Other Makes: Stone Weanlings

These cute little shits.

The Stone Weanling is my second-favorite foal mold of all time (behind only the Classic Arabian Foal). She's just so stinking cute. I'm really, really big on faces and heads, and the Stone Weanling has a great one. I'm also really, really big on stock horses, so it makes sense that I'd love a stock foal.

Later in this series, we'll get to my Stone ISHs (Ideal Stock Horses), whose number has grown to truly horrifying proportions in the last three years, but today we'll look at the bebes.

 

My first Stone Weanling was this Design-A-Horse from April 2016. (Let the record state that I miss the days of being able to order a DAH for less than $100.) She's a palomino roan with a star, snip, and low sock on her left front, finished in gloss. Her show name is Georgia Peach.

 

This gal is OOAK (one-of-a-kind) Circus Peanut, produced for the Little Horse Show in 2019. She didn't sell there and was later available at the end-of-year Warehouse Sale. My friend Chunk enabled her purchase - he was a designated shopper that day for folks who couldn't attend the Warehouse Sale in person. I saw her in photos, messaged him, and the rest is history. Her show name is Penny Candy.

 

In November 2023, as part of our Greater Pittsburgh Model Horse Show series, we hosted an all-mini show called Size Doesn't Matter. A local hobbyist, Melissa D, had this Weanling on the sales part of her table. This is Chipper, a run of 100 pieces from 2010. I'm typically not drawn to pintos, but this model caught my eye right away (probably because, outside of the white areas, she is a Shiny Bay Thing). We chatted about her a little bit and I told Melissa I'd think about her.

Toward the end of the show, Melissa asked me if I'd like to do a trade. Her mom wanted a model I had for sale, and I wanted Chipper, so we easily came to an agreement. 

Melissa said she'd shown the her before, but couldn't remember her name, so I dubbed her Tasty Bean.

 

This Weanling, #WE21107 The Director, a run of unknown quantity from 2009, was enabled by Chunk's other half, Chesna. In August 2024, there was a swap meet in Ohio. I couldn't make it, but Chunk and Chesna went, and Chesna posted tons of pictures of what was for sale, offering to facilitate acquisitions for non-attendees. I zeroed in on this gal and messaged Chesna, who got me additional photos, negotiated with the seller on my behalf, and then hung onto the model until we could meet up. 

 

This little Weanling, Keepsake, a run of 125 for The Hobby Horse News in 2002, was pretty high up on my Weanling want list for awhile. I attended the BVG Model Horse Show in Michigan in April this year and another shower had her for sale just a couple tables over from me. I bought her before I even finished unpacking my show string.

I'm a Stone Horse Reference site subscriber, and one of the nice things about it is that you can build your own ISO (In Search Of) list. I've currently got 27 Weanlings on there. Most are OOAKs that I'll never find (let alone afford) but I can dream. In a surprise twist, only 3 of those 27 are bay, and almost half of those 27 are patterned!