Being in the Stablemate Club has re-ignited my passion for collecting these tiny ponies. My stablemate collection is growing bigger and bigger now. I mean I have to be pretty selective as to what traditional sized horses I keep in my herd but you can keep far more stablemates in a smaller space. Not to say that I'm any less picky with my stablemates though. After some debating, I have decided to renew my SM Club membership. I kept going back and forth because the horses being released this coming year don't "wow" me like in previous years. There are quite a few I plan to sell. The Stablemates Club is supposed to release not just one but TWO new molds next year. The photo above from my annual Just About Horses magazine shows the molds which will be used. There is always a vintage mold, a drafter, a smaller mold used as the gambler's choice, Mirado will now be colored as a blood red chestnut and now two new molds: a walking Thoroughbred and walking Irish Draught. This is the stunning blood red chestnut (with light dappling, no less) on the Mirado mold that will be released during the 2019 Stablemates Club. His name is Fiero and he will be a gambler's choice on either matte or glossy. I'm really hoping for the glossy version. Usually I don't care whether my horses are glossy or not, but considering the fact that this coloring is quite common, I'd much prefer it in glossy since I'm paying the extra money. The color is, at least in my opinion, a lot better on this mold than the original color Mirado was released on in the club. Are they ever going to make a regular run with this guy? This horse's name is Gwenevere and she will be the vintage mold for the club. She is a glossy palomino on the Morgan Mare mold. If I liked the mold, I probably would keep her, despite the fact that her coloring - like Fiero's - is also quite common. However, since vintage molds aren't my thing, I will be offering her for sale when she is released. Meet Priscilla the horse on the Belgian mold. She is a grey leopard appaloosa drafter to signify strength and beauty. I do like drafters and appaloosas so I'll probably end up keeping her. As per what I expected, the silver bay Highland Pony will be part of the gambler's choice and not a model on her own. Each year in the Stablemates Club, Breyer offers four different colors available as a gambler's choice... this means you get 1 out of the 4 colors shown and you have no idea which one you will end up with. In addition to the silver bay is a decorator, a perlino appaloosa (probably my favorite next to the silver bay) and a blue roan medicine hat. Really I'd be happy with any of these guys. Meet Greyson, who is one of the two new molds for the Stablemates Club. The horse is cute, looks like a miniature version of Carrick, but I'm a bit disappointed with this coloring. It looks very similar to Coco from a couple years ago. I will probably end up keeping him though because Thoroughbreds are one of my favorite breeds. According to the artist, he is a baby from the Puchilingui line. Remember Sato? It was his sire: https://www.oakwoodfarmtb.com/Puchilingui.htm
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