Breyer Horse Item #1135

Fleetstreet Max
Breyer Portrait Model

Description: When several professional trainers told 14 year-old Alisa Bernhard that two year-old Fleetstreet Max would “never make an all-around horse,” she refused to believe that the flashy sorrel American Paint Horse gelding she and her mother Susan had bred and raised at home, was not destined for more. She was right. At the 2008 American Paint Horse Association World Show in Fort Worth, Texas, destiny led Alisa and Max to rewrite the single horse lifetime APHA record for most world championships (18), formerly held by sorrel overo mare, Too Sexy Formyspot, and set a new record, for 21 world titles. In just seven years of showing, the Paint horse once dismissed as an underwhelming two year-old had, by age 11, become the greatest world champion in breed history and his teenaged trainer had proven his versatility in seven vastly different events – Equitation Over Fences, Hunter Hack, Hunt Seat Equitation, Working Hunter, Western Horsemanship, Western Riding, and Trail – as well as earning seven reserve world championships, five APHA World Show All-Around awards, four trophy horse trailers, two Breeder’s Trust highest money-earner titles, and more than 8,500 points in a dozen events ranging from halterto reining. As a teenager, Alisa had taken the reins on training Max herself, and he had rewarded her faith in him by winning his first world championship by age five, and then, at the 2006 APHA World Show, winning seven world championships and becoming the first Paint horse ever to win both the All-Around Amateur and All-Around Open Horse titles. Going into the 2008 World show, he needed two titles to tie the record, and three to rewrite Paint horse show history. A nail-biting tie for the record came with a victory in Amateur Hunter Hack and then history was theirs with a decisive win as defending champions in Amateur Hunt Seat Equitation. Back home in Germantown, Wisconsin, as Alisa turns professional (now 25 years old), Max is enjoying a more leisurely routine. But don’t discount this dynamic duo just yet. “He definitely has many years of showing left,” Alisa said.

Manufacturer's Suggested Retail: $44.99