Things You'll Need:
- Your model horses
- Model horses for sale (optional)
- Model horse value book or list from a website
- Knowledge of what real show horses look like
- Honesty
- Good vision
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Step 1
Look at the class list for the model horse live show you want to enter. Your choice of show string will be largely based on that class list. This means you may have to choose a new show string for each live show you participate in.
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Step 2
Get all of your model horses and be honest with yourself about their condition. Eliminate all models with scratches, obvious repaired breaks, chipped ears, bent legs, bubbles in the paint or other damage.
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Step 3
Pick a model not only in perfect condition, but with smooth seams, which look more lifelike. In Breyers, Hartlands and Peter Stones, the seams run down the back and along the belly up the neck. Rough seams can be felt if you have some trouble seeing. Rough seems often resemble teeth on a comb.
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Step 4
Take a look at the model's paint job. One of the great things about many brands of model horses is that they are hand painted and no two models looks exactly alike. Some paint jobs will look a lot more realistic than others. Look at the eyes. Did the paint smear all over the head or did the paint stay where it was supposed to stay?
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Step 5
Pick up one model that you have decided you will show. Compare that model to pictures of real horse breeds and real horse anatomy. Even if sold as a particular breed, many model horses actually do best shown as other breeds or as half breeds. Be sure the color of your model is an acceptable color in the real horse breed registry.
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Step 6
Repeat Step 5 for each of your live show quality models.
