Writing my MHL Live 2016 List

Can't believe we are nearly at the first live show of the year!

I also can't believe that I am being organised enough that I have already written my show list.

So I decided to share with you guys who will be coming, with so many newbies joining me since the last live show I've got quite a show string attending!

It's probably worth explaining how I choose which horses to take. Needless to say I have a very fine tuned method that resolves around two spreadsheets (life without spreadsheets just isn't worth living).

I choose horses based on an order system, so here it is!

1. All new horses (with the exception of where I have more than allowed for a class, I keep a list and just work down it, horses that don't get to this show should get to the next)
2. 2nd Place horses - I keep a list of horses that have placed 2nd or 1st place at a live show. I then divide the list by the number of shows left and choose that many from the list (deleting them once they have been to a show). In this case it was 24 horses
3. Champion horses - all horses who have taken champions so far this year get to come (year is counted as 2016/17 BMECS qualifiers onwards)
4. Show string - I use a points based system to see who my best horses are, the best 25 get to come
5. Random horses - I have lists of every horse filled under breed and finish. 10 horses for each finish get to come. I have devised my list in such a way that I can make a mark (OK underline the box on excel) under the horse that has come, this way everyone gets a chance to occasionally come out

Because I don't really care about whether a horse is actually LSQ or a good show horse I end up with a bit of a bizarre selection. But I like that, I feel they should all get a chance to go to a show occasionally.

Original Finish

CRS Ak Al Sanaa (Ahsquar) - Arabian - Stallion



CRS Changes of State (Sahara) - Arabian - Mare



CRS Dooberyflipflop (Celebration) - Thoroughbred - Stallion

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CRS Fatal Attraction (Sexy) - Thoroughbred - Mare



CRS An Unofficial Rose (Valegro) - Dutch Warmblood - Gelding



CRS Cranford Thistledown (Thistle) - Shetland - Mare

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CRS Winter Dreams (Wintersong) - Shire - Gelding



CRS Justine (Emma) - Fell - Mare



CRS Siol Ghoraidh (Croi) - Connemara - Mare



CRS Wicked Allure (Templado) - Lusitano - Stallion



CRS Peace of Mind (Harmonie) - Tugipaard Harness Horse - Stallion



CRS Irish Cream Soda (Irish Cream) - Irish Draught - Stallion



CRS Dr. Cooper (Trooper) - Cleveland Bay - Stallion



Possible - Elska (if she arrives in time)!

CRS Soft Sheets (Suki) - Icelandic - Mare



CRS Salutory Lesson (Buckaroo) - Icelandic - Stallion



CRS Hick Billy Hick (Bobby Jo) - Paint - Mare



CRS Too Fargo (Fargo) - Paint - Gelding



CRS The House of Usher (Usher) - AQH - Gelding



Possible - bay roan & grulla AQHAs if they arrive!

CRS Drama Llama (Forever Saige) - Mustang - Mare



CRS Danger Mouse (Danger) - NASD - Gelding



CRS White Wine Sprtizer (Spritzer) - NASD - Gelding



CRS Sonrisa de Amor (Wyatt) - Azteca - Stallion



CRS Black Widow Dawn (Hermosa) - Campolina x Kladruber - Mare



CRS Mesmeric Revolution (Tia) - Campolina x Andalusian - Mare



CRS Veronica's Vodka (Veronica) - Percheron x American Shire - Stallion



CRS The Sea, The Sea (Cravas) - Quarter Pony x Appaloosa - Gelding



CRS Welsh Rose (David) - Pony Cob - Stallion



CRS The Immoral Mentors (Butterfly Kisses) - Decorator - Stallion



CRS The Gold Bug (Azul) - Decorator - Stallion



CRS Hop-Frog (Frog) - Decorator - Mare



CRS Blood Bites (Flea) - Mule - Gelding



CRS Olivia (Olivia) - Donkey - Mare



CRS The Murders of Rue Morgue (Rue) - Pintabian - Filly



CTF

CRS Asilah el Elfat (Asilah) - Arabian - Mare



CRS Intisar (Inti) - Arabian - Mare



CRS Enchanted Songdance (Emily) - Araloosa - Mare



CRS Roman Island (Iacada) - Arabian x Welsh - Mare

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CRS Opere (Opera) - Araloosa - Mare



CRS Calico Calypso (Calico) - Hanoverian - Gelding



CRS Samurai Warrior (Samurai) - Holstein - Mare



CRS Killer Instinct (Casius) - Shetland - Gelding



CRS Mark Anthony (Mark Anthony) - Shetland - Gelding



CRS Timid Toby (Toby) - Dartmoor - Gelding



CRS Eaten Alive (Cinnamon) - Connemara - Mare

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CRS Special Twist N' Shout (Indigo) - Lipizzaner - Mare

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CRS Hugh Grant (Hugh) - Friesian - Stallion



CRS Crimes of Passion (Pickle) - BSP - Gelding



CRS M. Valdemer (Valdemer) - Camargue - Mare



CRS Angel's Calling (Angelo) - Paint - Gelding



CRS Leather Hide (Leather) - Paint - Mare



CRS Reflections (Mulan) - ASB - Mare



CRS Tempestas (Tempy) - ASB - Stallion



CRS Cadbury's Purple (Cadbury) - Cleveland Bay - Stallion



CRS Smexy Spots (Smexy) - Walkaloosa x ASB - Stallion



CRS The Misfortune of Virtue (Duchess) - Cob - Mare



CRS Banana's and Cream (Banana) - Cob - Mare

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CRS The Philosophy of the Boudoir (Boudoir) - Haflinger x Welsh C - Mare



CRS Denis the Menice (Denis) - Cob - Gelding



CRS Martine McCutchin (Martine) - Haflinger x Welsh C - Mare



CRS Betrayal (Bishu) - Unicorn - Mare



CRS The Man of the Crowd (Manu) - Unicorn - Mare



CRS Zeus (Zeus) - Unicorn - Stallion



CRS Purple Sparkles (Sparkle) - Zebra - Mare



CRS Blindsided Hypocrisy (Justice) - Donkey - Mare



CRS Julie Sparrow (Julie) - Donkey - Mare



CRS Lily Lady (Lily) - NSH - Filly

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CRS Bantry's Bay (Bantry) - NSH - Filly

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CRS Pork Pie (Pie) - NSH - Filly



CRS Hershey's Kiss (Felicity) - Fjord - Filly



CRS Obras Selectas (Obra) - Shetland - Colt



CRS Hit on Me (Spice) - Connemara - Colt

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CM

CRS Rafeeki (Rafeeki) - Arabian - Stallion

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CRS Leonardo de Vinci (Leonardo) - Arabian x Hackney - Stallion



CRS Biem Bau (China) - Pintabian - Mare

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CRS Acorn's Economy (Acorn) - Thoroughbred - Stallion



CRS Jac Naylor (Jac) - Thoroughbred - Mare



CRS I Am Spartacus (Spartacus) - Thoroughbred - Stallion



CRS Mona Lisa (Lisa) - Mecklenburger - Mare



CRS God's Nector (Heredites) - Shetland - Stallion



CRS Smouldering Ash (Smoulder) - Clydesdale - Mare



CRS The Unicorn (Lion) - Belgium Draught - Gelding



CRS Baywatch (Adam) - Knabstrupper - Gelding



CRS Eleanora (Eleanor) - BSP - Mare



CRS Caerphilly (Caerphilly) - Appaloosa - Mare



CRS Euthymios (Euthymios) - Appaloosa - Gelding



CRS Golden Dawn (Barry) - AQH - Stallion



CRS Staedtler Windsong (Wapatchi) - AQH - Mare



CRS Crying Icicles (Icicle) - ASB - Stallion



CRS Operation Herrick (Herrick) - Mustang - Stallion



CRS The Sovereignty of Good (Sovereign) - Mustang - Stallion



CRS Three Plays (Pacu) - Standardbred - Stallion



CRS The Time of the Angels (Gabriel) - Peruvian Paso - Stallion



CRS Brutal Ideology (Brutus) - Australian Stock Horse - Stallion

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CRS Burnt Umber (Burnie) - American Shetland - Stallion

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CRS Under the Net (Ronny) - Gypsy Vanner - Stallion



CRS Not Now Cato (Cato) - Polo Pony - Gelding



CRS San Francisco Sundance (Zane) - Polo Pony - Gelding



CRS A Descent Into the Maelstrom (Milly) - Cob - Mare



CRS Zum Einhorn (Dessa) - Unicorn - Stallion

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CRS You Need Friends (Jamil) - AQH - Colt

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CRS The Three Arrows (Muskateer) - Clydesdale - Colt



AR

CRS Fehran (Fehran) - Arabian - Stallion



CRS Amra (Toffee) - Arabian - Mare



CRS Ana Bahebak (Catriona) - Arabian - Mare



CRS PeaceZone (Peace) - Thoroughbred - Mare



CRS Patience is a Virtue (Patience) - Thoroughbred - Stallion



CRS Undercliff (Arden) - Dutch Warmblood - Stallion



CRS Alano de Luca (Alano) - Andalusian - Stallion

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CRS Ana Bahebek (Brendon) - Light Type Historical Noriker - Stallion

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CRS I Am Legend (Legend) - BSP - Mare



CRS The Red and the Green (Romeo) - Appaloosa - Stallion



CRS Pressured Storm (Lovelace) - TWH - Stallion



CRS Tickle Me Pickle (Rolly) - Mustang - Gelding



CRS Eirin (Plum) - Riding Pony - Mare

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CRS Nuns and Soldiers (Guy) - BSP x Dartmoor - Stallion



CRS Romantic Realist (Alaria) - Unicorn - Colt

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CRS 120 Days of Sodom (Xavaria) - Unicorn - Colt



CRS The Nice and the Good (Denali) - Unicorn - Filly

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CRS Senegal (Senegal) - Zebra - Colt

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CRS Dandelion (Squish) - Donkey - Colt



CRS Caprico (Caprice) - Mule - Gelding



CRS Bug Eye (Bug) - Fjord - Filly

Bertie

A sneak peak of the Copperfox tour horse has been released.

Bertie appears to be a bay pinto on the Welsh cob mould:

Getting Excited Now...

Just over a month to go until Crimson Coral CM Live and prizes have started to arrive!

For the Supreme Champions I wanted something different instead of trophies. They are all going to be getting model horses of course but I wanted something a bit more unique.

So a bit of eBay searching and I found a Coalport design known as 'Indian Coral' well that seemed rather appropriate!

The first piece has arrived, this should be the Reserve to Reserve Supreme Prize all being well:




Something rather different but I think that's quite nice. It will look good in a trophy/display cabinet, and once the other pieces arrive it will make a rather effective line up.

Now just waiting on everything else to arrive!

Mini Hermoza & Corozan

Yay :D My mini babies have arrived

Both are adorable, I'm a massive glossy fan so anything glossy gets a big thumbs up from me. I also love the detailing, especially on the foals eyes.

Obviously I couldn't call them Hermoza and Corozan so they've had a bit of a name change!

First up:

CRS Mesmeric Revolution (Tia)


And second:

CRS The Murders of Rue Morgue (Rue)


Aren't they just adorable together?

BreyerFest 2016 - First Models!

The first three models have been released.

First up is the Early Bird Raffle model, a Smarty Jones Polo Pony named Polomar:




Second is the Celebration horse, a new sculpture 'Imperador das Aguas JM'




And thirdly a store special, Dag Dia




And yes that is a weird hybrid Laredo and Brishen! They've taken Laredo's mane and tail and put it on Brishen, quite a cool idea when you've got two horses in the same mould.

2016 Christmas Horse - Woodland Splendor

Better pictures have emerged of this years Christmas horse.

So meet Woodland Splendor:

Christmas Ponies

I've been so busy I haven't been able to do a post with pictures of my Christmas ponies!

Well first off there are still two to come, Brendon is getting me the first premier club model for next year (Geronimo) and my parents will be getting me the third...so patience on that front!

But here are the ones that I actually received.

First up is the Horse Crazy Gift Set - a present to myself!

CRS The Gold Bug (Azul)



CRS Hop-Frog (Frog)



CRS The Imp of the Perverse (Imp)



CRS The Island of the Fay (Fay)



Second is a gift from my mum:

CRS Ligeia (Peace, Love and Horses)



Third is a gift from Brendon:

CRS The Fall of the House of Usher (Usher)



And finally my gifts from Santa!

CRS The Man of the Crowd (Manu)



CRS Manuscript Found in a Bottle (Bottle)



CRS The Masque of the Red Death (Masque)



Quite a good haul! Very heavy on the decorators though :p