BreyerFest is 20 years old, so we’ve got 20 fun facts for you!

1 is the number of Celebration Horses selected for BreyerFest each year.

2 is the number of charity raffles held at BreyerFest - one on Saturday and one on Sunday.  Tickets are available at the Breyer Booth.

3 days of BreyerFest!

4 inches in a hand when measuring real horses.  This is based on the old-fashioned way of  measuring a horse’s height using the palm of your hand, approximately 4 inches.

5 different Gambler’s Choice Limited Edition Stablemates available with each single day ticket.  All come in a great mini tote bag!

6 ,000+ attendees at BreyerFest every year!

7 pm - the time the Swap Meet opens on Friday at the Holiday Inn North.

8 is the number of legs in the Heidi and Edelweiss cow set from BreyerFest 2008.

9 weeks until BreyerWest 2009!

10 is how old Breyer portrait model & BreyerFest equine guest Kuchi turned this year.

11 is the number of horses used to fill the role of Cochise in the television series Bonanza.

12 is how old BreyerFest performer Lizzy Traband will be next year.

13,500 dollars was the record-breaking price that a custom-painted Alborozo model was  sold for in 2008 at the BreyerFest Live Benefit Auction to benefit various charities.

14 is the age of Breyer’s new portrait model and Brianne Goutal’s mount, Mon Gamin.

15 of March is the birthday of Stacy Westfall’s partner and BreyerFest Birthday Bash’s  Celebration Horse, Whizards Baby Doll.

16^.3 hands is the height of the real Sheik af Hallundbaek, a new Breyer portrait model.

17 of July is the first day of BreyerFest!  The event runs July 17-19, 2009.

18 stallions were entered in the 1993 100 Day Stallion Performance Test.  Of them, Idocus (2009 Breyer portrait model) was the youngest and greenest yet went on to become the   Grand Champion and held the highest jumping score of all the stallions.

19 91 was the only year multiple BreyerFests were held across the United States.  They were in  Oregon, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and California.

20 years of celebrating model horses and good friends at BreyerFest!

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