Sold-Snow Diamond Auction lot 23
Skyline's Amora
Huacaya, Female, Unproven | Light Rose Grey
ARI# 32821932, D.O.B. 8/6/2015,
Sire: Snowmass Enlightened ARI#
31795739 Medium Rose Grey Not Actually Sold as he passed away, but I didn't want to delete him as we have his genetics on our farm!
*** NEWS FLASH 7/14/18***
It is with a sad heart that I have to post that Snowmass Enlightened passed away today peacefully in our pasture. He had congestive heart failure which was confirmed at Oregon State Vet School and we were treating him with medicines, but he had too much leakage in the valves in his heart. We are happy that we have 9 females pregnant to him this season and 10 females and 2 boys previsoulsy born on our farm. He was such an amazing herdsire and we will miss him dearly.
Skyline Alpacas is extremely pleased to announce the arrival of our newest herdsire, Snowmass Enlightened. One can’t say enough about the quality of this male. I first saw his 2-year-old fleece (3rd fleece) at the CABA Classic fleece show in 2013 and couldn’t believe my eyes. The density, crimp, uniformity, and brightness were truly amazing. No wonder he got Color Champion! Never in my dreams did I think I someday would be the proud owner of this fine male!
Here is what Snowmass had to say about their boy:
“Snowmass Enlightened is a supernal, Multi-Champion Rose Grey Stud. His evolution descends from a remarkable lineage of momentous sires. Most Proximate is his own sire, Snowmass Enlightenment, who is also a multi-champion rose grey stud. He is sired by multi-champion Snowmass XXXtreme, who is sired by Multi-champion Snowmass Royal Rose… All of this is a proven grey performance at its paramount.
Enlightened has a variety of grey, fawn, and dark offspring – all of which are stunning. Their fleeces are all consistently fine, dense, and bright with their sire’s sublime aesthetic in their overall phenotype.”
Now that is an impressive genetic history that shows generation after generation of excellence. We can’t wait to see his first cria on our farm in 2015!
We were not disappointed! We had multiple grey crias and they went on to win many ribbons at the shows. Enlightened also got 2nd in get a sire at Aplacapalooza. This class was not divided into dark and light so it was extremely competitive!
Dam: Skyline's Mahogany Mist ARI#
31612470 Dark Brown Yes, Mahogany Mist is older but she still is a great producer! Purchase her open for $700.00 or we can bred her for a total price of $1,700. Her 2018 cria's birth weight was 20.0# Not bad!
Mahogany Mist is one of our best production females. She has produced multiple blue ribbon winners and has a sweet personality as well. No surprise here as she was one of the last offspring of A of O Silver-Celebration before his untimely death. One of her offspring, Amora was Grey color Champion at the 2016 Alpacapalooza show and went on to sell at the Snow Diamond auction to Majestic Meadows in 2016.
Description
News flash***
Skylines Amora sold at the Snow Diamond Select auction to MAJESTIC MEADOWS. Thank you Faye Farley for your purchase. It is sad to see Amora leave our farm but I'm so pleased she is headed to Majestic Meadows. She is a beautiful alpaca!
SUBSTITUTION FOR LOT 23 - SNOW DIAMOND SELECT AUCTION, OCT. 8TH
Skyline Alpacas makes a point of offering our very best at auction and our substitution for lot 23, Skyline’s Amora is also no exception. Just as we had not intended to sell Adriana we also had not intended to sell Amora. When Adriana developed a health issue we made the very difficult choice to substitute Amora in her place. Amora has fabulous bloodlines and we were not surprised by the quality of the cria we achieved when we breed Amora’s Dam, Skyline’s Mahogany Mist - a Silver Celebration daughter to our 12X Champion/Res.Champion herdsire Snowmass Enlightened. Luckily, we still own both the parents so we can repeat this breeding and hope for another Amora! She is another one of those really sweet girls with an awesome fleece that has gorgeous crimp, brightness and fineness and she is extremely dense! Look at her 2016 Histogram: AFD: 17.2, SD: 3.5, CV: 20.2, %>30: 0.6.
She excited the judges as well. At Alpacapalooza 2016, Amora took 1st in a combined class of 11 Juvenile Grey Females, and went on to win the Grey Color Championship. Then a month later she took 1st place at CABA Classic in the combined Juvenile Rose Grey class. Amora’s maiden breeding is included with her purchase. You can choose any one of our outstanding herdsires.
Awards
2016 Alpacapalooza Grey Female Color Champion
2016 Alpacapalooza FFH Combined Juvenile Grey Female Class
2016 CABA Classic FFH Combined Juvenile Rose Grey Female Class