Published on 14 September 2026
Hello! I was looking at the Stone Horses website today and I came across some very familiar symbols. There were a lot of Greek themed horses as part of the World Culture series. All the chips have the flag of my home country Greece and each of them features a symbol that many people might recognize worldwide.
I will talk a bit more about each of them in order. The first is Centaur, half horse, half human. I remember when I was at school and they were teaching us about Greek mythology, this was what I wanted to be for some reason. It was also one of my favorite mythical creatures! Moving to the next one, we have Classical Order. Living in Greece, and specifically in Athens, it is very common to see one or many of these. There are actually three main classical order types: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. Each has a different style. The third one is a Pebble that features this specific pattern called the Greek key or meander. It’s one of the oldest decorative motifs in Greek art, symbolizing eternity, unity, and the unbroken flow of life. You’ll find it on ancient pottery, temple friezes, mosaics, jewelry and more.
The next one is called Hermes, but I believe the name is a bit misleading. The sculpture featured on this model is not Hermes, but the goddess Themis/Themida. She is the goddess of divine and natural law and order. She is holding a scale and a sword. You might be familiar with the next symbol: the Rod of Asclepius, which is commonly used in medicine. Asclepius was the son of Apollo and the god of medicine and healing. The wooden staff symbolizes authority, stability, and the support of knowledge. The snake represents rejuvenation, healing, and rebirth, inspired by how snakes shed their old skin for a fresh start. Last but not least, the Torch is also widely known, as you can see it in the Olympic Games. Its origin dates back a long, long time ago and now it’s part of a plastic horse! How fun!
Honestly, I was not expecting to see these models today. I would love to have them all, but they would probably be very expensive on the aftermarket since they are all OOAKs and I missed the sale. Of course, I want to mention the customizer of these horses who is the talented Enrique Duarte! I really enjoy his work. I hope you liked this post! I will also label it as Spotlight Stables, because there is some very fun information regarding the symbols :)
Published on 12 August 2026
Hello and welcome to the first edition of Spotlight Stables series. This is a series where I will be showing some models I don't own (maybe I will one day) and talk a bit about them. There are going to be many different models but I think I have chosen a great first one!
Without further ado, I will talk about Masquerade. Breyer started making some high quality models in their headquarters during the 2001-2009 period. Collectors could enter a drawing via the Just About Horses Magazine and then 350 lucky collectors were chosen so they could pay for the model and get it. It worked like the collector club web specials! There were a total 50 models in the connoisseur series and Masquerade was the 5th which was released in September/ October of 2001. The original price was just $95 and the crazy part is that nowadays he is selling for almost +-1000 USD!!
This specific model with the No.90114 was done on the Missouri Fox Trotter mold (#486) by Kathleen Moody who was also the sculptor of that specific mold.
An interesting horse that Breyer shared a while ago is a test in that color but on the Pacer mold by Chris Hess. Kathleen also mentioned that she painted that test in May 2001 and she nicknamed it Picasso. Nowadays, tis first draft of the mold is living in the Breyer Archive room - a room every collector wants to visit one day!
Every person who bought Masquerade got a certificate of authenticity that numbered what number each was from 1 to 350. Moreover, every horse has a number written under one of their hooves.
But before ending this post, I couldn't leave out the mini version of Masquerade. In 2006, a set featuring 5 mini versions of the connoisseur models was released. There were 3000 sets with the name Miniature Connoisseur Collection. All sets came with a COA.
The model number is 701706 and is done on the Thoroughbred G2 (#5602) mold.
With that, the first edition of this new series comes to an end. I hope you like this new idea I had and I can't wait to show you and talk about more models in the future :)
