Special Effects: QVC Classics & Stablemates

The last post covered all the Traditional-scale QVC models in my collection. Today, we'll look at the Classics and Stablemates.

These three ladies are part of the Ladies of the Bluegrass set, issued in 2002. Like some of the other QVC models, I haven't run across a reference source that has their issue number or run size.

 

In a crazy twist of fate, I found all three of these models at BreyerFest 2012, but in three different places! I found the Silky Sullivan and Kelso in two different rooms in the CHIN, and the Ruffian at one of the vendors in the Covered Arena at Kentucky Horse Park.

 

 

This Kelso is painted like Regret, the first filly to ever win the Kentucky Derby in 1915. I've shown her a few times under the show name Miss Scarlet, a nod to both her color and one of my favorite movies of all time, Clue.

 

This Ruffian is painted like Genuine Risk, the second filly to win the Kentucky Derby in 1980.

 

 

This Silky Sullivan was painted like Winning Colors, the third (and last, to date) filly to win the Kentucky Derby in 1988.

 

 

These two models are from the Classic Racehorse 3-Piece Set, #500301, produced in 2001. I've never seen a definitive quantity on these, though Identify Your Breyer approximates 1500 sets were made.

 

 

I found the Silky Sullivan at BreyerFest 2012, the same year I found the Ladies of the Bluegrass set. That was a great year for finding Classics! I bought this one from the same seller as the glossy bay QVC Justin Morgan.

 

 

The Man O' War from that set has been high on my want list since my very first BreyerFest in 2010. He's incredibly popular (I mean, look at that color!), difficult to find, and tends to cost a lot when he comes up for sale. I just got him this year, and Heather B is once again responsible - though at least this time she let me pay her!

 

QVC released two Stablemates sets in 2002 called the Silver Cup Series. This is #505302, the Silver Cup Series 2nd Collection. I bought it direct from QVC. I show the G2 Appaloosa regularly; his show name is Parhelion.

 

[Incidentally, I have no idea where the little cups are from these sets; they weren't in the boxes when I pulled them out of the closet in the horse room. They're probably gallivanting around with the missing wooden base from the QVC Clydesdale Stallion.]

 

 

Having the second set made me want to hunt down the Silver Cup Series 1st Collection, #502901, pictured here. I purchased this set from a seller on Model Horse Sales Pages in September 2010.

 

I'm only hunting one non-Traditional-scale release - the Terrang to complete the Classic Racehorse 3-Piece Set.