The Celebrity Horse Showcase located within the Youth Pavilion in the Celeste Center

Horses on display at the 2010 event included:

8-year-old Gray Mare

Bluegrass Bandit is a gray Tennessee Walking Horse mare. She is owned by Gobblers Knob Farm out of Franklin, KY.

This mare has so many show ring accolades that there is just not enough room here to list them all (wow!). She was a World Grand Champion at the Tennessee National Celebration, a Tennessee National Celebration Reserve World Grand Champion, Tennessee National Celebration 5x World Champion, Tennessee National Celebration 4x Reserve World Champion, 10x International Grand Champion, 4x International Reserve Grand Champion, 8x NWHA National Champion, 3x NWHA National Reserve Champion...and there is still more!

In the 4 years of Bandit's show career, she has won 43 blue ribbons. In 2008, she was introduced as a Breyer® toy model. Breyer® retired the toy Bandit in December of 2009.

Bandit (the horse) is now retired on Gobblers Knob Farm in Franklin, Kentucky.

For more information about Bluegrass Bandit, visit Gobblers Knob Farm.

Toby is a gray Appaloosa pony gelding. He is owned by Lizzy Traband from Centre Hall, PA. A young girl who was born without a hand, Lizzy currently competes, trains, teaches clinics, and performs across the country.

Toby was the first pony that Lizzy showed on her own. She has taught him how to do tricks. He has learned to smile, say no, kiss, bow, lie down and get up on a box.

He's become a celebrity, as he has a Breyer® model of his likeness.

For more information about Toby and Lizzy, visit lizzytraband.com.

11-year-old Black and White Mare

Kuchi is a Gypsy Vanner mare. She is black and white and is 11 years old.

What is quite interesting about Kuchi is that she was the first born Gypsy Vanner in the United States. Her sire, Gypsy Gold's fabulous The Gypsy King, imported in 1998, was one of the first sixteen Vanners to come to this country. He is trained in dressage and known to Breyer® enthusiasts because of his best selling model. Her dam was the famous Bat, who, in 1996, became one of the first two Vanners ever imported to the U.S. Bat, sadly, is deceased, and Kuchi, as her only foal, is the sole source of this famous bloodline. Kuchi and her descendants will forever occupy an important place in the history of the Gypsy Vanner Horse Society.

Kuchi is a two-time Grand Champion Halter mare and High Point Performance horse at Feathered Horse Classic. She is currently in second level dressage training and has achieved Five Star Recognition and Gold Medallion of Quality status with the Gypsy Vanner Horse Society's Evaluation program.

She had a Breyer® model of her likeness unveiled at BreyerFest this past summer.

For more information about Kuchi, visit WR Ranch.

You could have been up close and personal with the horses at the Stone Horses® Celebrity Horse Showcase located in the Youth Pavilion in the Celeste Center. Each horse had a meet and greet session - check the Clinic & Seminar Schedule for details!