Moonraker daughter!
CCNF Bellatrix
Huacaya, Female, Unproven | Light Brown
ARI# 36130429, D.O.B. 6/2/2022,
Sire: CCNF Moonraker ARI#
35292937 Light Brown We have a habit – good or bad, we will let the historic record make that call in the end – of hoarding members of certain lines in order to build up a genetic base and hedge our bets going forward. In the case of Moonraker, we also have three of his full sisters, Moonbeam, Luna Majesty, and Clair de Lune in our production herd as well as his dam, CCNF Moonlight (she a highly coveted member of the PPP Jesusa line as a daughter of Gold Sovereign). How powerful is that genetic line? The Elixir crias born to Moonbeam and Luna (genetically full siblings) were the female and male Judges' Choice winners at the 2018 Futurity. They also went on to win their respective Championships at the AOA National Fleece Show, where Valyria (the white female) bested her brother/cousin, Sovereign-Legacy (the fawn male) for the one and only Huacaya JC award. And all of that without a Lutz on the end of a lead line, so maybe (just maybe!) the fleeces have something going for them after all?
All of which goes to show why Moonraker is definitely going to be sticking around in some capacity at least. Though slightly more stocky than his older sister, Moonraker takes after Luna the most in terms of appearance and style, which is not a bad thing by any measure. Dense, fine, bright…you get the picture. At the risk of stating the obvious, if he didn’t bring something special to the table, we wouldn't be using him here in our program or offering him for outside stud service.
Update: Moonraker's first cria, CCNF Maid Marian was the Champion Fawn Female Huacaya at the 2020 AOA National Fleece Show!
Dam: CCNF Bellinda ARI#
35549734 Light Fawn The daughter of CCNF Bataclan (2022 Futurity Herdsire of the Year) and CCNF Bellafina (PPPeruvian Pachelbel x CCNF Archangel).
Description
Bellatrix represents the first offspring of CCNF Moonraker we have ever offered for sale, and we are proud to have her representing us at the upcoming 2023 Parade of Champions auction to be held June 2nd & 3rd at Little Creek Farm in North Salem, NY!
Her sire, Moonraker, is the lone male member of a full-sibling group foursome (the others being Moonbeam, Luna Majesty, and Clair de Lune) that has together produced a murderer's row of elite show animals for us in recent years. Do the names Sovereign-Legacy, Valyria, Nymeria, Triumvirate, and Moonstalker ring a bell? They are all direct offspring of that sibling group and go a long way toward explaining why we value CCNF Moonraker as a genetic lynchpin going forward, even more so with the passing of his sire, Matrix Majesty.
Bellatrix's dam, CCNF Bellinda, is a Bataclan daughter and is maternally the granddaughter of the mighty and famed Accoyo import, PPPeruvian Pachelbel. It is safe to say that in an era where the US alpaca herd's genetic diversity is coming under increasing pressure, that those genes are becoming rarer by the day and only the presence of other family members in our program allows us to part with a female such as this.
We proudly offer CCNF Bellatrix for sale with a future breeding to our Jumanji son, Majestic Peruvian Bellringer!