Fiber/Scientific Data
2016 | 16.8 AFD, 3.7 SD, 22.1 CV, 0.7%>30u |
MRG Enlightened Son
Skyline's Bold Accent
Huacaya, Male, Unproven | Medium Rose Grey
ARI# 35314356, D.O.B. 7/22/2015, 1/4 Peruvian, 1/4 Chilean
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 Jacqueline ARI#
30852891 Dark Rose Grey ****Jacqueline is now available in our listed package! Oh, and she just had her Barnabus cria! Which is included in her sale!
An outstanding addition to our herd. We purchased her mom at the Parade of Champions, bred her to Kryptonite and got what we hoped for. She is an excellent mom and we are looking forward to many of her cria!
Skyline’s Jacqueline has been one of our outstanding production females and we are only listing her for sale as we need to downsize the number of breeding females we have on our farm. We do still own her lovely daughter Skyline’s Layla, so we will continue to have her genetics on our farm. We sold one of her daughters at auction to Alpaca Palace and they liked her so much they later purchased one of her sons! Jacqueline also produced an awesome male when bred to Tronador, so much so that the owners of Tronador wanted to purchase him! We traded him for 2 more breedings to Tronador! There are other beautiful offspring we’ve been able to sell too!
It is no surprise that Jacqueline is such a great producer! Her Dam is Crescent Moon’s Jackie that we purchased at auction and her sire is Crescent Moon’s Kryptonite a famous Legacy son! We have never been disappointed with Jacqueline, but with her daughter Layla and her grandchildren in our herd and our need to downsize, we have made the tough decision to list her for sale.
We have now rebreed Jacqueline to Barnabus and so far it has been a successful breeding! We are excited for this cria but we are still leaving her for sale!
Description
Skyline Alpacas had the most awesome Snowmass Enlightened boys in 2015 and we held onto our two best, Skyline’s Bold Accent and Skyline’s Iolite. Both these boys took Blue Ribbons at the 2016 Alpacapalooza and then each got a Red Ribbon at the 2017 AOA Nationals in Denver this March. We absolutely love these boys but realize now we need to reduce the number of males in our breeding herd, and we do own both Enlightened and their dams.
What is truly amazing about these boys is their fineness, their density and their incredible staple length. Soon I’ll post some more recent pictures of the boys and their outstanding fleece –once it stops raining! I like both these boys equally! Here is a little bit about each of them.
Skyline’s Bold Accent is a gorgeous Medium Rose Grey with an outstanding head with adorable ears that the judges always comment about. He is extremely uniform across his blanket, which is another thing the judges commented about, along with his beautiful handle and staple length, density and well defined crimp. Just look at his 2016 histogram! 16.8 AFD, 3.7 SD, 22.1 CV, 0.7%>30u.
His Dam, Skyline’s Jacqueline is one of our best producers and is a Crescent Moon’s Kryptonite daughter, which makes her a Legacy granddaughter. We were not surprised by the quality of Jacqueline’s Enlightened boy. We just love him, but now we are offering him for sale.
Awards
2017 CABA Classic - 1st Place - FLeece Juvenile Rose Grey
2017 CABA Classic - 2nd - FFH Yearling Rose Grey
2017 AOA National Conference - 2nd - FFH Yearling Rose Grey
2016 Alpacapalooza - 1st Place - FFH Juvenile Rose Grey
2016 CABA Classic - 3rd Place - FFH Combined all grey Juveniles
2016 ABI - 3rd Place - FFH Combined all grey Yearlings