Thistledown's Maximilian Shaddow 
This solid true black male is the son of Myfanwy, our Champion maroon female with beautiful fiber, which exhibits uniform crimp, handle like silk and amazing staple length. Her dam is a MaPaca blue ribbon-winner and her sire is the true black MaPaca 2001 Reserve Color Champion, and son of the maroon 5Peruvian Camelot. In her first showring appearance, at the 2005 Virginia Classic Show, Myfanwy placed first in a class of 11 brown juvenile females, and went on to win Grand Champion, judged the best of all 23 brown females in the show. Mike Safley awarded her a second place in a full fleece halter class of 13 dark brown juvenile females at MaPaca 2005, the largest alpaca show in the country. Our "Van" has gone on to win numerous blue ribbons in SpinOff competitions during 2005 & 2006. We searched for a year to find the right male to breed with her, and finally selected the 3X Champion Dark Shaddow - one of the best true black males in the country, who beat her father to take the black Championship at MaPaca in 2001 and was selected as Reserve Dark Herdsire of the Year at the 2006 Futurity. Shaddow exhibits presence, crimp, density, fineness, uniformity, luster, conformation and coverage and his offspring have been taking the showring by storm. 
ARI # 1329834 Color: True Black DOB: November 6, 2006 Unproven

Thistledown's Myfanwy
 Myfanwy is a magnificent maroon female, and a third generation product of our own breeding program. Her fiber is just beautiful - with uniform crimp, handle like silk and amazing staple length. Her dam is a MaPaca blue ribbon-winner and her sire is the true black MaPaca 2001 Reserve Color Champion, and son of the maroon 5Peruvian Camelot. 

Myfanwy's awards: In her only two showring appearances as a juvenile, Myfanwy won first place and color Champion out of 23 brown females at the 2005 Virginia Classic, and was awarded second place by Mike Safley in a full fleece halter class of 13 at MaPaca 2005, the largest alpaca show in the U.S. Her fiber won a blue ribbon in every Handcrafters' SpinOff she entered in 2005, and more ribbons in 2006. 

We searched for a year to find the right male to breed with "Van", and finally selected Dark Shaddow - one of the best true black males in the country, who beat her father to take the black Championship at MaPaca in 2001! Shaddow exhibits presence, crimp, density, fineness, uniformity, luster, conformation and coverage. His offspring have been taking the showring by storm, winning multiple Championships and blue ribbons.

Dark Shaddow's awards: Dark Shaddow is a 3X MaPaca Champion, and an 8X blue ribbon winner, including three first place ribbons at the AOBA Nationals in halter and fleece competition, Get of Sire at the 2004 Kentucky Classic and Reserve Dark Herdsire of the Year at the 2006 Futurity. His show wins include 1st Get of Sire 2004 Kentucky Classic, 1st place fleece 2003 AOBA National Show, Color Champion 2000 and 2001 Mapaca, 2000 Reserve Age Champion Mapaca, 1st Place 2000 and 2001 Mapaca,1st Place fleece 2000 Mapaca,2000 Mapaca Jubilee Best Uniformity fleece, 1st Place 2000 AOBA National Show, 1st Place 2000 Keystone Klassic, 1st Place fleece 1999 OABA Alpacafest, 1999 Keystone Klassic show winner, 1999 AOBA show winner.
Dark Shaddow