Arabian Mare

The Arabian Mare and Stallion, the Morgan Mare and Stallion and the Thoroughbred Mare were cast from 2 different molds, here referred to as mold 1 and 2.

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Like the mold 1 dapples above, this early bay still lacks the dot that was added not much later, right under the mold 1 copyright stamp. I don't own, but have seen 5011 dapple Arabian Mares that do already have the dot, so, at least on this mold, it can't have been added later than in 1976.

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Although this gorgeous specimen is from the earlier years too, it is newer than the one above, since it already sports the dot.

Note: she looks shinier in the picture than she actually is.

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Here's another gorgeous bay. This is a mold 2, which never had a dot, so this girl not carrying one doesn't say anything about her age.

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This younger one is much lighter in colour.

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There are slight visible differences in detail between the 2 molds, but because of factory flaws such as bend legs, both rough and chiseled seamlines, and by wear of the casting molds themselves, only differences in the copyright stamps are 100% reliable to tell them apart.

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This buckskin-like light bay was purchased along with 2 other G1's, sharing the same white ©1979 card and price sticker. Since they were bought somewhere along the 80's, but wear no B, these 3 should be from after the B-stamp era, '83-'88.

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This one is certain to come from the Sears 1989 set, since I took him out of the box personally.

5130 seems to be a continuation of 5017, about a year after it's retirement.

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Since this 5130 is new plastic, it must be from 1992-1994.

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This one is certain to come from the Sears 1992 set, since I took her out of the box personally.

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It seems telling a Sears 92 Stablemate apart from a JCP 94 is best done by checking the eyes for glossing (94 only). The 94 Arabian Mare however, in genaral appears to be much darker than the 92 Arabian Mare.

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Both previous Saddle Club gift sets were numbered 5650,  and 5651 is the item number of the follow-up gift set, so it seems that they either ran out of  the old boxes too soon or had some left-over horses to be cleared out.

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Arabian Mare #5011, sculpted by Maureen Love

G1, introduced in 1975

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