BreyerFest is coming to the Kentucky Horse Park July 17-19 to celebrate our 20th Anniversary!!  Stay tuned for more news about our birthday celebration. 

BreyerFest attendees said a fond farewell to the wonderful guest horses and their handlers.

Uraneo, Alborozo’s half-brother, impressed the crowds at BreyerFest with his beautiful levade. Avi Cohen is the owner and trainer, shown here with Uraneo in-hand.

It’s hard to believe another BreyerFest has come and gone and hard to believe that this one can be topped!

Despite three days of heat and humidity, a wonderful time was had by all as you can see from the photos.

Alborozo continued to amaze. In his last performance Sunday afternoon, he did the capriole four times, thrilling the crowds who were there until the very end. Those who stayed got a special treat. Most of the guest horses, including Alborozo stayed and BreyerFest attendees were able to come down to the rail to pet them and talk to their handlers. Alborozo’s younger half-brother also delighted, performing the levade. Both horses were shown by Avi Cohen, who is the owner and trainer based at Kilimanjaro Farm, California.

Young model horse enthusiasts had a wonderful time too. They participated in the Youth & Children’s Model Horse Show, the many workshops and in painting Stablemates and Wind Dancer wings.

Keep checking the website and Just About Horses Magazine for information about BreyerFest 2009!

We at Breyer can’t wait to see you next year.

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The crowd went wild over yesterday’s spectacular performance of Alborozo, BreyerFest’s Celebration Horse. Avi Cohen, Alborozo’s owner and trainer, put on quite a show with both Alborozo and Uraneo, his half-brother.

You can still see them today, the last day of what is the best BreyerFest ever!

Here, Alborozo performs the capriole, the most difficult classical dressage movement!

Check out this group of happy campers at the BreyerFest Youth Model Horse Show!

A record $13,500 bid was accepted for the final offering at last night’s auction. The bidder purchased a beautifully detailed smutty palomino painted on the Alborozo mold by Karen Williams. Renowned artist Brigitte Eberl was the sculptor of this magificent, one-of-a-kind piece made even more special because the mold for this model was broken.

Tara Larson Chang, illustrator of the new Wind Dancer books, was at BreyerFest yesterday to talk about the art that went into creating the four new books and to sign Wind Dancer book previews and posters.

The books are scheduled for release this Fall and its clear that the throngs of Wind Dancer fans who got books and posters autographed can’t wait! The books are being published by Feiwel & Friends, a division of MacMillan Publishers.

Tara traveled all the way from Seattle to visit with the Wind Dancer fans.

Creating the drawings for Brisa, one of the four Wind Dancers, was especially fun for Tara, because of Brisa’s traits as portrayed in the books.

“She’s vain and loves the glitter and glamour,” Tara said with a laugh.

Tara did have a surprise when one of her young fans came up to get an autograph and told her that she has a Wind Dancer at home. When asked which one, the girl looked surprised. It turned out that she had a real horse named Wind Dancer. She was one of many horse lovers who also love Breyer model horses attending BreyerFest to enjoy both worlds. It’s just that connection that makes BreyerFest so special!

Kelly Weimer of Pennsylvania thought she was having a good day when her test model dapple grey Scratching Foal first won the Original Finish Foals section at the BreyerFest Open Show Then, she thought her day was getting better when the foal was named overall Grand Champion Foal.

Little did she know that she would receive even more regogniction in the form of a special honor, not just for being a great competitor, but for being a helpful, friendly and kind competitor.

The judges at yesterday’s event felt she was the clear choice for the Dayton Layman Perpetual Memorial Trophy, named in honor of Dayton Layman, a much appreciated volunteer for many years at BreyerFest.

Kathleen Fallon, Breyer’s Director of Marketing Communications, explained that the trophy was set up to honor Dayton’s memory and would be awarded each year to the open show competitor who best exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship. Sharon, his widow, was at the show to observe the awarding of the trophy.

Michelle Masters, who called Kelly up to receive her award, said she was the person who was most clearly supporting and helping those at the show all day.

“I am so thrilled. I was having a great show and didn’t think my day could get any better, but it did,” Kelly said.

After 52 hours on the road, including a rest stop in New Mexico and Arkansas, Alborozo has arrived at BreyerFest! And, this magnificent dapple grey Andalusian stallion, is rested and raring to go! He pranced out of his stall, and with nothing more than a vocal cue from owner and trainer Avi Cohen, was soon walking across the field from the stabling area doing the Spanish walk! Avi, who traveled to Lexington, Kentucky all the way from his Kilimanjaro Ranch in Malibu, California, promises to put on quite a show featuring in-hand and riding of all the classical dressage movements. And, Avi tells us this is the farthest Alborozo has traveled so we feel especially honored he is with us!

It’s not too late to join us. Alborozo is only one of the amazing horses here at BreyerFest. He is our celebration horse and in case you don’t know–we are breaking the mold! So get this gorgeous Brigitte Eberl sculpt of this incredible horse while you can!