North American Nationals Timeline
1995 First NAN (Holiday Inn, Lexington)
• Combined Performance
• Combined Custom/Artist Resin Breed
• OF Plastic Breed, OF China/Resin Breed
1996
California (Jamboree) NAN
1997 Kentucky (BreyerFest) NAN
• Performance is split OF and CM/AR (Kentucky)
• Show extends to two days
1998
California (Jamboree) NAN
1999 Kentucky (BreyerFest) NAN
• OF Collectibility classes are added
The timeline to the left shows how the show has grown
over time, both in terms of days and number of divisions.
Additionally, showing in general in the 1990s was a quite
different than it is now. Stone was a brand new company
in 1995, the year the first North American Nationals was
held. Original Finish Plastic was comprised only of Breyer and Hartland, and there were only breed classes, but
these were judged using an odd combination of breed
character and collectibility. At the first few shows, original finish and custom horses were shown together in Performance. There was a division for factory finished chinas and resins, but custom glazes did not yet exist. There
were not a lot of artist resins, but what there were showed
against custom horses. The very first NAN was a oneday show that attracted a little over a hundred entrants.
• Show extends to three days
2000 California (Jamboree) NAN
• Performance is split OF and CM/AR (all)
• AR and CM are split for some breeds
2001 Kentucky (BreyerFest) NAN
• Full Collectibility divisions are added
• AR and CM split into separate divisions
• Stones given their own classes
2002
California (Jamboree) NAN
2003
Nationals are cancelled
2004 Kentucky (BreyerFest) NAN
• Custom Glazed breed division added
2005 Independent NAN (Las Vegas, NV)
• Custom Glazed workmanship added
2006 Kentucky (BreyerFest) NAN
• AR and CM workmanship now a division
2007
Independent NAN (Mesquite, TX)
2008
Kentucky (BreyerFest)