Released as a single model #1708 starting Mid-year 2013. Released in 2015 as both #1708 and #711983 with the paperback book "The Eighty-Dollar Champion" by Elizabeth Letts.
In 2022-2024, this model was updated as set #711982, Showman Horse & Book Set. The book in this set is "Showman, The True Story of a Champion" written by Catherine Hapka.
In 2024, this model was again released as #1708, and still researching if a book is included (the dealer catalog does not mention a book).
In 2015, there was a button made with this model on it.