Kathleen Moody - a Little History

On the Moody Madness list there has been an ongoing discussion about Kathleen Moody's model, Simply Splendid and whether it was released by Hartland.

Kathleen herself clears up the confusion but also adds some interesting Breyer history, too:

Sat Aug 4, 2012 11:45 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Kathleen Moody"

*Okay. To set the record straight- I did Simply Splendid before my
involvement with Hartland existed. It was one of the first horses I ever
did in clay and the very first resin I ever produced. I had it cast
through DaBar Enterprises, who then released and sold it. It was never
associated with Hartland in any way. SS was the horse that one of my
model buddies took to Calif to a Breyer West show and got the attention
of Peter Stone which resulted in my being hired by Breyer over twenty +
years ago. Hartland produced Lady Jewel and Jade in plastic (who were
created to be companion pieces for SS). The** Mini, the Paso (and Pocket
Ponies which were created by Carol Gasper and Linda Lima) were released
through Paola Groeber as resins ** before I started work with Breyer.
**Paola painted alot of stuff including SS.** They were all created in
the same time period- thus the confusion. Splendid Adventure was a very
limited run released later as a variation of SS.

K*