Thistledown's Iona Jaxon | |
Iona
is a sleek and shiny, half-Peruvian, jet black Jaxon / Danko granddaughter. CPeruvian Jaxon
is a nationally renowned
black Peruvian herdsire and Danko is possibly the top grey herdsire in
the country. Her dam is Hisami, an extremely fine true black Danko
daughter (20.3 AFD @ 11 months), with beautiful soft-handled fleece, a
lovely typey head, very nice conformation and a friendly, curious nature.
Iona's maternal grandmother is a "blue black" Macintosh
daughter, with two generations of black in her background and an AFD of
24.4 at 4 years of age. Iona's sire is the 4X Champion true black Peruvian CPeruvian Axtion Jaxon, who has a remarkable show record
and superfine, crimpy fleece. In his first year AJ's fiber analysis was AFD 18.4, SD 3.7, CV
20.0, >30 1.4%, which is phenomenal for a true black, and he has won
numerous first place and Championship ribbons in major halter and fleece
competitions, including first place black fleece at the 2003 AOBA National
Fleece Show. Iona was bred with our award-winning Peruvian Presidio
son, Tundra, in Fall 2007.
Awards: Iona won a blue ribbon at her first show, in a juvenile shorn class at the Virginia State Fair in September 2005, and second place in a yearling shorn class at MaPaca in 2006. |
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ARI# 1329698 | Color: True Black | DOB: November 26, 2004 | Proven |
Dam: Hisami |
Iona was over 20lbs at birth, and at one week
old, she weighed 26lbs, a testament to her mother's amazing milking
abilities. She has beautiful soft-handled, glossy, fine black fiber, and is as
black as coal, with absolutely no bleaching of her cria tips, and no sign of
any other color anywhere on her body.
Iona's dam, Hisami, is a beautiful true black daughter of Danko, the grey herdsire from Alpacas de la Patagonia whose offspring have set auction price records and taken ribbons in every showring. She has extremely fine (20.3 AFD), soft-handled fleece, and comes from a solid black and grey lineage. Her dam is a "blue black" Macintosh daughter, with two generations of black in her background and a micron of 24.4 at 4 years of age. Hisami proved herself to be a powerhouse of a mother, giving birth to her first cria without assistance in only 5 minutes, and nurturing her to over 70lbs in just 5 short months! Hisami is the dam of one of our favorite show quality girls, the dark silver grey Ishbel. |
Sire: CPeruvian Axtion Jaxon |
Iona at 1 week old |
Iona is sired by
the multiple award-winning true black CPeruvian Axtion Jaxon,
a.k.a. "AJ", a son of CPeruvian Jaxon, the nationally recognized
black herdsire. Axtion Jaxon's Awards: AJ won first place halter and Reserve Champion true black at Estes Park in 2001. In 2002 he won first place halter and Reserve Champion true black at Phoenix, AZ, a blue ribbon in halter and Reserve Champion at Santa Fe, NM, and a first place in composite in Denver, CO. In 2003 AJ took the first place black fleece award at the AOBA National Fleece Show in Las Vegas, first place and Reserve Color Champion at the SouthWest Regional Alpaca Show in Phoenix, and first place in the adult true black class at the Great Western Alpaca show, Denver. |
Iona, October 2005 |