Japan Thoroughbred/Riding Pony

I saw this piece last week at Sell It Here in Lafayette. Although it has a break on its hind leg, for $3 I felt it should be rescued. And, it bears a close resemblance to my very first piece, Brownie.

 Japan Thoroughbred, $3, Sell It Here, Lafayette, Indiana, 6/2014.

 You can see the break on the hind leg in this photo.

I found some similar Japans on Karen Grimm's Black Horse Ranch Model Museum. Unfortunately, she died of breast cancer a couple of years ago, so I cannot email her and get her opinion on my new piece.

 She calls this "Clover Riding Pony."

And then she had my beloved Brownie in her collection, too.

She calls it "Clover Riding Pony - Small."

Since my new horse has a numbered blanket on, I will keep calling it a Thoroughbred. No clover mark, but he does have the number 24 carved in his inner upper right thigh. Since it's been painted, I am certain it was put there when he was created.