Look-Alikes: G1 Thoroughbred Mare

The G1 Thoroughbred Mare has a nice assortment of look-alikes, though she does have a heavy case of the "browns" as is typical with the G1 molds.

Since we always start with the browns, this time we'll have the grey's first.

Conga! G1 Throughbred Mare

The original ceramic Hagen-Renaker mold, #24 Mini Thoroughbred Mare²⁰, was sculpted by Maureen Love Calvert, and leased from the company by Breyer for production in plastic. The Thoroughbred Mare mold was released in 1976 and was discontinued along with the other Generation One molds at the end of 2005.

I love it when things divide out evenly - Breyer released seven regular runs and seven special runs on this mold, putting her in a tie with Citation for the third least used mold.

Variation Gallery: G1 Thoroughbred Mare #5183

Regular Run Stablemate Assortment

#5183 Thoroughbred Mare

1995-97

Variation Gallery: G1 Thoroughbred Mare #5026

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Regular Run Stablemate Assortment

#5026 Thoroughbred Mare

1975-87

Variation Spotlight: G1 Thoroughbred Mare #770198

Sears Special Run

#770198 12-pc Stablemates

1998

As the 1990s progressed, the colours of the Stablemate releases started becoming more and more consistent, but variations still popped up now and again. A fine example of a later-days variation are these 1998 SR G1 Thoroughbred Mares.

Though the picture of the set in the catalogue showed what looked like a steel grey mare with a bald face, the production model turned out a bit different - a liver chestnut-going-grey; her body colour was generally a slightly brown-toned charcoal grey, but could be a shade or two lighter or darker.