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Reserve Champion - multi Males - 2014 Futurity |
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2015 GWAS Reserve Champion at 2 yrs old. |
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Feb 2015 -- 2015 TxOLAN |
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April 2013... "so shiny it looked wet" |
Futurity & GWAS Champion
AutumnSun's Major General
ARI# 32585933 D.O.B. 6/6/2012 (7 yrs)
Huacaya, Male, Proven | Light Brown, Medium Brown, Dark Rose Grey
Full Chilean
Sire: Patagonia's Ernesto
Dam: Patagonia's La Traviesa
Patagonia's La Traviesa
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ARI# 31691598
D.O.B. 7/17/2009
Huacaya,
Female,
Proven
Medium Fawn
1/8 Peruvian, 7/8 Chilean
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Not intending to buy, we had to buy this girl when we saw her fleece! Add to that her breeding to Ernesto, and we could not miss! With her very gentle personality, great health and conformation, we are glad to add her to our herd. We could not wait to see what this 'grey wannabe' would throw, but knew it would be nice regardless of color!
Esa had her first cria in 2012 and it was a beautiful boy! He has striking white markings on his face and a macho look already. We could not re... |
| ARI# 31691598 | Medium Fawn
We think this boy is the darkest 'silky' type we have seen! His fiber is slick and shiny that it looks and almost feels wet! Even judge Tim Lavan commented that his fiber looked almost like it was wet!
He has LOTS of fiber on him, and with a really long staple so that it droops somewhat when he is at his peak length. But don't be fooled by this and think that he is not dense... he has a lot of fiber packed on him!
He has white fibers in his blanket but not consistently enough to classify him as a grey in the shows. This was his initial 'hiccup' in the show ring, when they placed him in the brown classes so that he had to endure the disapproval of the judges. We attempted to show him in Bred and Owned but did not find the consistent competition at that time that we desired for him. But, we luckily become more observant of Major's several, easily discernible light spots in his blanket that classifies him as an appaloosa pattern. Shown in the right class and Major ROCKS! His fiber was finally evaluated purely on its exceptional qualities rather than on how it did not fit in the class.
From the beginning in the show ring, he was hard to categorized but well appreciated. At his first show, while he was reprehended for his white fibers in brown class, he also caught the judge's eye as "so shiny he looked wet". And, at the 2014 Futurity, while showing in the combined multi class, he was brought forth to the Reserve Champion position, behind the Snowmass Color Champion and before the other exemplary alpaca from farms such as Crescent Moon and Marquam Hill. With the caliber of competition of this show we were proudly aware of Major's proper placing at the head of the pack -- clearly herdsire material manifested!
We absolutely love Major for his easy personality, great looks and fantastic fiber. Being a small farm with very limited breedings each year, Major has had to elbow his way into the breeding program. When bred to a classic silver grey dam Major produced classic rose grey male with outstanding fiber! His son has extremely fine, high frequency and high amplitude crimp along a long staple in a dense fleece.
Awards

Reserve Champion - 2015 Great Western Alpaca Show, Multi - Cathy Merkley

1st - 2015 Great Western Alpaca Show, 2-yr old multi - Cathy Merkley

1st - 2015 TxOLAN - 2-yr-old mixed multi - Amanda VandenBosch

1st - 2014 ABR Fall Festival - 2-yr-old mixed multi - Kristin Buhrman

4th - 2014 GWAS yearling mixed multi - Peter Kennedy

Reserve Champion -- 2014 Futurity -- Amanda VandenBosch

2nd 2014 Futurity

1st - 2014 TxOLAN Yearling mixed muliti (he's an Appaloosa) - Cathy Merkley

5th - 2014 NWSS Grey Yearling - SaraJane MacClennan

Best Bred & Owned, ABR Fall Festival, Julio Sumar -- "very nice boy"

1st - Dark Bred & Owned, ABR Fall Festival, Julio Sumar

4th - MOPACA, brown juvenile - Wade Gease.

3rd - 2013 TxOLAN, dark brown juvenile - Tim Lavan
Updated 1/14/2018