Breyer Horse Glossary & Hobby Abbreviations
The Hobby Horse Language can be very confusing when they start talking in abbreviations. New comers aren't familiar with the horse colors such as "Bay" or "Chestnut", and some people may not understand the "speak of tongue" that long-term horse lovers use like "Sire" or "Gelding". We have made it easy to look up the abbreviations and horse-lover definitions. If I left any out, please email me.

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AA - Animal Artistry (maker/seller of resins)
ageless bronze - the decorator color released in 1991 on the "Hyksos" Arabian Commerative Edition model.
AH - Artistan's Hall
AHSA - American Horse Show Association
Andy - Andalusian
APH - Appaloosa Performance Horse
Appy - Appaloosa 
apricot dun - the lightest shade of red dun characterized by a very pale body color
AQHA - American Quarter Horse Association
AR - Artist Resin
ASB - American Saddlebred
ASBW - American Saddlebred Weanling
ASHF - Action Stock Horse Foal

bay - a horse with a reddish brown coat and black mane, tail, and points. Note: Many original finish models lack black legs, and although they are called bay, they are not "true bays".
BB - Black Beauty
BF/Bfest - Breyerfest; an annual model horse collector's convention held in Lexington, Kentucky at the end of July.
BFA - Border Fine Arts
BHR - Black Horse Ranch; a model horse vendor that also sells their own line of resin models.
BITS - Back in the Saddle
black - a horse whose entire coat, mane, and tail is black with the exception of white markings.
BNA - Big Name Artist
BNP - Big Name Person
BO - Best Offer 
Breyer - the division of Reeves International that creates animal figurines (mainly horses) from cellulose acetate (and ABS) and the accompanying accessories.
BRS - Blue Ribbon Sticker
buckskin - a golden/yellow coat with a black mane, tail, and points; genetically a result of a single dilution gene on the bay base coat.

CAF - Classic Arabian Foal
CAM - Classic Arabian Mare
CAS - Classic Arabian Stallion
CE - Commemorative Edition; a single piece produced annually and limited in number
CG - Custom Glaze NEW!
Chalky - a Breyer model with a white base coat that appears chalky in color. Chalkies were usually molded out of colored plastic (which is why they had to have a white base coat).
champagne - a classification of dilute colors distinct from the dun groupings. Champagne horses have pinkish or light brown skin and amber eyes and can be divided into: amber champagne, gold champagne, and ivory champagne.
Ches. - Chestnut
chukkar - one of the 7-1/2 minute periods of play in a polo match.
Classic - the second largest Breyer scale
CL/Cl. - Class-Sized Model
CLEO - the show that didn't, this was supposed to be a rather large live show in central NY that never happened due to many unforeseen problems, several SRs were to be made for it including a gray Hagen-Renaker Girl W/ Pony (without girl).
Clyde - Clydesdale
CM - a customized model
COA - Certificate of Authenticity
colt - a male horse under the age of four years.
Copenhagen - dappled light blue; one of the original four Breyer decorator colors released in the 1960s.
CRS - Classic Rearing Stallion
CSB - Clock Saddlebred 
CWP - Cantering Welsh Pony
CV - Color Variation

dam - a mother horse
Deco - decorator
decorator - any of the unrealistic model colors produced by Breyer mainly in the 1960s. Decorator colors include: ageless bronze, Copenhagen, Florentine, gold charm, Wedgewood, and silver filigree.
DG - Dapple grey
Disc - discontinued; no longer in production

E

EJ - Extreme Justice (a resin)
ERD - Equine Resin Director  NEW!
Etchie - Etched Model
EW - Eyewhites

FAF - Family Arabian Foal mold (Julian)
FAM - Family Arabian Mare (Galena)
FAS - Family Arabian Stallion (Devil Wind)
FCM - Factory Customized Model NEW!
FEI - Federation Equestre Internationale (International Equestrian Federation).
filly - a female horse under the age of four.
Florentine - dappled metallic gold with white mane and tail; one of the original decorator colors released in the 1960s.
foal - a baby horse
FS - For Sale; Fighting Stallion; Foundation Stallion
FSOT - For Sale or Trade NEW!
FT - For Trade

gelding - a castrated/altered male horse.
Gl. - Glossy
GLC - Great Lakes Congress (live show)
Glossy - model with an *extremely* shiny finish (not to be confused with semi-gloss)
Gold Charm - a solid metallic gold decorator color (usually with white mane and tail); one of the original four Breyer decorator colors released in the 1960s.

HA - Horsing Around (hobby magazine)
Hagen-Renaker - a line of ceramic figurines which includes horses.
Hano - Hanoverian
Hart - Hartland
Hartland - another brand of model horses similar to Breyer.
HI - Holiday Inn; Horse Illustrated
HIN - Holiday Inn North
Hinney - a hybrid resulting from the breeding of a female donkey (jennet) and a male horse (stallion).
H-R/HR - Hagen-Renaker
HSO - Horse-Shaped Object
HTC - Happy Trails Collectables
HTF - Hard to Find
Huck - Huckleberry Bey

IMC - Iron Metal Chief; a Breyer Missouri Fox Trotter mold sculpted by Kathleen Moody.
IP - Indian Pony
IQH - Ideal Quarter Horse
IRL - In Real Life
ISH - Ideal Stock Horse

jack - a male donkey.
JAH - Just About Horses; the official publication of Breyer.
Jam - Jamboree (The Model Horse Jamboree)
Jamboree - a model horse collector's convention second to Breyerfest in size; held in California annually in August.
JCP - JC Penney
jennet - a female donkey.
jenny - a jennet or female donkey.
JH - John Henry
JM - Justin Morgan
john - a castrated/gelded male donkey or mule.

Khemo - Khemosabi

LB - Little Bit; the Breyer Scale that falls between Stablemate and Classic (a.k.a. Paddock Pal).
LDF - Lying Down Foal
LE - Limited Edition; Breyer has a produced an annual limited edition since 1987.
Leg. - Legionario
LF - Lying Foal
LG - Lonesome Glory
LJJ - Laurie Jo Jensen (customizer/artist)
L/L - Long/Long (refers to the PS ISH mane/tail)
LP - Lady Phase; a Breyer stock horse mold.
LS - Live Show
LSASE - Long Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope; this usually means a business-sized envelope (as opposed to smaller envelopes used for stationary, etc.).
LSQ - live show quality; high enough quality to be shown at a model horse exhibition; a very subjective term.
LTB - Llanarth True Briton

Mara - Marabella
mare - a female horse or pony that is four years of age or older.
matte - the most common finish on Breyer models; "matte" models may appear anywhere from dull to satiny.
MEPSA - Model Equine Photo Shower Association
MFT - Missouri Fox Trotter
MHCF - Model Horse County Fair
MHS - Model Horse Show
MIB - Mint in Box; Practically Flawless or Perfect in Box
MIC - Made in China
MIJ - Made in Japan (usually refers to Chinas)
MIP - Mint in Package; Practically Flawless or Perfect in Package
MLP - My Little Pony
MM - Micro Mini
MOC - Mint on Card; Practically Flawless or Perfect on Blister Card
molly - a female mule. Note: The vast majority of mules can not have foals!
MOW - Man O' War
M/T - Mane and Tail
mule - a hybrid resulting from the breeding of a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare). Nearly all mules are sterile (with a few RARE exceptions).
MX - Model Exchange (an auction site)

NAMHSA - North American Model Horse Show Association; the organization through which models qualify for NAN.
NAN - North American Nationals; a national show that alternates between Kentucky and California where qualified model horses compete.
NIB - New in Box; still fastened to box (for newer models) or never removed.
NL - North Light
NM - Near Mint (most often); new mold
NR - No Reserve
NRFB - Never removed from box

OB or O/B - Owned By
OBO - Or Best Offer
OF - Original Finish; a model in its original condition from a mass-producing factory.
OM - Old Mold
OOAK - One of a kind
OPS - Online Photo Show
OS - Original Sculpture
OTH - Ohio Top Hands (Drill Team)

PA - Pedigree Assignment (model horse breeding); Proud Arabian
PAF - Proud Arabian Foal
paint - a pinto horse of STOCK HORSE breeding.
Palo - Palomino
palomino - a golden/yellow coat with a white mane and tail; genetically a result of a single dilution gene on the chestnut base coat.  
PAM - Proud Arabian Mare
PAS - Proud Arabian Stallion
PBR - Puyallup Breyer Roundup; Professional Bull Riding
Ped - Pedigree
Peter Stone - a former employee of Breyer who now has his own line of [Peter Stone] models.
PH - Performance Horse
piebald - a black and white pinto/paint horse.
pinto - a horse with large patches of white and another color. See: PAINT
POA - Pony of the Americas
points - usually refers to the lower legs, eartips, muzzle, mane, and tail especially when speaking of color.
PP - Pre-Production model; Paddock Pal (a.k.a. Little Bit)
PPD - Postage Pre-paid
Pre-Pro - Pre-Production Model
PS - Photo Show; Peter Stone
PSQ - photo show quality; usually of slightly lesser quality than LSQ.
PT - Partial Trade NEW!
PSQ - Photo Show Quality
 

QH - Quarter Horse
QHG - Quarter Horse Gelding
QHY - Quarter Horse Yearling
QVC/Q2 - cable shopping networks that occasionally offer Breyer Special Runs for sale.

Rep - Repaint; Reputation
RF - Running Foal
RH - Repainted and Haired
RL - Rugged Lark
RM - Running Mare
ROA - Rip-Off Artist
Roan - a mixture of white and colored hairs usually with dark points. Note: Original finish models that are "roan" usually are of pale body color with darker faces and points.
RR - Regular Run
RRH - Repainted, Remade, and Re-haired (customized model)
RRQH - Rio Rondo Quarter Horse 1
RS - Running Stallion

SAE - self-addressed envelope minus the stamp.
SASE - self-addressed, stamped envelope. Always send a SASE if you need a response!
SB - Saddlebred; sometimes Standardbred
SBW - Saddlebred Weanling
semi-gloss - a shiny model that is not considered a glossy
S/D - Sire/Dam; a horse's parents. (usually referring to a S/D List)
Shermie - Sherman Morgan
SHF - Stock Horse Foal
silver filigree - the metallic dappled silver (w/ white mane and tail) Decorator color released in 1993 on the Breyer Proud Arabian Mare special run.
Sire - a father
SHM - Stock Horse Mare
SHS - Stock Horse Stallion
S/L - Short/Long (refers to the PS ISH mane/tail)
SLT - State Line Tack
SM - Stablemate
special run - a model produced for a certain event or business that is not part of the regular line.
SR - Special Run
SRM - Semi-Rearing Mustang
SS - Stud Spider
SSHF - Standing Stock Horse Foal
stallion - a male, uncastrated horse over the age of 4 years.
STB - Standardbred

TB - Thoroughbred
test color - a one-of-a-kind original finish model produced by the factory as a way of trying out different colors and painting techniques. Several test color pieces are auctioned off annually at Breyerfest for rather large sums of money.
THHN - The Hobby Horse News (hobby magazine)
TOC - Touch of Class
TOPSA - The Totally Online Photo Show Association
TP - Time Payment
Trad - Traditional-Sized Model
Traditional - the largest and most common Breyer models
Trak - Trakehner
TR - Test Run
TRU - Toys R Us
TS - Tent Special (at BreyerFest)
TSC - Tractor Supply Company
TT - Top Ten
TU - Touched Up; a model that has added markings or whose rubs have been painted and thus can no longer be consider original finish.
TWH - Tennessee Walking Horse/Tennessee Walker. (often refers to Breyer's "Midnight Sun" mold)

UP or U/P - Unpainted
USET - United States Equestrian Team

VG/VGC - Very good condition

WB - Warmblood
Warmblood - technically any "breed" that developed from a mixture of "hot" blood (Arabian, Thoroughbred, etc.) and "cold" blood (draft breeds); today it usually refers to many of the sport horses commonly seen performing in dressage, eventing, jumping, etc. Examples: Dutch Warmblood, Trakehner, Hanoverian, etc.
Watch Eye - A blue eye
WCHE - World Champion Horse Equipment
Wedgewood Blue - solid light blue usually with white mane/tail; one of the original four Breyer Decorator colors released in the 1960s.
WEOTT/WEIOTT - whatever else is on the table
WG - Woodgrain
WH - Western Horse
Woodie - Woodgrain
woodgrain - a model painted to look like it is made of wood.
WP - Western Pleasure
WPH - Western Pleasure Horse
WTB - Wanted to Buy
WTTF - Wanted to Trade for

ZPB - Zippo Pine Bar