Sometimes we forget how many different types of equines there are, and how many different things we do with them. As president of the Kentucky Horse Council (I needed something else to do), I was involved this past weekend with our Horse Fair. It is held each year in association with the Breyerfest model horse extravaganza at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The Horse Council wants to get new people involved with horses, so what better group to target than those who already love horses! We just give them a chance to see some of the real McCoys.

We have equine demonstrations not only for those people already coming for Breyerfest, but for horse enthusiasts from far and wide. (One couple with whom I spoke came to the Kentucky Horse Fair from Buffalo, N. Y., to see some different breeds up close and personal because they are trying to decide what kind of horse to get.)

We have various groups and organizations volunteer to showcase their breeds and disciplines over the weekend of the Horse Fair. The equine entertainers ranged from jumping, cart-pulling miniature mules to elegant dressage-touting Fresians. From versatile Morgans and Quarter Horses to mixed breeds used in the Civil War reenactment. There were Paints, Morabs, Saddlebreds, Standardbreds (and a few other-breds), as well as a host of miniature horses pulling, jumping, and strutting their stuff at halter and looking cute enough to load up in the back seat of your car and take home.

The horse enthusiasts and model collectors loved having the chance to touch the live animals. And Breyer brought in a few big guns, including Erin Go Bragh, the champion Connemara event stallion; Sacred Indian, the medicine hat Paint stallion; and Faithfully Dun, a champion cutting horse. These all are horses which had Breyer models released this year and which were in attendance at Breyerfest to promote the models