The first series was made in 1988 and features 12 horses of (mostly) well known breeds. They're all males - indeed all the models Funrise ever made appear to be - and all adults.
THE PALOMINO
is of course not a breed, though that hasn't stopped a thousand horse books treating it as such.
Throughout the 20th century breeders searched for the perfect "true-breeding palomino", to no avail - because that simply isn't how color genetics work. A palomino is the result of one cream gene acting on a red base, but because cream can double up, a palomino-to-palomino cross may result in a single dilute (palomino), double dilute (cremello, blue eyed cream), or just a regular old chestnut.
However, colour genetics is a relatively new field, and the various palomino registries were set up long before the fact.
Cream can be found in breeds from all over the world, from Fjords to north African Barbs, so it may be easier to mention breeds that don't carry it - the Arabian comes to mind - but it is most popular in stock horses, gaited breeds and ponies. The sporthorse world has been rather conservative as far as colour is concerned, but there are cream warmbloods!
The Funrise palomino is a warm yellow colour, ranging from bright banana to a more orangey gold. He has white socks but black hooves and no muzzle shading but black dotted nostrils, an odd feature most of the S1s share.
I mean, we all know this one. Oldest recognized pure breed, etc etc.
Despite the arabian's ancient origins, in Europe it was rarely used for anything but "improving" other breeds - as an outcross to add refinement, speed, or endurance - because pure Arabians were considered too small, slight, or unsuited to the climate or terrain.
The modern extreme/exotic show Arabian is a distinct type and really not a typical example of the breed, and I'm pleased to say that Funrise has chosen to go in a different direction altogether.
I've seen some model horses over the years, but this guy stands alone. I mean, the extended trot! Of all the gaits and all the poses a horse could do, this is one I have never seen another Arabian model perform. Not that it's rare, you just never see it pictured outside of more typical dressage breeds!
Of course it is possible that the sculptor originally meant this to be another breed - these aren't exactly rife with uniquely distnctive traits - but I like to think they made a conscious decision to showcase the sturdier, less flashy sport type Arabian.
Yum, oreos.
Another NotABreed, and one surrounded by even more misunderstandings and misinformation than even the palomino.
If you have most of your colour info from general interest horse books you may have come across things like "overo is white markings on a dark background, tobiano is dark markings on a white background", and if so I recommend you trot on over to the Equine Tapestry for some updated info.
Terms like piebald and skewbald aren't technically wrong, they just don't mean anything. All they say is that a horse is some kind of white pattern (of which there is currently around thirty to choose from) and that the base colour is either black or... not black.
Because there are so many white patterns around, obviously the Pinto isn't a breed. Unlike the Paint, which is a horse of QH or Thoroughbred breeding carrying one or more of these white patterns - all Paints are pinto, but not all pintos are Paints.
Only a very few breeds have no white patterns at all - off the top of my head I can only think of Exmoors, Fjords, and Friesians - and new mutations are found all the time.
The Funrise pinto is clearly meant to be a tobiano, although his hind legs should have some white. Dark-legged tobianos do happen though, mostly in Shetlands and minis. Still, this clearly isn't one of those. Nor is he a particularly western-y looking horse. He has a deep chest and high withers, and blobiness aside I think he looks athletic with his hogged mane and alert pose. An eventer perhaps?
Hindlegs aside, the pattern is based on one particular horse who was featured (by way of several memetic mutations) in every single 1980s horse book.
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