Tails from the In-Gate: Part 2

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Kay Koeller - January 5, 2021

The year Michele Macfarlane brought her stunning world champion Pinto American Saddlebreds to Breyerfest is the year I will never forget! And yes, those horses moved me to tears, as they always do!

MaryEllen - November 11, 2020

I have a wonderful time at every Breyerfest and have tons of favorite moments but for now, getting to see the Royal Canadian Mounted Police perform was AWESOME!!!

Rosa - November 11, 2020

so sweet!

Kim Torrence - November 10, 2020

My favorite real horse memory of BreyerFest is when my husband and kids came with me in 2006 to our first BreyerFest in Kentucky (I had been to my first BreyerFest in 1991 in Pomona, CA when Mustang Lady was there). We were watching the live performances in the arena when about 25 or 30 kids brought in their miniature horses. They paraded them around the arena, and then to our delight and laughter, they let them all off their leadlines. I have never seen something so exciting, beautiful and funny as all those minis running around the arena in a big herd, and then each kid had to catch their horse again. I will never forget that show! I love the big horses, but that was a once in a lifetime experience!

Yvonne Walcott - November 9, 2020

I breed Friesians. I had 3 mares bred to Goffert via AI and had never actually seen him in person. When he was at Breyerfest I was SO excited to finally meet him!! Even those of us in our 40’s still get excited over the portrait horses!

RTB Rachel - November 9, 2020

2012 was my first ever BreyerFest and it was also the year that Taskin was there. I was so excited to finally meet him and when I did, I just stood there and cried. My model did not get signed by his owner because all I did was cry happy tears. I do not regret that at all because I got to see Taskin! But one of the other memories that really sticks with me is 2013, when I rode my horse. I was and still am a nobody that only specializes in one class. However, there was an incident that will stick with me and it still makes me happy, even tear up now that my horse passed on. An older gentleman was sitting near the exit gate and after my demonstration, he approached me and told me that he remembered me. I thought that he was mistaking me for someone else, but no, he told me my horse’s barn name (which was not advertised anywhere during the event) and talked about how he would watch me at the shows in California and cheer for me. He talked to me for over an hour and I allowed him to groom my horse and give him treats. I still to this day do not know who he was, but that is one of the happy memories that I remember from BreyerFest and the days of when I still actively competed in horse shows.