Harriet's Breyer Horses

So glad you got them
They really are beautiful in person. I wasn't totally in love with the foal from the stock photos but he is a little cutie !

Rio wrote:

So glad you got them
They really are beautiful in person. I wasn't totally in love with the foal from the stock photos but he is a little cutie !

Thanks Rio!

HKHollinstone wrote:

Cyhyraeth wrote:

HKHollinstone wrote:

Cyhyraeth wrote:

so should I expect Maureen Love classic-sized additions in your collection?)

I really want some of them, but I haven't had any luck in my searching, where do you find your's usually?

Mostly on Ebay and MH$P But I try to get big lots one horse seem to be very expensive in shipping:(

Thanks Daria - do you search eBay.de for them?

No, not really. mostly on .com and .uk

I should buy Valentine! I love her so badly... One of my most-wanted breyers! Big congrats!

Cyhyraeth wrote:

HKHollinstone wrote:

Cyhyraeth wrote:

HKHollinstone wrote:

Cyhyraeth wrote:

so should I expect Maureen Love classic-sized additions in your collection?)

I really want some of them, but I haven't had any luck in my searching, where do you find your's usually?

Mostly on Ebay and MH$P But I try to get big lots one horse seem to be very expensive in shipping:(

Thanks Daria - do you search eBay.de for them?

No, not really. mostly on .com and .uk

That's interesting, I cannot find any vintage Breyer on eBay, not by Maureen Love. I'll have to look harder!

SyLoBe wrote:

I should buy Valentine! I love her so badly... One of my most-wanted breyers! Big congrats!

Yes you should Thank you Silvia

HKHollinstone wrote:

That's interesting, I cannot find any vintage Breyer on eBay, not by Maureen Love. I'll have to look harder!

i found a lot of them on .com. Are you searching by Maureen's name or the model's name?
Since most people don't know about her, and a lot of people don't know the models' names and Breyer changed model's names, the best way is to search for "Breyer Classic" and then just wade through the results to find the ones from the HR molds. Between Identify your Breyer and Hagen Renaker Museum you should be able to ID them.

Here's a few:
Man o War
Ferseyn Arabian Stallion and here. Actually, there are a lot of him.
oooo! here's the whole family!
Silky Sullivan
Butch the Mustang foal.

Mastiffcat wrote:

HKHollinstone wrote:

That's interesting, I cannot find any vintage Breyer on eBay, not by Maureen Love. I'll have to look harder!

i found a lot of them on .com. Are you searching by Maureen's name or the model's name?
Since most people don't know about her, and a lot of people don't know the models' names and Breyer changed model's names, the best way is to search for "Breyer Classic" and then just wade through the results to find the ones from the HR molds. Between Identify your Breyer and Hagen Renaker Museum you should be able to ID them.

Here's a few:
Man o War
Ferseyn Arabian Stallion and here. Actually, there are a lot of him.
oooo! here's the whole family!
Silky Sullivan
Butch the Mustang foal.

Thank you Carolyn! I will try that The thing with me buying from America is, unless it's below 18£ I get charged at customs
I do have a Maureen Love horse then, that little bay mustang foal, I didn't realise that

Thanks alot Harriet and Rio!
For suckering me into getting valentine and heart breaker LOL
I wanted this model for a long time but.. There were no glossy ones when i went to the store so I was in the states on a holiday and found a glossy set!!!
They are beautiful especially the foal I am going to conga the mold!
Pictures to come!

HKHollinstone wrote:

Thank you Carolyn! I will try that The thing with me buying from America is, unless it's below 18£ I get charged at customs
I do have a Maureen Love horse then, that little bay mustang foal, I didn't realise that

oh if you're going to have only one Maureen Love, Butch is a nice one to have!

do you get charged at customs if it's a gift? we're lucky here in US that we don't have to worry about that.
on the other hand, i've heard of people who have received fancy expensive artist resins from England with holes drilled in them because someone at "Homeland Security" thought it looked like a place for a bad person to hide explosives or drugs or who knows what one might hide in a model horse.
i don't know anyone it as happened to personally, so maybe they are just stories, but still

Mastiffcat wrote:

do you get charged at customs if it's a gift? we're lucky here in US that we don't have to worry about that.
on the other hand, i've heard of people who have received fancy expensive artist resins from England with holes drilled in them because someone at "Homeland Security" thought it looked like a place for a bad person to hide explosives or drugs or who knows what one might hide in a model horse.
i don't know anyone it as happened to personally, so maybe they are just stories, but still

That's awful!!

Yes, even if it's a gift I have been charged at customs - anything over the value of 18£ I'm doomed. I've had two experiences where I've been charged 20£! One I managed to get £12 back but still...

I have the chestnut version of butch, are they called the same even if they're a different colour?

Mastiffcat wrote:

on the other hand, i've heard of people who have received fancy expensive artist resins from England with holes drilled in them because someone at "Homeland Security" thought it looked like a place for a bad person to hide explosives or drugs or who knows what one might hide in a model horse.
i don't know anyone it as happened to personally, so maybe they are just stories, but still

I've heard the same stories about porcelain dolls. I think some of these stories might be true, but it's not a common thing.

HKHollinstone wrote:

I have the chestnut version of butch, are they called the same even if they're a different colour?

Butch is the HR name for the mold, so all HR Mustang foals are "Butch." I don't know if Breyer has given different names to different colors. "Back in my day" ( ), Breyer just called him the Classic Mustang Foal.

I think Butch's still called A Mustang Foal in Breyer. However, this mold's already retired.

Mastiffcat wrote:

HKHollinstone wrote:

I have the chestnut version of butch, are they called the same even if they're a different colour?

Butch is the HR name for the mold, so all HR Mustang foals are "Butch." I don't know if Breyer has given different names to different colors. "Back in my day" ( ), Breyer just called him the Classic Mustang Foal.

Cyhyraeth wrote:

I think Butch's still called A Mustang Foal in Breyer. However, this mold's already retired.

Thanks for the info Carolyn and Daria

I found this chap by chance on eBay uk, I couldn't believe my luck, just the kind of thing I am looking for. A vintage Breyer, now I'm not sure if it's sculpted by Maureen Love but it looks like her style? Anyway, I love him. His name is Kelso, a very famous racehorse (who I hadn't heard of actually ) and he even came in his original box.
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Congratz, Harriet :)

Yes, he is by Maureen Love. Kelso was made from 1975 - 1990

Congrats!
Yes, it's a Maureen Love piece, from the racehorses series:)
A very stunning guy:) I have this mold in bay roan, and I believe it's one of the best vintage Breyer classics ever made:)

Congratulations! The Love thoroughbreds are masterpieces, what a great find!
One funny thing about the Kelso mold is that while the original horse was a gelding, the model has been described as a mare almost from day one. Of course, racing TBs don't show a lot of gender dimorphism... Even Breyer has used it in a few mare/foal sets!

Rio wrote:

Congratz, Harriet :)

Yes, he is by Maureen Love. Kelso was made from 1975 - 1990

Cyhyraeth wrote:

Congrats!
Yes, it's a Maureen Love piece, from the racehorses series:)
A very stunning guy:) I have this mold in bay roan, and I believe it's one of the best vintage Breyer classics ever made:)

Sumo wrote:

Congratulations! The Love thoroughbreds are masterpieces, what a great find!
One funny thing about the Kelso mold is that while the original horse was a gelding, the model has been described as a mare almost from day one. Of course, racing TBs don't show a lot of gender dimorphism... Even Breyer has used it in a few mare/foal sets!

Thanks Rio, Daria and Sumo! How weird he was described as a mare!
I love him, he's so elegant. hope I can add more to my collection, there are several you have Daria that I just love.

Congrats on a great find - including the box! Kelso is one of Maureen Love's best sculpts, IMHO.


Kelso was running in the early 1960s, when Maureen was doing her race horse series. He was one of the greatest race horses in America, ever. Obviously he wasn't as good as Man o' War or Secretariat - no one was - but his name can be mentioned in the same sentence as theirs when talking about the greats.

Mastiffcat wrote:

Congrats on a great find - including the box! Kelso is one of Maureen Love's best sculpts, IMHO.


Kelso was running in the early 1960s, when Maureen was doing her race horse series. He was one of the greatest race horses in America, ever. Obviously he wasn't as good as Man o' War or Secretariat - no one was - but his name can be mentioned in the same sentence as theirs when talking about the greats.

Thank Carolyn I can't believe I hadn't heard of him, it's embarrassing

What a great hunt! Big congrats!

Pssst: I hadn´t heard of Kelso before xD

Wow, that is such a great new addition! Great find! I love race horses, and that is certainly one of my favorites, lucky owner you are!

SyLoBe wrote:

Pssst: I hadn´t heard of Kelso before xD

Phew, glad I wasn't the only one

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Wow, that is such a great new addition! Great find! I love race horses, and that is certainly one of my favorites, lucky owner you are!

Thank you Girls!!

HKHollinstone wrote:

SyLoBe wrote:

Pssst: I hadn´t heard of Kelso before xD

Phew, glad I wasn't the only one

don't feel bad. I don't remember knowing about him until Breyer released its model! Poor Kelso never had a children's book written about him, like so many other greats have, so little girls don't grow up knowing his name. I can't remember not knowing who Man o' War was.