Featured JAH - 2/17/2024, Mar/Apr 1998

 Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured JAH! This week we'll take a look at the Mar/Apr 1998 issue. It's slushy and wet outside, perfect for a spring edition of the magazine, so let's get going! 

On the (worn) front cover, Robert Redford works with Pilgrim in The Horse Whisperer. On the back cover, the Cowboy and Prancer set makes its debut. 

In the Editor's Desk, Stephanie shares some insight into the making of The Horse Whisperer, and Breyer staff pose for a photo with the real Niatross from the champion trotter's visit to Breyer headquarters. On page 3 is some various blurbs, including a photo of a Bucking Bronco that wasn't available in time for the previous issue. 

After skipping some schedule information about Breyerfest 1998, on page 8-9 is an article by Stephanie about the making of The Horse Whisperer.

On page 10 is the conclusion to the Horse Whisperer article, and on page 11 is some advice (circa 1998) for hobbyists wanting to travel from the USA to Canada. 

On page 12 is an article about Breyer portrait horse Niatross, and on page 13 is a Blast from the Past featuring the gold Secretariat, and a Just About...Breyer Animals featuring the Moose. 

After skipping an article about 4-H and some collector interviews, on page 16 are some blurbs about new for 1998 portrait horses, and page 17 contains a new caption contest and the winner for the previous one (I can't remember exactly when these got started). 

On page 18-19 is a tribute to author Marguerite Henry, who passed away in 1997 at the age of 95. 

In this issue's centerpiece we have the reveal of the models for The Horse Whisperer - Rimrock on Adios and Pilgrim on San Domingo. I wanted Pilgrim but never got one - I have a small fondness for San Domingo despite never owning one. If I had unlimited shelf space, I'd probably collect him. I did eventually get a Rimrock, but have since sold him off again. 

After skipping an article about the gaits of the horse and a broken ear repair article, we come to Dear JAH on page 26, featuring (as far as I've seen) the first inkling of a possibility of a Breyer website. The "we are looking into getting on the internet in the near future" gave me a bit of a chuckle. Also, I had forgotten someone actually managed to correctly guess the number of spots on that Tom Bainbridge-painted Lady Phase! Wow. On page 27 is an article about Lindsey Phibbs, winner of the 1997 AHSA/Breyer Junior Equestrian of the Year award. 

Having skipped Horse Trader, page 38 brings us Who Am I? featuring the chestnut sabino Clydesdale Foal and a Shetland Pony variation, and on page 39 is the first page of this week's Vintage Point, featuring the Jumping Horse.

On page 40 is the end of the Vintage Point Article, with photos on the opposite page. Interestingly, there's no photo of Thundervision, but I'm pretty sure I've seen a photo of him in JAH before - I wonder what happened. There's no entry for him on IDYB, either. Unfortunately, I seem to remember hearing somewhere that Thundervision was eventually lost in a house fire - can anyone confirm? 

And with that, we've reached the end of another JAH! Check back next week for May/June 1998 - this issue had a HUGE reveal, and the world of Stablemates hasn't been the same since!