Road Apple Live 2016: Placings and Photos

Division Champion Trophy made by Suzie Francis.

On February 6th, 2016 was the first "Road Apple Live" model horse show hosted by Susan Gage & Alicia Miller, located in Apple Valley, California.

The show was a blast! 

Division Champion Trophies made by Suzie Francis.

I judged the CM Mini Division, which kept me busy, hence the lack of many photos.

My showstring of seven custom Breyers and one artist resin.

I also showed a small handful of models and I'm pleased with their placings.

"Tom Hiddlehorse" custom Cigar by myself got first out of two models in the class.

"Hint of Crimson" classic Breyer custom by G.H. got third place out of five models in the class.

There was an awesome raffle at the show with so many wonderful items people donated!

Some of the raffle items.

Some of the raffle items.

I am also very excited and happy about the items I won in the raffle!

Raffle Win: Breyer 2008 Glossy Big Chex to Cash with ~ 500 made.

 To see the other models I got, check out my YouTube video here.

Raffle Win: Breyer Classic Chestnut Haflinger Mare.

And I adore the model I purchased as well. 

My purchase at the show: Breyer 1997 Stardust from Toy's R Us Medellin Series.

Overall it was a great time and I hope Road Apple Live makes a comeback next year!


EDIT: I forgot, I also got a New in Box Wild Blue model who I forgot to show in the video!

 

New Arrival - Custom Native American Horse & Rider

This beautiful custom set arrived in the mail. So thrilled with them! 

The horse was originally a Breyer Phar Lap and the Native American is a Marx Indian.

There is also a feathered spear that goes with them, but I forgot to bring it when I took theses photos! *Facehoof*

Guess I will have to take them on another little photo shoot WITH the spear next time!

Tallulah Tacked Up

There's a December Photo Challenge on Instagram (@StormyStrike) that I'm doing and today's photo theme is Performance. 

So I decided to tack up Tallulah in some of my turquoise western tack. 

The halter and reins were made by me (Sea Storm Tack which is currently available on my Ebay). The saddlepad and leg boots are by Breyer. I don't know who made the saddle but I've had it for a little while. 

When I first got Tallulah I was a little meh on her, but now she's grown on me a lot. Her eyes still kind of bug me, but other than that I really love her. 

Micro Mania Photo Show Results

All the ribbons and prizes I got from HoneyHeartsC for the Micro Mania Photo Show.

I collected (or more like played with) Breyer Mini Whinnies before I started collecting any other scale of Breyer. I have always loved them, although for a while they were set aside while I focused my collection on the bigger horses. But now they got their chance to shine again...

I am still absolutely shocked by what I received in the mail a week ago. (You can watch the video of me opening up the package here.) I got all these beautiful ribbons and rosettes for my entries into the Micro Mania Photo Show hosted by HoneyHeartsC (Original contest video here). 

Overall Champ and Reserve Ribbons and prizes.

I am especially shocked that within the package was an overall champion and overall champion reserve ribbons along with the two special Micro Mini Creata Whinner's Choice Test Run models from Candace Liddy!

The rare test model sample pieces that were the prizes for Grand and Reserve Champ.

They are even more awesome in person and I can't wait to show them in May at the Anaheim Mini Show.

 I also love these cute buttons and necklaces I got as well! I'll definitely be putting at least one of the buttons on my backpack. 

Division Champion and Division Reserve Champion Ribbons.

 Okay enough about all the pretty shiny satin ribbons and prizes, because now I need to move on to show some of the pictures I had entered into the photo show!

Photo entry for Class #7 Western Pleasure. "CC Hollywood" jogging on the rail with his rider.
Won First place in the class, CC Hollywood won Western Division Champ, and Overall Champion.

I spent a lot of time setting up and taking all of the photos.

Photo entry for Class #8) Western Games/timed events. "Ebony Lightning" barrel racing bridless.

Won First Place in the class and Ebony Lightning won Western Division Reserve Champ.

All of the photos were taken outside.

Photo entry for Class #16) Costume, Native American. "Blackfoot Eagle" 

Won Second Place in the class. 

The riders and saddles were made by Breyer, but all the other tack I made myself. Which was a lot easier said then done. Making tiny bridles, martingales, girths, saddle pads, and costumes is easier said than done. 

Photo entry for Class #2) English Pleasure, Hunt Seat. "California Marigold" 

Won First Place in the class and California Marigold won English Division Champ, and Overall Reserve Champ. 

It was also very hard to get the tack to stay on the models. Lots of sticky tack and patience was required.... 

Photo entry for Class #12 Other Western. "Ebony Lighting" herding cattle in to another pasture.
Won First Place in the class and Ebony Lightning won Western Division Reserve Champ.

A lot of the props had come from Breyer Mini Whinnie play sets, such as the fencing, jumper jump, and water trough. (The cows were also Breyer, but actually came from Stablemate sets.)

Photo entry for Class #9 Western Trail Arena. "CC Hollywood" jogging into an "L" element.
Won First place in the class, CC Hollywood won Western Division Champ, and Overall Champion.

Photo entry for Class #4) English Trail, Arena. "California Marigold" walking over ground poles.

Won First Place in the class and California Marigold won English Division Champ, and Overall Reserve Champ. 

I did however make the blue and white poles used for the arena trail classes.

Photo entry for Class #6) Other English. "Inspector Cookie" doing cross country.

Won First Place in the class and Inspector Cookie won English Division Reserve Champ.

I took dozens of different photos for each class and then narrowed them down to just one.

Just to give some perspective on the 578 photos...

I took a total of 578 photos, which were all narrowed down to just the 14 I entered into the show.

The final four photos I narrowed down for the Hunter, Jumper class. I ended up choosing the bottom right photo to enter.

In some cases I had multiple photos I had narrowed down to and it was hard to decide on the final picture. For example the four photos above were hard to decide on which one to enter. 

Photo entry for Class #5) Hunter Jumper. "Inspector Cookie" doing jumper.

Won First Place in the class and Inspector Cookie won English Division Reserve Champ.

Overall I had put in a lot of time and work for the 14 photos I entered and I am happy with how all of them came out. 

Photo entry for Far Out Class Outer Space. "Cosmic Blue Star" (horse on the far right) and other horses are weary of the new visitors from outer space, but the foals think they are fun new friends!

Won First Place in the class.

 Much thanks to my mom for letting me borrow her Kozmic Kiddles (from the 1960's) for the Outer Space class. 

Photo entry for Far Out Class Famous Movie Scenes. "Little Creeks Rain" tied to Spirit in the famous movie scene from Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron.

Won First Place in the class and won Far Out Class Division Champion.

This Photo Show was super fun to do and I am still so beyond shocked by my placings! I love the two test run Winner's Choice horses and they'll always be a permanent part of my collection.

Much thanks again to HoneyHeartsC and Candace Liddy!!!

You can watch this video here to see some of the other photos I didn't include in this blog that were entered into the Photo Show:

Circus Horse

My mom picked up this "The Greatest Show on Earth" circus horse yesterday. It instantly reminded me of the the Circus Horse Toy that is a knock off of the Western Horse/Pony Mold in a very similar mold to the Breyer Western Horse. This particular guy reminds me of the Breyer Chris Hess Five Gaiter because he is in the same pose, although he does not have a strikingly similar appearance compared to the Western Horse one.

A Breyer Five Gaiter compared to the circus horse.

Poor Circus horse at some point lost the feather that was supposed to be on his head.

"Toy" horses like this also help you appreciate the beauty and amount of work that the artists put into into in the molds for Breyer horses. 

That tail makes me think this guy could be a cousin to Khemosabi.

For now I'm going to keep this goofy looking guy/gal, with its noodle mane, teapot handle tail, and in-the-middle-of-the-belly saddle girth. The goofy and shiny factor of this model are just too fun.

Creamsicle Arrives

I got cute little Creamsicle in the mail yesterday. She's a 2008-2010 Regular Run release on the Clydesdale Foal mold. 

I remember seeing this girl before at the tack shop I go to when I started collecting. I always regretted not getting her when they had her available.

But now I have her in my collection and she is quite a cutie!

She's in great condition and will likely be finding a place in my show-string.

I have a couple other models on this mold and would honestly not mind having more! The Clydesdale foal is definitively one of my favorites of the foal molds.