Last month, I embarked on my ever-growing ISH conga, talking about the short mane/short tail body style. This month, I’ll talk about my long mane/long tail ISHs. There are seven of them. The eighth I thought I had is actually a long mane/short tail who was labelled incorrectly in my spreadsheet (gahhhhh, this data nerd is cringing in horror!) I’ve already written the content for him, so I could probably toss him onto this post anyway, but since July's conga post will need to go up a mere two days before I leave for BreyerFest, I'm gonna save him for then. July Mel will profusely thank April Mel for already having a post ready to go.
This DAH ISH was my second ISH ever. I ordered him in May 2017. He’s seal bay with dapples, painted by Julie Keim, whose seal bays are absolutely to die for. I ordered gloss, of course, because all bays should be glossed, though he initially arrived to me in matte and I had to send him back to get his proper coat of shiny.
This horse kicks ass and takes names in the show ring. He was the overall breed champion at his first ever show and continues to do well almost ten years after his purchase despite the gargantuan size of Stone Paint classes. He's definitely not the flashiest Paint out there, but he is correct - the badger face is a sabino trait, so I gave him knee-high whites on the front and extreme high (up onto the belly) whites on the rear legs to be consistent with that, and blue eyes because the white covers them both. His show name is Zenith.
This horse kicks ass and takes names in the show ring. He was the overall breed champion at his first ever show and continues to do well almost ten years after his purchase despite the gargantuan size of Stone Paint classes. He's definitely not the flashiest Paint out there, but he is correct - the badger face is a sabino trait, so I gave him knee-high whites on the front and extreme high (up onto the belly) whites on the rear legs to be consistent with that, and blue eyes because the white covers them both. His show name is Zenith.
I’ll give you two guesses as to who painted this ISH - Letting Go, a run of 10 for Art of the Horse 2021 - but you’re only gonna need one.
Yet again, Mel falls victim to a lovely light flaxen chestnut painted by Audrey Dixon.
I’m pretty sure I stalked the website the day he was released so I could make sure I got one. I adore his soft color. I left him matte; I wasn’t sure if the color would go too orange or yellow in gloss. I’ve seen glossed ones and while they didn't stray too far into orange or yellow territory, I do like him better in matte, so I’m happy with my decision. His show name is Moving On.
Yet again, Mel falls victim to a lovely light flaxen chestnut painted by Audrey Dixon.
I’m pretty sure I stalked the website the day he was released so I could make sure I got one. I adore his soft color. I left him matte; I wasn’t sure if the color would go too orange or yellow in gloss. I’ve seen glossed ones and while they didn't stray too far into orange or yellow territory, I do like him better in matte, so I’m happy with my decision. His show name is Moving On.
This is #IS17043 Goo, a run of 200 pieces for the Artisan Hall series in 2003, designed and painted by Sarah Minkiewicz. The Stone Horse Reference site says “an unknown number of mares were made.” My copy of Goo is one of them.
Goo has a story. She was a Mercari purchase in late June 2023. The seller shipped pretty quickly, but UPS didn’t see fit to deliver her for eight days. I was at BreyerFest by the time the box arrived. I was sitting in our hotel room at the CHIN one night, minding room sales, arguing via text with Chris that pickles DO NOT belong on tacos (long story), when I remembered Goo’s delivery and asked Chris to get her box off the porch. He said he already had … and if there was a horse in it, it was probably broken, because the box looked like an accordion. He sent photos.
It was bad.
Chris is afraid to be anywhere near my horses most of the time and will only go into the horse room if I'm in there with him, but I called him and begged him to open the box so I could see if Goo was okay, and so I could let the seller know if there was any damage. Chris said he was also Very Concerned and agreed to open the box. He took lots of pictures before opening and also took pictures of every step of opening the box and unwrapping her.
Miraculously, Goo survived with nary a scratch. He even took her into the horse room and set her on the floor next to one of my shelves, and sent me a “proof of life” photo.
Her show name is Treacle, because treacle tarts have a gooey filling.
Goo has a story. She was a Mercari purchase in late June 2023. The seller shipped pretty quickly, but UPS didn’t see fit to deliver her for eight days. I was at BreyerFest by the time the box arrived. I was sitting in our hotel room at the CHIN one night, minding room sales, arguing via text with Chris that pickles DO NOT belong on tacos (long story), when I remembered Goo’s delivery and asked Chris to get her box off the porch. He said he already had … and if there was a horse in it, it was probably broken, because the box looked like an accordion. He sent photos.
It was bad.
Chris is afraid to be anywhere near my horses most of the time and will only go into the horse room if I'm in there with him, but I called him and begged him to open the box so I could see if Goo was okay, and so I could let the seller know if there was any damage. Chris said he was also Very Concerned and agreed to open the box. He took lots of pictures before opening and also took pictures of every step of opening the box and unwrapping her.
Miraculously, Goo survived with nary a scratch. He even took her into the horse room and set her on the floor next to one of my shelves, and sent me a “proof of life” photo.
Her show name is Treacle, because treacle tarts have a gooey filling.
Oh look, a shiny blue thing! I talked about Little Bird in my January Full Spectrum post, so you can read his deets over there, if you’re so inclined.
This model is somewhat of a mystery. He was advertised for sale in June 2024 as Monroe, a run of brindle ISHs from 2011, but those were the short mane/short tail body and had only three stockings. I let the seller know that Monroe wasn’t a match for what she had, but she kept the price as-is.
The best we can figure is that this is a OOAK ISH painted by Julie Keim somewhere around 2008 or 2009. Her initials are on the bottom of one of his hooves (she was kind enough to confirm them as hers at a show we attended together), and he’s the cream-colored plastic, which was commonly used in 2008-2009. Stone’s record-keeping at times has been as hit-or-miss as Breyer’s, so there are many OOAKs out there that have unknown origins. I provided photos and a write-up of what I knew about him to Barb Bacon, so he’s on the Stone Horse Reference site now.
His show name is Uomo Misterioso, which is Italian for Mystery Man.
The best we can figure is that this is a OOAK ISH painted by Julie Keim somewhere around 2008 or 2009. Her initials are on the bottom of one of his hooves (she was kind enough to confirm them as hers at a show we attended together), and he’s the cream-colored plastic, which was commonly used in 2008-2009. Stone’s record-keeping at times has been as hit-or-miss as Breyer’s, so there are many OOAKs out there that have unknown origins. I provided photos and a write-up of what I knew about him to Barb Bacon, so he’s on the Stone Horse Reference site now.
His show name is Uomo Misterioso, which is Italian for Mystery Man.
This is Black Tie, a 2004 run that was evenly split between glossy stallions and glossy mares. Mine is a mare. I got her from my friend Eleanor at BreyerFest in 2024. Her show name is Just a Formality.
Dazzle was a special run for the Ginger Horse tack shop in 2004. She was evenly split between 50 glossy and 50 matte models. I bought her in November 2024 through a Facebook group that offers weekly auctions from the estate of a long-time collector. She is unshown.
There are seven long mane/long tail ISHs on my wish list: Abby, a matte Black Tie, Denali, the Holiday Horse, Miss Dainty Doc, Ragtime, and Silver Spur. The only one that might take a little bit of searching is Denali, as there are only five of him.
Factory Custom ISHs coming up next in May!
There are seven long mane/long tail ISHs on my wish list: Abby, a matte Black Tie, Denali, the Holiday Horse, Miss Dainty Doc, Ragtime, and Silver Spur. The only one that might take a little bit of searching is Denali, as there are only five of him.
Factory Custom ISHs coming up next in May!
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