The photo on this page is one of the only surviving photos of Daisy.  We didn't have digital cameras back then and the negatives for those long lost photos have disappeared.  Unfortunately, this photo was taken in the wet part of winter and she is a bit dirty.  Her coat was usually pristine white with lovely gray points.  Her mane and tail were also white with gray at the ends closest to her body.

This website will show step-by-step how I transform Breyer model #892, Tara: Cantering Welsh Pony into Daisy. 

Click here to visit the OFFICIAL BREYER WEBSITE

LINKS

Model Horses 101.  Everything you need to know to get started in the world of model horses.

Pony Lagoon.  A website dedicated to cataloging original finish Breyer models.  Excellent site for identifying models and learning their value.

Rio Rondo Enterprises.  A website filled with information, links, and merchandise for customizing Breyer models and model horse tack.

DEDICATED TO DAISY:

A Custom Breyer by Jennifer Halstead Anderson

This website is dedicated to my first pony.  Her name was Daisy.  She was a welsh pony/quarterhorse cross.  Daisy was white with gray points.  In her memory, I am customizing a Breyer model horse to look like her.  This is my first custom project, and like many other beginning artists, my inspiration comes from something dear to me.

My dad bought Daisy for me from one of his co-workers when I was 13. She was 8 years old then and had been trained to neck-reign.  She was a girl's dream come true. 

I spent countless hours with Daisy.  We went on trail rides with the local horseman's club.  She could outrun horses much larger than herself. I spent countless hours currying her, training, and riding. 

My favorite memory of Daisy is that she loved jingle-bells.  At the holidays, I would sew jingle bells to her halter and she would shake her head up and down to hear them ring.  She always pranced more and had a happy spring to her step when we had the bells on.  She and I would romp through the snow and she would kick up her heels, throwing snow everywhere.

Daisy was a true friend and I miss her and think of her often.  I hope that someday, my own daughter can have a four-hooved comrade of her own.