Fiber/Scientific Data
2016 | 17.1 AFD, 3.5 SD, 20.4 CV, 0.7 %>30u |
Sale Pending. LSG Enlightened Son
Skyline's Iolite
Huacaya, Male, Unproven | Light Silver Grey
ARI# 35314233, D.O.B. 5/21/2016, 3/8 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: Tiara's Crystal ARI#
31364041 Dark Silver Grey Crystal has Sold.
Tiara’s Crystal is, plainly stated, one of our best Grey females on the farm. We purchased her as a cria at side with her Dam, Diamond’s Tiara. This pair was a special purchase not only because Crystal was an outstanding cria, but also because Tiara even at 6.5 years of age still had a beautiful look and fleece; no surprise given her genetics! Crystal’s quality was no surprise either, as she is a Rincon Cloud daughter. Crystal went on to develop into an outstanding adult, winning 3 Reserve Color Championships as a Yearling and producing excellent cria for us. We are proud to have this fine female in our herd.
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 Iolite is a gorgeous Light Silver Grey out of our beautiful Rincon Cloud daughter, Tiara’s Crystal. Again, another impressive package of genetics that produced this amazing boy. Iolite is named for a pale blue/purple gemstone. Iolite’s color was so gorgeous as a cria we wanted to name him after a gemstone, especially since his grandmother’s name was Diamond’s Tiara. Like nearly all of our Enlightened offspring, Iolite is extremely uniform across his blanket, has impressive density, staple length and fineness. Just look at his 2016 histogram: 17.1 AFD, 3.5 SD, 20.4 CV, 0.7 %>30u.
We know he will be an outstanding herdsire for his new owners, and again, we hate to part with him.
Awards
2017 AOA National Conference - 2nd - Yearling FFH Light Silver Grey
2016 Alpacapalooza - 1st - Juvenile Silver Grey