If the Greeks had used a wooden alpaca instead of a horse to trick the Trojans, CCNF Sucrose could have been their model. In different circumstances, a male possessing Sucrose's qualities would be a breeding program's lead white/light Herdsire. That said, we were obviously tickled when his world-class dam produced him (fun fact: that's Sugar Drop's fleece shot that has anchored the "about alpacas" page on our web site for more than a decade now) after being bred to Snowmass Elite Legend, arguably the most influential Herdsire of the modern era in the US domestic herd. Though we have used Sucrose selectively within our own herd and have in recent years started to go to him a bit more, he had the misfortune of coming of age at a time when some other Elite Legend son, a guy named CCNF Elixir, was already mature and putting crias on the ground. Which is not to say that Sucrose doesn't have an incredibly important role here: for not only is he the maternal grandson of the mighty Snowmass Messiah but he also has the distinction of being one of the few homegrown white Herdsires we have here (and whose genetics we understand and trust) who *doesn't* have CCNF Archangel in his pedigree. We love us The Arch and all that he's done for our program and our family but a bit of genetic diversity is good too! Though we have begun folding Sucrose's genetics back into our program (even breeding him to color too) for a few years now, you can also start to find Sucrose offspring filtering onto our sales listings.

This boy is a farm favorite and certainly one of Jeff's favorites. This is what happens when you start crossing Dorian genetics with some amazing genetics! Thunder had cria on the ground and wow!