Help me identify this horse please

[ravengusty]

Hello folks can someone point me in the direction of the origins of this horse please;

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GC I think the silver symbol says
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scuse my chipped nail varnish and the pen marks on my duvet (I'm messy ha!).

[Nightbow]

Oh, it's a Grand Champion.

[ravengusty]

Oh, it's a Grand Champion.

thanks I'll look that up now, I think I got this at a charity shop and hadn't a clue what it was as other than that GC there is no other mark on it

[Nightbow]

Sure. I'm not an expert but I do know they came in several sets and sizes. Yours look middle-sized.

[ravengusty]

I've had a look on ebay and all the ones I saw are in the US so I might limit any further purchases to just a very few (and probably after Christmas) the Lipizzaner looks good.

Thanks for the info, I'm going to try not to make them a new collection though lol

[kestral_kitsune]

Grand Champions essentially were the poor man's Breyer with comb-able hair. they're no longer made so some information is hard to get at times. that Appaloosa looks like its a later model before they switched brands to "Horse Country." and the models started be coming low quality.
http://www.angelfire.com/on/raventyde/grandchampion.html here's a pretty good site on them.

[Leave a Whisper]

That is the 2002 Grand Champion Appaloosa mare, Ah-Pah-Ahl. She's a fairly common girl and a very pretty one at that.

Here is a link to her backstory and pedigree.
http://www.kickingspur.com/gc/History/2002/Mares/Ah-Pah-Ahl.html

At one point she was sold as a nameless set with her foal Spicy Salsa, her stallion is Mr. Chips.

[rearing_palomino164]

Grand Champion like everyone listed above. I think I may have had that one.

[Nappercasper]

I have come across them at boot fairs now and again x

[ravengusty]

thanks everyone and thanks for the links