Friends

Horse Show Trailer

A big, horse-mad playset with a rooftop bedroom and a lovely inclusive touch.

Brick Rated Score

3.8/5

Set 41722 · 2022

Pieces1,004

Minifigs3

Year2022

Set number41722

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The verdict

This is one of those Friends sets that quietly does more than you expect.

You get a full trailer, two horses, a drivable SUV, and a rooftop sleeping loft that flips open to reveal the stalls below. The price is the sticking point, and I won't pretend otherwise, but if there's a horse-obsessed kid in your world this one delivers hours of proper play.

Best for: horse-loving kids who want a big playset they can actually move around and reenact with

The full review

What it is

Some sets are built to sit on a shelf and some are built to be played with until the stickers wear off, and the Horse Show Trailer is firmly the second kind. This LEGO® set gives you a whole horse-show day in one box: a two-horse trailer, an SUV to tow it, two horses, and a rooftop sleeping loft where the mini-dolls bunk down between events. The clever bit is that the whole roof section is hinged, so you swing the bedroom up and the horse stalls open underneath. Kids get the satisfying reveal, and you get a model that folds back down neatly when playtime's over. There's a trophy cabinet, a little bathroom, feeding troughs so the horses can actually eat, and a pile of tack and jumps for setting up a course. For a horse-mad eight-year-old, this is close to a dream in a box.

The catch

Now the part I want to be honest about, because everyone who reviewed this said the same thing. At just under a hundred dollars for around a thousand pieces, it lands at roughly ten cents a piece, and that's steep for the Friends line where you usually get more brick for your money. You're paying a bit of a premium for the horses, the big trailer shell, and all the printed accessories, which is fair enough, but it does mean this is a set you want to catch on a good discount rather than at full sticker price. The build itself is straightforward and aimed squarely at kids, so if you're an adult builder hunting for clever engineering or unusual techniques, you won't find much to chew on here. It's a toy, and a good one, but it's a toy first.

Who it's for

So who's this really for? A child who loves horses and loves acting out little stories, hands down. The scale is generous, everything moves, and there's enough going on that it doesn't get boring after one afternoon. The three mini-dolls give kids a proper cast to play with, and I genuinely love that one of them, Savannah, comes with a guide dog, which is a warm and quietly inclusive touch that Friends handles really well. If you're buying purely for display or you want a meaty adult build, look elsewhere. But if the goal is a big, sturdy, imagination-fueling playset that'll get used, this one earns its keep. Just try to grab it on sale, and know that since it's retired now, the friendly prices are getting harder to find.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

The build breaks into three comfortable chunks: the SUV, the two horses, and the trailer itself, which is the real centerpiece. The car goes together fast with opening doors and room for all three mini-dolls plus the dog, a nice touch since so many small LEGO vehicles can't fit a full crew. The horses come pre-molded rather than built, with heads and legs you pose. The trailer is where the time goes, maybe two to three hours all in, and it's built in layers: the stalls and feeding area on the ground floor, then the hinged upper section that becomes the sleeping loft. Watching that roof mechanism click into place is the standout moment of the build, because it turns a flat wall into a proper two-story reveal.

On the pieces front, this is a Friends set through and through, which means color. Expect a warm palette of sand greens, dark turquoise, bright pinks, and coral, plus a strong haul of printed elements: horse tack, medals and trophies, helmets, cups, and signage that would cost a fortune to source loose. The two horse molds and the guide dog are the parts collectors tend to notice most, since animal figures always carry resale weight. Value-wise the story is mixed. At about ten cents a piece it's not a bargain by part count, but the printed accessories and the animal figures pull real weight, so you're getting playable, characterful parts rather than a thousand tiny plates. For a role-play set, that's the trade you want.

Fun facts

01One of the three mini-dolls, Savannah, comes with a guide dog, part of the inclusive character details LEGO Friends has quietly woven into the line.
02The trailer's entire roof is hinged so the upstairs sleeping loft swings open to reveal the horse stalls tucked underneath, turning one wall into a two-story reveal.
03The set retired at the end of 2023 after about a year and a half on shelves, and resale prices have since climbed well past its original 99.99 dollar retail.
04The SUV is roomy enough to seat all three mini-dolls and the guide dog at once, which is unusual for a Friends vehicle this size.