Loping Quarter Horse ~ Checkers

Sir Rugger, known around the barn as Checkers, is a champion QH Gelding best known for winning National Champion titles in Mountain Trail  in 2008, 2009, and 2010 - Without wearing a bridle!  His registered name is Sir Rugged Chex, and you might recognize his grandsire as well:  The always impressive Rugged Lark.   [Checkers with Mark Bolender; photo credit Breyer]   Breyer's portrait model of the intelligent and talented Checkers shows off his agility and his leaf-shaped star.  He was released at midyear 2020 and retired in 2022.  Checkers was introduced as a guest horse at Virtual Breyerfest 2020, with a fabulously long video of him demonstrating his skills at cowboy trail, including walking over a suspended bridge, a rolling bridge and a teeter totter. This fellow is Factory Mint with a little airbrush splutter of clearcoat on his left barrel that gave him tiny shinier speckles.  He features bright whites, neatly painted shoes, and a pretty face with lighter area above his muzzle.   Size: Traditional Breyer Model #1831