My first BreyerFest

A couple weeks ago, Missy Shaw asked her friends to share pictures of their first BreyerFest. I chose this one, which shows me and another first-timer, Sandra Gibson, riding the horses at the American Saddlebred Museum in 2017.

Then, of course, I immediately stole Missy's idea. Before this year's BreyerFest begins in earnest, here's a look back at BreyerFests Past. Thank you again for the inspiration, Missy, and thank you to everyone who contributed.

1990 Lisa Esping
"Well, I look less than thrilled here because it’s the end of the day, but here’s me, my sister, and my grandfather in 1990."

1990 Lisa Esping
"Okay, here's a better picture!"

1990 Tara Reich with Sue Rowe

1990 Tara Reich

1991 Karen Gerhardt
"Breyerfest 1991 in Bend, Oregon. This was the year that BreyerFest had four locations. I was the show manager for their first-ever live show. Left to right, that’s a regional Breyer rep, Peter Stone, me, and Steve Ryan, who was the editor of Just About Horses."

1995 Candice Curtis
"This is a snap from the album my mom made and I treasure it."

1995 Elaine Lindelef
"There are multiple images of this pool party around, which I believe is from my first Breyerfest in 1995. That's Laurie Jo Jensen, Me, Teresa Bobis, and Kay Myers."

1995 Kate Cabot, Michelle Bacon, Elaine Lindelef, Karen Gerhardt

1997 Missy Shaw

1998 Kim Barden
"Having Penny Chenery sign my Secretariat model. I sadly no longer have the model."

1999 Sarah Townsend
"Okay this is not my first BreyerFest because oops, but it’s my first time at the Horse Park, which was the March before my first BreyerFest! I was 13, and this is in the tack makers spot on the way to the breeds barn."

2002/3 Clarice Bone
"This picture is from 2002, but I consider 2003 to officially have been my first. I still have the celebration model. Don't really remember much from going in 2002. I'm on the left in this one."

2003 Carrie Sloan Meyer
"My first Breyerfest was a success that I still can’t believe!! Sadly I sold all 3 Largos but I still have my S’Wonderful and Allegro!"

2003 Heather Jackson-Lain
"This is Cigar and me at my first Breyerfest, which was also Jared's and my Honeymoon."

2003 Jackie Moore

2003 Stef Stephans

2004 Erin Corbett
"Tracy Calamar and I went on effectively a zero dollar budget, and we were eating kids' meals from the Denny's to save money. This was back when I was pretending not to be into plastic Breyers anymore so I barely participated in the horse park stuff. Lol.

2004 Tracy Calamar

2008 Kayla Lovejoy
"When I found out the Alborozo mold was going to be broken and they wouldn't be making more, I begged my mom to go just so I could get an Alborozo. We drove all the way from Maine to attend and did it again in 2009. Now fourteen years later we plan to go again next week!"

2013 Olivia Tierce

"Me (in the blue) and my friend at Breyerfest 2013 Denim and Diamonds! At the time I was in the fifth grade and now I am a junior in college! This year will be my ninth."

2014 Sara Bowman
"I didn't take any pictures of myself at the park. I was too overwhelmed!"

2017 Fabian Rodriguez

2018 Sarah Isherwood

2022 Ruth Sheridan and Bethany Shaw
"Ruth and the Shaws - Missy and Bethany"

2022 Shauna McDaniel
"I bet y'all thought it would be me licking Niko... "

2022 Shauna McDaniel
"Just kidding, here's me licking Niko. Bravour better be ready!"