This is why. Breyer have announced shipping rates for BF items and they are charging a blanket $25 for international!!!! TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS!

Do you know how much we normally pay for models from Breyer? $70. I was so worried about this. Conscious that I was going to be paying hundreds of dollars for shipping. Upset about everything and about that and about all the things.

And so last night I was crying with relief and joy. This is incredibly generous of Breyer and makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I'm literally so happy right now!

If you haven't read the latest update about tickets you can do so here: https://www.breyerhorses.com/blogs/breyerfest-blog/more-info-on-this-years-virtual-celtic-fling

(I'm looking forward to interviewing a horse)

Anyway to celebrate I thought I would do my special run wishlist round up! I have four tickets (obviously Brendon was coming with me to BF so technically two are his, I may be forced to get a cow, at least he won't actually be showing any interest and I won't have to work out how to get twenty million moose into my suitcase after he goes round the Clarion 'shopping')

So here are my BF special run wants, in order:

1. Surprise Model



2. Brighid & Beltane



3. Lugh



4. Oak



5. Boudicca



6. Hamish



7. Ash



8. Thorn



9. Epona



What I would like is 3x Surprise models and then: Brighid, Lugh, Boudicca, Oak and Hamish. But I'm honestly happy with anything. If I can't get the ones I want I can't get the ones I want. I'm just so happy I'll only be paying $25 shipping.

Also I'm mega excited about the store specials and swag! I WANT ANOTHER PLUSHIE! Also I really really really potato want a Breyer travel mug to take to school. Because the unicorn one just isn't cutting it anymore. I'm the coolest teacher ever and you all know it.

Latest BreyerFest Sneak Peak

Breyer have released another BF sneak peak. It is of the next special run.

So it's obviously pinto, but what mould? I'm thinking maybe the Cleveland Bay?



Let me know your guesses in the comments section below!

Countdown to BreyerFest - 276 Days to Go

I received the first part of my Bursary payment on Friday which could mean only one thing, it was time to actually start thinking about BreyerFest and do some booking!

The first decision that needed to be made was where we were going to spend the second week of our two week holiday as this would effect where we chose to fly into and also the times of flights etc. Having assessed the surrounded area and thought about various things we both concluded that a week in Nashville would be pretty awesome (whisky and country music you say?!?!) and so planning was a go!

The plan is to fly into Nashville on the Monday, because long haul flights are tiring and if there are delays that can cause all kinds of issues we decided to spend the Monday night in an airport hotel and then drive to Kentucky the next day in the hire car. So hotel number 1 = booked.

Now it came to the most important part, where are we going to stay for BreyerFest. Having looked at various different options (it's been left too late but I can't really help being poor)! We decided to go with the Embassy Suits. A significant chunk of our budget later and one week is #BOOKED!

We actually have a proper suite as well so gonna feel well posh!

And then came to Nashville. This was actually the hardest part, as I was prepared to splash out on the hotel near BF but was less inclined to spend too much money on the hotel in Nashville, but also didn't want to be next to 25c Peep Shows again (yep actual place we stayed...don't ask...). We eventually found a Great Western that wasn't too expensive and yet had the protection of being a chain brand (better if you get into issues) and a reasonably nice hotel. Can't remember if it had a buffet breakfast or not though, but it does have free parking so yay!

So that is stage 1 of BreyerFest prep complete! I now need more money to book our flights and car hire and also to get travel insurance. Once those are booked up then it's just save save save! I'm relying on Brendon having enough money to spend on the second half of our holiday though because let's face it I'm going to spend every penny I own at BreyerFest!

(also don't forget I'm going to need a lot of money put aside for waffles, and then probably for the personal trainer so I can lose weight once I get home)!



WAFFLES!!!!!