There are many websites, blogs, and list serves devoted to the model horse hobby that are great for resources, learning, meeting other hobbyists, and general oogling. Here are some of my favorites.
- Hobby Blogs
- Showing Model Horses
- Model Horse Reference Guides
- Shopping and Sales
- Message Boards & Other Groups
- Other Cool Stuff
- Braymere Custom Saddlery – tack goddess Jennifer Buxton shares pictures and tack making tips!
- The Breyer History Diva – the always entertaining Andrea muses on the model horse hobby and history of the Breyer company
- Riversong Musings – tack, customs, and model horse performance
- Purdy Horse Farm – tack, props, and customs by Tiffany Purdy
- Ivorytower Stable – awesome custom work and life-like photography
- Desktop Stables – a hobbyist after my DIY heart
- Don’t Eat the Paint (Laura Skillern) – a great blog to follow for exquisitely detailed tutorials
- FriesianFury Studio (Sara Gifford) – awesome customs and frequent, fabulous tutorials
- Dreamflite Design – tips, tutorials, and amazing mini scale tack by Anna Kirby
- Stage Left Studios – awesome tips and tricks for mini tack and beyond!
For keeping up on multiple blogs I highly recommend using a RSS reader such as Feedbin.
- Model Horse Online Show Series (MHOSS) – free monthly shows run through Yahoo groups and Webshots
- International Model Equine Hobbyists Association (IMEHA) – free monthly shows, huge classlists
- Totally Online Photo Show Association (TOPSA) – free monthly shows run through Yahoo groups and Webshots
- Model Equine Photo Showers Association (MEPSA) – multiple monthly mail-in shows with small entry fees
- Positively Perfect Performance – performance showing tips from Susan Hargrove
- NAMHSA – the North American Model Horse Show Association has live show listings by regions and thousands of gorgeous photos
- MEPSA Performance Clinic – photo showing tips and clinics
- Jennifer Buxton’s Performance Reference Index – a listing of all her amazing blog posts on different performance events, with pictures.
- The Equine Resin Directory – find, identify, and drool over hundreds of lovely resins
- The Online Hagen-Renaker Museum – pictures and details on the HR line
- Identify Your Breyer – another excellent Breyer site
- The Model Horse Gallery – info and photos of thousands of Horse Shaped Objects
- The indispensable Model Horse Sales Pages
- Horsing Around – UK-based seller of china, resins, and hobby supplies
- Rio Rondo Enterprises – tack supplies, leather, and other great stuff
- The World of Model Horse Collecting – bits, trees, and other tack making supplies
- My Auction Barn – online model horse auctions
- Model Horse Hobby References – a review system for hobbyists
- Fallen Leaves – message board with RSS feed
- Model Horse Blab – super active board with paid and free content
- Model Horse Love – mostly younger hobbyists from the UK
- Baker Customs – a self described “learner’s group” on yahoo for customizers of all levels, started by customizer extraordinaire Jamie Baker
- Model-Horse-Customizers – a yahoo group for customizers
- For websites, galleries, or blogs I recommend using WordPress.com
- Seeing Spots: Pinto & Overo Patterns in Equines – Excerpted from Stars and Spots, by Leah Patton and Juanita Snyder
- Beginner’s Top Ten Anatomy References by Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig
- Naming the Model Horse by The International Pedigree Assignment and Bloodline Research Association
- Thoroughbred Heritage – everything you ever wanted to learn about Thoroughbred bloodlines and history
- Small Stuff’s PrintMini – printable miniatures
- List of video tutorials for various braiding styles
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