Featured JAH - 10/18/2025, Annual 2016

 Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured JAH! We're covering the Annual 2016 issue this week, so let's get going! 

On the front cover, Fantasia del C and rider dance into our hearts. I first saw this JAH cover at Chasing the Chesapeake and was wowed by the tack and rider - it looks great on the model! I wonder if we'll get to see this year's JAH cover at Hoofbeats and Maple Treats? 

In the Editor's Desk, Stephanie recaps the year and previews the issue as usual. 

After skipping the reveal of True North and an ad for Breyerfest 2017, on page 7 we have a short article about Breyer portrait horse Snowman. 

On page 8 we have an article about Brunello. 

After skipping some Breyerwest photos and the first part of the Cortes C article (a photo of him with Beezie Madden), on page 11 we have the first page of the actual Cortes C article. 

The Cortes C article wraps up on page 12. Cortes C sadly died in 2023 at the age of 21. 

On page 13 we have an update on American Pharoah, purportedly dictated to Kelly Weimer. 

After skipping a brief article about Pony Up!, on page 15 we have another short article about Carltonlima Emma. Oh yeah - 2016 was the year Breyer introduced several black models (Cortes C, Rhapsody in Black, Emma, Cherry Creek Fonzie Merit) to the regular run line (and then Dag Dia and Namid at Breyerfest!) and made us all wonder if there had been a special on black paint. 

On page 16 is the first page of the Breyerfest 2016 photo journal. 

The Breyerfest photo journal continues on page 17. 

More Breyerfest photos on page 18. 

The Breyerfest photos wrap up on page 19. 

On page 20 we have an article about the Rio Olympics. 

The Rio article concludes on page 21. 

After skipping most of the Hobbyist Hangout/how-to section of the magazine, on page 32 we have an article about clinkies! 

The clinkies article wraps up on page 33. 

After skipping more how-to stuff, on page 40 we've reached this issue's Vintage Club, featuring the ever-popular Othello mold! I think it would be accurate to say Othello is my favorite mold, so it's great to see him featured here. Crossing my fingers that he won't be a special run at Hoofbeats and Maple Treats, though. 

Vintage Point continues on page 41.

Vintage Point mostly concludes on page 42. I skipped the last part because it was a listing of all the different Othello releases, which is outdated anyway. 

After skipping the 2015/2016 New Product Guide, on page 54 we have On the Trail with Breyer. 

After skipping the inside cover of the magazine (just an ad for the 2017 Stablemates Club), on the back cover of the magazine we have Woodland Splendor, the 2016 Holiday Horse! A handsome color on Lonesome Glory. And that brings us to the end of this week's issue! Check back next week for Annual 2017. 

Careful what you wish for?

 Well, I guess I shouldn't have wished for Kiana to be available in glossy...because not only will she be glossy, but she's a gambler's choice glossy and matte! Gah! 

And here's the matte one, for reference, plus the pin. Guess I'm going to have to decide if I get one deluxe membership, or two. 

Also, more photos of Georgina have surfaced from somewhere, though for the life of me I can't figure out where they originated. 

And another: 

I want to like her, but I don't know if I'll be able to get over the head looking too small, and to a lesser extent her lumpy mane. Guess I'll have to wait until I see her in person...

Holiday catalogs are arriving!

 Greetings, readers! I know this is somewhat old news, but I wanted to wait for my catalogs to arrive before I talked about it. If you've seen this year's holiday catalog, there are some 2026 reveals! Woohoo! Uh, I didn't scan the cover of the catalog, but it's a photo of a little girl with this year's Holiday Horse. Anyway, here are the first two reveals! 

To the left we have Georgina, presumably the first release in the 2026 Premier Club. She's the sneak peek that was teased in Stephanie's Breyerfest seminar! Huzzah! I like her a lot, but then someone online pointed out that her head looks too small and now it's all I see. So hopefully it's just an optical illusion from the photo angle or something. I'm excited to see more of this one! 
On the left we have Astoria...which...is one of the releases in the 2026 Stablemates Club. Normally I really like the G3 Belgian, but this one doesn't appeal to me at all. I don't think the Belgian has quite the right body type to masquerade as a Clydesdale? But I could be wrong. I'm not crazy about the added hair (or the mustache), but maybe I'll like it better in person. I'm slightly annoyed about them reusing a mold, also. But enough complaining! Here are the other reveals: 

On the left is Lavinia, the first (I'm assuming) Collector Club special run of 2026! Ooh, she's pretty! She almost makes me sad I sold my Rhiannons, but then I remember not liking her mouth and I feel better. Definitely not going to try to buy those back anytime soon. She's basically a less-detailed version of this auction model from 2024. 
And on the right is Kiana, the 2026 Deluxe Collector Club model on the new mini Zara/PAM! I'm probably going to keep my Madonna, so I guess I'm obligated to join the Deluxe club to keep that collection complete. I mean, she is pretty, though. Too bad she isn't glossy! 

That's it for today. I hope we get some more exciting reveals soon! 

2025 Retired List!

 Wow, is it that time of year again? The 2025 Retired List was released yesterday! Find it here. The post includes this appropriately-sunset-themed Adamek photo:



My takeaways: Yay, a bunch of Classics are being retired! Does that mean we get lots of pretty new ones! I hope so! I'm also hoping for a regular run Adonis (either tail) and Tigerlily and Firestorm. Hope we don't have to wait until frickin' January for the new reveals this time! 

Featured JAH - 10/11/2025, Annual 2015

 Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured JAH! This week we're covering the Annual 2015 issue, so let's get going! 

On the front cover, a Fallon Taylor doll rides Babyflo through a barrel racing pattern. 

In the Editor's Desk, Stephanie announces the Stablemates Club and the redesign of the magazine, as well as shipping the magazines in envelopes. No more address labels damaging the covers! Huzzah! 

On page 5 we have an update on the Live Benefit Show Program, which is now defunct. Maybe it'll come back someday? 

On page 6 is the first page of the article about American Pharoah, the first horse in 37 years to win the Triple Crown! Can't believe it's already been 10 years. 

The American Pharoah article concludes on page 7. Pharoah is, of course, still alive and went on to lose the Travers to Keen Ice (boo) and then win the Breeder's Cup Classic (yay!). He had been shuttling to Australia for a few years, but I don't think he's shuttled the last few years. But fear not! I just saw an update from Coolmore that he'll shuttle to Japan this year for the first time. Exciting! 

After skipping page 8 (a photo of Foiled Again and unidentified companion), on page 9 is the first part of the article about Foiled Again! 

The Foiled Again article wraps up on page 10. 

After skipping a reveal for the 2016 Vintage Club and the first part of the Fallon Taylor/Babyflo article (a photo of Babyflo competing with Fallon), the article appears on page 13!

On page 14 we have a making-of article about the Fallon Taylor doll in the cover photo. 

The doll article concludes on page 16. 

After skipping the first part of the Valegro article (a photo of Valegro with Charlotte Dujardin), the article starts on page 17. 

The rest of the Valegro article appears on page 18. 

On page 19 we have the annual Breyerfest photo journal. 

The Breyerfest photo journal continues on page 20. 

The photo journal concludes on page 21. 

After skipping the Valegro model reveal (I think we all know what he looks like), as well as the Geronimo reveal (I think we know what he looks like too), as well as a how-to article, on page 26 we come to an article about Collector's Classes.

The Collector's Class article continues on page 27. 

The Collector's Class article concludes on page 28. 

On page 29 we have an article about showing minis. 

After skipping another model horse show article, on page 33 we come to the first page of this week's Vintage Point, featuring the Proud Arabian Stallion! 

Without putting all that much research into it, this feels like the first time a mold has repeated in Vintage Point (the PAS was previously featured back in the '90s). But I could be wrong. 

Vintage Point continues on page 35. 

Vintage Point continues to continue on page 36. 

Vintage Point wraps up on page 37. 

On page 38 we have an article about the In-Between Mare, written by the Breyer History Diva herself, Andrea Gurdon (RIP).

 

After skipping an article about painting and a customizing article, as well as the 2015 New Product Guide, on page 54 we have "On the Trail." Interesting that Steph went to Badminton on a "scouting trip for a possible event for Breyer in 2016." The Breyer event ended up being Chasing the Chesapeake, but I'm surprised they considered going that far outside the USA. 

On the inside back cover we have the Stablemates Club reveal! Primrose was the first release of the club, on the G1 Quarter Horse Mare, which hadn't been used in many years. 

On the back cover we have Peppermint Kiss, the 2015 Holiday Horse, and that brings us to the end of this week's issue! Check back next week for Annual 2016!