Conga! G1 Draft Horses

The original ceramic Hagen-Renaker mold, #459 Mini Percheron¹², was sculpted by Maureen Love Calvert, and leased from the ceramics company by Breyer for production in plastic. Released in 1976, the Draft Horse mold was discontinued along with the other Generation One molds in 2005, though he did make a surprise one-time comeback in 2014 as a bonus model from the Vintage Club.

During this time, Breyer only released four regular runs on this mold, but they more than made up for that with the special runs- twenty six! This made him hands down, the number one most used Generation One mold; his nearest competitor is a full eight runs behind. With the plethora of limited special runs (especially that Riegseckers set!) on this mold, it's safe to say this is a nightmare conga to complete.

Regular Run Releases
Models listed below left to right

Top Row

• Regular Run Stablemate Assortment #5055 Draft Horse 1976-88
• Regular Run Stablemate Assortment #5180 Draft Horse 1989-94 (New Plastic: 1992-94)

Bottom Row

• Regular Run Gift Set #5650 Saddle Club Collection 1994-95
• Regular Run Stablemate Assortment #5187 Draft Horse 1995-97
• Missing: Regular Run Gift Set #9176 Best of British Pony and Draught Set 2015 (See Picture Below)

Special Run Releases
Models listed below left to right

Top Row

• Riegseckers Special Run Set 1985 - Dated 1984 by Nancy Young*
• Riegseckers Special Run Set 1985
• Riegseckers Special Run Set 1985
• Riegseckers Special Run Set 1985
• Riegseckers Special Run Set 1985

*Nancy Young lists this set as being released in 1984 per a receipt from collector Heather Wells with the date of December 31, 1984.¹³ The hobby in general uses the 1985 date.

Upper-Middle Row

• Sears Special Run #495600 Stablemate Assortment 1989
• Sears Special Run #495601 Stablemate Assortment II 1990
• Sears Special Run #495091 Stablemate Assortment III 1991
• Sears Special Run #495091 Stablemate Assortment III 1991
• Sears Special Run #495092 Stablemate Assortment IV 1992

Lower-Middle Row

• JCPenney Special Run #711094 12-Piece Stablemates Set 1994
• JCPenney Special Run #711096 12-Piece Stablemates Set 1996
• BreyerFest Special Run #410897 Stablemate Keychain 1997
• JCPenney Special Run #710897 12-pc. Parade of Breeds 1997
• Sears Special Run #770198 12-pc Stablemates 1998

Bottom Row

• Missing: QVC Special Run Silver Cup, Series I (or First Series) 2002 (See Picture Below)
• Missing: QVC Special Run Silver Cup, Series II (or Second Series) 2002 (See Picture Below)
• BreyerFest Special Run #711103 Mod Squad Keychain Set 2003
• JCPenney Special Run #410174 Stablemates Parade of Breeds - Draft Horse, Bay Roan 2004
• Missing: Just About Horses Special Run #701705 Mini Fanfare Set 2004 (One of four G1 Draft Horses was randomly included in each set) (See Picture Below)
• Missing: Vintage Club Special Run Bonus Model - Sonny 2014 (See Picture Below)

Missing from the Special Run conga above:

QVC Silver Cup, Series I

Model and picture owned by Cassiecat and used here by permission

QVC Silver Cup, Series II

Model and picture owned by Kris Chernoff and used here by permission

Just About Horses Mini Fanfare:

Gold Snowflake, Sugarplum Snowflake, Blue Snowflake, Silver SnowflakeModels and picture owned by Deb Walsmith and used here by permission

Vintage Club Bonus Model Sonny

#9176 Best of British Pony and Draught Set

Next in the Conga! line: the G1 Morgan Mare in mid-April.

Many thanks to Sharon Walsmith, Deb Walsmith, Cassiecat on eBay and Kris Chernoff of ModelEquus for generously contributing pictures from their collections to help complete our line-up!