ARI# 817456 | Color: Medium Silver Grey | DOB: September 5, 1999 | Proven |
Sire, Request the Best |
MacDhui's ARI
certificate reads like a veritable "Who's Who" of the nation's
top grey alpacas! His sire, Request the Best, is one of the finest grey
herdsires to be found anywhere. He won three successive first place
ribbons at the prestigious AOBA Nationals between 1997 and 1999, amongst
numerous other awards. Dhui's grandsire on his father's side is the great
medium rose grey, Cisco Kid, who is also sire to the famous General
Schwarzkopf.
Viktorias Secret, MacDhui's dam, is a magnificent black female with an outstanding grey and black pedigree of her own. Her sire is Wily Coyote, the highly rated light silver grey from New Zealand, who died after siring fewer than 40 offspring. |
Dam, Viktorias Secret |
MacDhui, Virginia Classic 2002 |
Her grandsire is
the well respected grey SA Silverado, and her great-grandsire is The
Silversmith. MacDhui's grey/black heritage goes back four generations on
his dam's side, and three generations on his sire's, so he has excellent
potential to throw grey offspring.
Quite apart from his star-studded pedigree, Ben MacDhui is well known on the show circuit as a top quality grey herdsire in his own right. His numerous awards include Reserve Champion and 1st Place at the 2002 Virginia Classic, 2nd Place adult halter and 2nd Place fleece at MaPaca 2002 (the largest show in the country), 1st Place yearling halter at MaPaca 2001 and 2nd Place yearling halter at the 2001 Ohio Triple Crown. |
MacDhui shorn, April 2003 |
MacDhui |
At MaPaca 2002,
Mike Safley pronounced Dhui "the densest alpaca in the class"
and at the 2002 Virginia Classic Dr. Anthony Stachowski remarked on his
"exquisite head" and "exemplary density". Other judges
comments include "wonderful fleece", "very typey
conformation" and "stylish". MacDhui is a real head-turner,
with a wonderful temperament, excellent coverage, conformation and fiber. Dhui's first son, the light rose grey Kinross, sold as a future herdsire at only 4 months of age. His first daughter, Shannon sold within a week of being offered for sale and his second daughter, Eilwen, sold before she was weaned and without ever being listed for sale. His medium silver grey son, Skye, also sold quickly as a herdsire prospect and went on to win a blue ribbon in yearling halter at the Level V Buckeye show in 2006. MacDhui, is a consistent producer of quality, colored progeny - his offspring that have been shown have won first, second or third place ribbons at Level III AOBA-certified shows or above. He sired three beautiful cria in the Spring of 2007 - a dark silver grey girl and two silver grey boys, out of brown, fawn and indefinite dark dams. We like what he is producing for us so much that he was bred straight back to the same girls for their 2008 crias! |
MacDhui, MaPaca 2001 |
MacDhui Offspring : | |||
Thistledown's Shannon of Cairngorm, MSG daughter of maroon dam. Sold! |
Thistledown's Kinross of Cairngorm, LRG son of beige dam. Sold! |
Thistledown's Skye of Cairngorm, MSG son of beige dam. Sold! |
Thistledown's Eilwen of Cairngorm, black daughter of dark brown dam. Sold! |
Thistledown's Elin of Cairngorm, dark brown daughter of beige dam. Sold! |
Marcel, dark rose grey son of dark brown dam, owned by Wildwood Alpacas, VA |
Sierra Rose, rose grey daughter of black dam, owned by Alpaca Pastures of Virginia |
Thistledown's Cameron Rush, MSG son of bay black dam. Sold! |
Thistledown's McGregor, DSG son of dark brown dam. Sold! |
Thistledown's Nerys Cairngorm, black daughter of beige dam. Sold! |
Thistledown's Meliora Cairngorm, black daughter of dark brown dam. NFS! |
Shaemus, dark brown son of silver grey dam, owned by Cornerstone Alpacas, VA |
Misty, black daughter of full Peruvian beige dam, owned by Alpaca Pastures of Virginia |
Bonnie, black daughter of dark brown dam, owned by Little Catawba Creek Farm |
Thistledown's Kelvin Cairngorm, black son of dark brown dam. Sold! |
Thistledown Cari Cairngorm, white daughter of beige dam, with her new best friend. Sold! |
Thistledown Denzell Cairngorm, true black son of black dam. Sold! |
Dark silver grey daughter of beige dam |
Medium silver grey daughter of tuxedo brown dam |
Black daughter of black dam |
Black tuxedo son of beige dam |
Dark fawn / modern rose grey son of white dam |
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