Here's a preview of our much anticipated upcoming crias, all Thistledown originals, "bred and owned" by our farm. Check back for updates throughout the year! If a breeding match you have been watching is no longer here, then take a look at our New Crias page or our Sold! page to see the result.
Bronwen X Ben MacDhui | Due: November 15, 2013 |
Bronwen |
Bronwen is the full Peruvian,
half accoyo daughter of Accoyo Yupanqui (deceased), with black gums and toenails, dark,
soulful eyes and subtle grey markings in her topknot. Her
grandsire is the true black 5Peruvian Chinchero, and her granddam,
Pperuvian Marcela, produced two of the best colored herdsires in the US -
the grey Silver Dollar and Show Me the Money. Bronwen is bred with our
silver grey Champion, Ben MacDhui, who has exceptional density and lock structure to his award winning
fleece, excellent conformation, an exquisite typey head, and a grey/black pedigree reaching
back four generations. This same breeding produced a
show-quality 19lb
solid black granddaughter of Accoyo Yupanqui (white), and multiple
Champion silver grey, Request the Best, and in 2012, a beautiful dark
silver grey daughter.
Bronwen is a blue ribbon winner and placed second in white yearling composite at MaPaca 2005. Dhui has won numerous ribbons, including Reserve Champion and a blue ribbon at the 2002 Virginia Classic, a first at the 2001 MaPaca Jubilee in full fleece yearling halter, plus a second place in adult male halter and a second place fleece ribbon at the 2002 MaPaca Jubilee. |
Ben MacDhui |
Blush X Nikos | Due: November 20, 2013 |
Spring Blush |
Spring Blush is
the full Peruvian maroon daughter of two maroon parents, with extreme
density, crimp and fineness. Her Champion
sire, King Crimson has won numerous halter and fleece awards at regional
and national level and Blush is a ribbon-winner in both halter and fleece
competitions. She is bred with Nikos, the
exceptional, half-accoyo, showy son of the renowned half-accoyo silver
grey herdsire Aussie Rockford, and Peaceful Valley Priya. He has
outstanding conformation, a well-shaped beautiful head, extreme coverage
and a dense topknot. His fleece is very, very fine and bright, with good
architecture and a gorgeous dark silver grey color. We keep repeating this
breeding because we are so pleased with the combination of fineness,
density, uniformity, rose grey / maroon color and crimp that this breeding has produced.
Blush placed third in a large, competitive juvenile brown halter class at the 2004 North American Alpaca Show in Kentucky. In the four SpinOff competitions she has entered, Blush won three first and one second place ribbons, with scores ranging from 91.5 to 95/100 points! Nikos has three purple ribbons to his credit, including the Championship at the 2005 Virginia Classic, Best Grey/Multi in show in the huge 2005 OABA SpinOff, with a score of 93.5/100, and Reserve Champion grey fleece at MaPaca 2006, where judge Diana Timmerman awarded his 30 month fleece 20/20 for fineness and handle. Nikos also has 9 blue ribbons to his credit, including a first place in full fleece halter at MaPaca 2005, awarded by Dr. Julio Sumar. |
PV Nikos |
Iris X MacDhui | Due: November 21, 2013 |
DSF Iris |
Iris is the brown / recessive black
daughter of the Champion rose grey, McGinnis, who sired both the grey
Color Champion female at the 2004 AOBA Nationals, and the 2005 grey
Futurity Champion female. This attractive
female has soft-handled, uniform, crimpy fiber with wonderful
staple length, plus good coverage and great conformation. Iris is bred with our
silver grey Champion, Ben MacDhui, who has exceptional density and lock structure to his award winning
fleece, excellent conformation, an exquisite typey head, and a grey/black pedigree reaching
back four generations. Their last breeding produced a solid true
black son, who sold as a herdsire prospect! Iris placed second at her first show, in the juvenile dark composite class at MAPACA in 2007. She went on to win a blue ribbon in the 2007 PAOBA fleece show, a second place in both the 2007 & 2008 LA Deep South Spinoff competitions and a second place in the prestigious National Fiber to Fashion Spinoff in 2008. Dhui has won numerous ribbons, including Reserve Champion and a blue ribbon at the 2002 Virginia Classic, a first at the 2001 MaPaca Jubilee in full fleece yearling halter, plus a second place in adult male halter and a second place fleece ribbon at the 2002 MaPaca Jubilee. |
Ben MacDhui
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Chiffon X Norrington | Due: December 5, 2013 |