Crimson Coral CM Live Rosettes

On Thursday I got an awesome package from Liz (thank you :D) with my beautiful rosettes in.

Obviously the live show is 'red' themed so I went for a variety of different reds, they are just so beautiful! And so unique as well.

These dotty ones are my favourites, I'd love to take one of these home:









These look really effective as well:





For the Supreme rosettes I went for gold, silver and bronze with red. This is basically the same theming as I'm going for for all the shows rosettes:

New Arrivals

I've had a few new arrivals over the last couple of days that I'm yet to introduce you to!

Very bad on my part. Anyway let us all get acquainted.

First up is CRS The Pit and the Pendulum (Elska)



Second is CRS The Premature Burial (Holly)



The next one I was so excited about! Can't believe I managed to get a pair.

CRS The Purlioned Letter (Ivy)



PAIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR



And finally is CRS Peregrine Pipsqueak



Duchess is so proud of her new arrival

New Website Updates

Those who follow the Chestnut Ridge Facebook page will know that we are currently working on our exciting new website!

They will also know that this has been a long process (started last Summer).

The site has been built from scratch by myself and Brendon using a very basic template. It has been time consuming and hard work but we are finally getting there.

But there is still quite a lot to do and I know people are really eager to see it, so I thought I'd share my 'todo list' with you to give you an idea of where we are at.

The aim currently is thus:

Beta site - put up on the 18th of January, members of the British Model Horse Collectors group on Facebook will be able to use it and order through it (including ordering new 2016 products).

Full website launch - 1st February 2016 (or slightly earlier). On this date we will move the domain name and permanently move to our new site :D

But there is still a LOT of work to do...so here is the list of things we still have left to do!

1. New products - still loads of new products to add!
2. Delivery costs - quite important that this gets set up..
3. Problems with HTML coding, particular odd graphical things like the centre image not being centered and some text and boxes note quite looking right
4. Featured item box - needs creating
5. Featured items on front page - products needed on front page!
6. Transfer customer accounts - apparently far too difficult
7. Set up mailing list - apparently very easy but I need to actually do it
8. Add 'subscribe to our mailing list box'
9. Checkout pages - for some reason all in grey...
10. Payment options - need updating so people can actually pay!
11. Proof reading - every single page has to be proof read (urgh)
12. Check links - when the domain name moves there will probably be quite a few dead links so this needs doing
13. Category descriptions and images - really should do this
14. Checking general options and settings
15. Checking mobile site

Probably doesn't seem like much but some of this stuff is taking far longer than it really should. Because nothing is never really easy!

But in the mean time, here is the last screen shot we took:



See what I mean about odd coding being off, that View Cart button is driving me crazy!

2016 Mojo

Mojo have three new equine releases for 2016 (check out their baby rhino as well, it is so cute)!

Tinker Yearling


Dark Pegasus


Dark Unicorn - I love this guy!

More Breyer 2016 Items

I can't remember what I've posted and what I haven't...

So here are some more, you may have already seen them, you may not, who knows!

Sarah - Event Rider


Shipping set - now in a rather green shade of green, but do I detect stars as well?


Turnout set - love the horse ball!


Liverpool Jump


Cross Country Jump


Winners Circle Accessory Set - Western


Winners Circle Accessory Set - English


Horse Cruiser


There are new Horse and Foal sets this year...





This is by far my favourite one:


And some new Wind Dancers:

Aura


Kohilo


Competing at the Games Set


Scribbles Colour and Wash Pony


Decorate your horse - yes Breyer please, I do want to put diamontes on my horse, this is clearly a product for me!


Colour and Decorate Treasure Box - I actually love this, think I suspect I know what some of my young female relatives will be getting for Christmas next year!


Wind Dancers Surprise:






Pocket Box Dogs:

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