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Glossary of Model Horse Terms
These abbreviations and terms are frequently used within the model horse collecting hobby. If you have a term you'd like to add, or would like to see a more detailed explanation, please contact me.
- ASB - American Saddlebred
- ASHF - Action Stock Horse Foal
- BF - BreyerFest
- BMHR - Breyer Model Horse Registry. See Clubs.
- BreyerFest - annual live show and model horse celebration sponsored by Breyer.
- CAF - Classic Arabian Foal
- CAM - Classic Arabian Mare
- CAS - Classic Arabian Stallion
- CE - Commemorative Edition
- Chalky - Breyer model with a painted white base coat.
- CM - customized model; same as RRH
- Collector's Choice - gives Breyer fans a voice in creating a model for the Traditional line. It consists of a spring and fall edition, each produced for six months.
- Conga Line - a collection of models in the same mold. The term refers to how certain molds, when lined up one after another, look like they're dancing in a conga line.
- Connoisseur Model - a model available only to subscribers of Breyer's Just About Horses magazine. Highly detailed and released in very limited numbers.
- Cust - customized model; same as RRH
- CWP - Cantering Welsh Pony
- Disc - discontinued
- FAF - Family Arabian Foal
- FAM - Family Arabian Mare
- FAS - Family Arabian Stallion
- Glossy - model with high-gloss, shiny finish
- Goldie Oldie - Breyer Decorator models; gold or blue in different patterns
- H-R - Hagen-Renaker, American ceramic horse manufacturer
- LB - Breyer's Little Bits; now known as Paddock Pals
- LE - Limited Edition
- LP - Lady Phase
- LSASE - long or legal (#10) Self Addressed Stamped Envelope
- LSQ - live show quality; few or no flaws. Will stand up to a close, in-person examination.
- MIB - mint in box
- Mint - perfect in every way, without marks or manufacturer's flaws
- M/T - main and tail
- NAMHSA - North American Model Horse Showers Association. See Clubs.
- NAN - North American Nationals, held annually by NAMHSA.
- NAN Qualified - a horse that has won 1st or 2nd in a NAMHA live show, qualifying it to enter the next NAN.
- NIB - new in box; just as it came from the manufacturer, not necessarily mint
- NL - Northlight, a model horse company
- NSH - National Show Horse
- OF - Original Finish
- Old Mold - sometimes Breyer makes a slight or significant change to an existing mold. Models made under the older mold are sometimes referred to as "old mold." One example of this is the Proud Arabian Mare.
- OOAK - One Of A Kind - a model that is not from a run of similar models. Usually indicates a test run or extremely limited edition model. Also sometimes used to refer to customized models.
- PAF - Proud Arabian Foal
- PAM - Proud Arabian Mare
- PAS - Proud Arabian Stallion
- POA - Pony of the Americas
- PPD - postage prepaid
- PS - Peter Stone model
- PSQ - photo show quality; in good enough condition to do well in photographs, which can hide minor or off-side flaws.
- QH - Quarter Horse
- Rep - repainted over the original color
- RR - repainted and remade, also Regular Run (as opposed to Special Run)
- RRH - repainted, remade, and haired
- SAE - Self Addressed Envelope (no stamp)
- SASE - Self Addressed Stamped Envelope
- SB - Standardbred
- SBW Saddlebred Weanling
- S/D - sire/dam
- SHF - Stock Horse Foal
- SHM - Stock Horse Mare
- SHS - Stock Horse Stallion
- SSHF - Standing Stock Horse Foal
- SM - Stablemate
- Special Run - a Breyer model available only through limited retail or online stores, usually in limited quantities
- SR - Special Run
- THHN - The Hobby Horse News magazine, now defunct
- TB - Thoroughbred
- TR or Test - test run model made before production to determine exact color and markings
- Trad - Traditional; largest Breyer model size
- TSC - Tractor Supply Company, which sometimes sells special run models as well as other Breyer models.
- T/U - touch up, small markings added or rubs/scratches retouched on an otherwise OF model
- TWH - Tennessee Walking Horse
- USEF - United States Equestrian Federation
- USET - United States Equestrian Team
- WCHE - see World Champion Horse Equipment
- Woodie - woodgrain
- Woodgrain - Breyer model painted to look like wood
- World Champion Horse Equipment - former name of a company that sold a series of Midnight Sun special runs. Now known online as eHorseEquipment.com, where a limited selection of those models and others are sold.
