North East Wales Live

Last Saturday we headed off to North Wales (a lot shorter drive than it used to be) to attend one of our favourite shows of the year, and not just because Brandy gets salami!

North East Wales Live is a huge show, with loads of sections and quite a few entries as a result. It's an absolute pleasure to judge at as the standard is really high, it also makes you feel rather lovely when your horses place :D

I had another day of second places (story of my life right now) but I'm not too bothered as it was a wonderful day out. Plenty of laughs and silliness which is all you need from a show really.

I also had the pleasure of judging some amazing classes including the Supreme Championship. There was an incredibly high standard of entries for the supreme and any of them could have placed overall.

Full pictures can be found on my Facebook profile here: https://www.facebook.com/catisgreen/media_set?set=a.10157037108375155&type=3

But as always here are my selected highlights from the day.

My neighbouring table



Ysabella one year after I picked her up at the same show :D



Performance Championship

Champion



Reserve Champion



Reserve to Reserve Champion



Highly Commended



A really nice grey Copperfox Welsh Cob



One of the fun elements of the show were the mare and foal classes in each section. Here is Duchess and Pip!



Crafty Pony Championship

This was for plush or hand made soft horses

Champion



Reserve Champion



Reserve to Reserve Champion



Plastic CTF Championship

Champion



Reserve Champion



Reserve to Reserve Champion



The Bendy CTF championship table



Bendy CTF Championship

Champion



Reserve Champion



Reserve to Reserve Champion - CRS Charles Dickens



Highly Commended



Highly Commended - CRS Albert I



Original Finish Championship

Champion



Reserve Champion



Reserve to Reserve Champion



Highly Commended



My as yet unnamed new arrival - a stunning Animal Artistry Warmblood (because clearly I needed another one)



A really nice custom CollectA



CCR Championship

Champion



Reserve Champion



Reserve to Reserve Champion



Animal Artistry Championship

I had the pleasure of judging this one and let me tell you, it was tough!

Champion



Reserve Champion



Reserve to Reserve Champion



Special



Special



Custom Championship

Champion



Reserve Champion



Reserve to Reserve Champion



Special



Special



The Artist Resin championship (can you spot Mystic?)



Artist Resin Championship

Champion



Reserve Champion



Reserve to Reserve Champion



Special



Special



SUPREME CHAMPIONSHIP

So who got Supreme? I'm sure you've got your favourites but did you agree with the three of us? I think you'll agree that it was a tough line up!

Supreme Champion



Reserve Supreme Champion



Reserve to Reserve Supreme Champion



Highly Commended



Just look at all the prizes they won! The show hosts were so generous x

Fairytale Friends Club

Breyer have finally opened their latest club for entries.

A few weeks back they put up a teaser about their new Fairytale Friends Club and now it has finally been announced!

It works in a similar way to the Stablemate club, with international and domestic options. That means that international members can opt to receive their horses in two shipments of six rather than two at a time, saving money on postage.

You will receive two sets with each payment, priced at $25 per set (which is better value than the Stablemate club)!

As well as the Stablemate scale model you also get a little mini whinnie model. The Oberon in the teaser picture is actually a new Mini Whinnie mould!

If you want to sign up you can do so on the Breyer website now: https://www.breyerhorses.com/products/fairytale-friends-deposit-only

You will need to pay a $30 deposit and also be a Collector's Club member.

New Models

I haven't really been buying much this year, many of these are small purchases or ones I've won in raffles! Or they are left over stock that I've found and decided to buy for myself.

But I thought I would introduce you to a few of the new arrivals, a bit of an eclectic collection of models I must say, but some really nice ones amongst them.

First up is CRS Carrion Crawler (aka Confetti)



Confetti is one of the new vintage My Little Pony releases. I found a load of the sparkle cutey mark ones in a toy shop in Worcester and picked her. I love her multi-coloured mane and tail.

Second is CRS Yakshini (Yakshi)



I've been looking at Yakshi on Donna's table at live shows for a LONG time. I eventually decided to give in and purchase him at the last show. He is absolutely stunning and I'm so glad I've added him to my herd. I also now finally have an entry for ARC/AA British Native classes!

You will have met Nirvana before, he was my Namopaimo model, but I have only just gotten around to cataloguing him so he is being added to this post!



Next up is CRS Displacer Beast (Bea)



I won Bea at Year of the Pig Live, she's one of the new Stablemate Mystery Horse Surprise bag horses. She's my second on this mould and I do rather like her, even if she isn't massively realistic.

This is CRS Aeroflot



I bought Aeroflot at Year of the Pig Live because I wanted one of the new Stablemate Alborozos (and wanted to wait until he didn't cost me an arm and a leg). I'm proud of him he's already BMECS qualified on his first outing!

And because Aeroflot might get lonely here is CRS Boeing 747 (Boeing)



I couldn't even wait until we got the stock in and picked this one up at Year of the Pig to add to my G2 Appaloosa conga. And yes I was watching Air Crash Investigations when I named them both...

Now onto some of the 'left overs' that I found and decided could either be painted or kept. I decided to keep them.

First is CRS Barren Island (Barren)



Barren is a CollectA Walking Haflinger Foal

Second is CRS Tungahurua (Tunga)



Tunga is a CollectA Shire Mare in grey.

And third is CRS Volcan de Fuego (Volcan)



Volcan is my third CollectA Shire Foal (I didn't have the black, only a bay and a custom) and I'm happy to have a complete set. It's a lovely mould, so leggy!

Now we have CRS Cotopaxi (Coto)



Coto came as a part of a job lot of bodies that I got off Facebook marketplace. He was actually in pretty nice condition and rather cute so I decided to keep him and add him to my herd.

And finally we have CRS Careless Whisper



Whisper was painted by me in 2017. She was put up for sale along with her BMECS qualification and never sold. When I became ill last summer she was simply put in a box along with all the other sale customs.

Going through I got her out and reminded myself how much I actually liked her. I decided that I would keep rather than sell her but it has taken me this long to catalogue her and get to the point where she can go to a show again! I'm hoping she'll become a staple of my show string, she is a gorgeous foal and I'm really rather fond of her. I'm so glad I gave her a nice name as well!


I told you it was a bit of an eclectic bunch of models but I hope you enjoyed saying hello! I still don't have the proper light tent set up (I don't have space) and all these need their brightness altering but you get a good idea of the models anyway. They are all coming with me to North Wales Live on Saturday so you can say hi in person there :D

Teton

Teton is the latest release from the Breyer 'America the Beautiful' series. She is available now for Collector's Club members to enter for.

As usual she is given on a lottery basis and priced at $155.00

She is a lovely grulla pinto on the Giselle mould.

I'm avoiding entering because I am mega poor right now (I went a bit OTT with prizes for Herefordshire live and bankrupt myself...)





But you can enter for her at www.breyerhorses.com if you are a Collector's Club member.

Catching up on BreyerFest Special Runs

I can't believe it's nearly BreyerFest! The year seems to have flown by and I'm really behind in sharing all the awesome news and models with you guys. I've been a bad Blogger these last 12 months and I know it, feel free to shame me.

But anyway, I shall now be a good Blogger and share with you loads of news and updates on this year's BreyerFest special runs, so enjoy :)

Single Day Stablemates

Arya

Andante

Chiffon

Toe Tapper

What a gorgeous selection this year? I want all of them! But particularly love Andante (and no not just because it's a mini Silver portrait)!

Special Runs

Pepper

Quill

Diana

Bucky

Natasha

Rocket

Banner

So who am I after? Well definitely Diana! But then I also kinda want Natasha because of who she is and also Quill because, well because it's QUILL!

(also mood right there)

Store Specials

Zipped in Black Magic

Rico

Hal

Officer Oliver

I actually like the store specials more than the special runs. Obviously I'm getting Rico (SILVER CONGA) but I'm definitely also going to get hold of Hal and 100% getting Officer Oliver, is he not the cutest little thing? AND HE'S SO FLUFFY!!!!

Anyway I hope you enjoyed this catch up. Which BF special runs are you going to be adding to your herd this year? And are you as "I'm just getting that because I love the character" as me or are you a normal human being?