Snowmass Alpacas, in Idaho, is, by many accounts, the most highly
regarded North American alpaca breeder. We’ve been dreaming of some
Snowmass Genetics for quite a while so with their annual auction, we added
Snowmass Winter Dreams to our barn. Even better yet, she came with her
son, Snowmass Winter Solstice!
Winter Solstice is an 8 month old male who will join our
show string this spring with a debut at the Spring Bling show in a few
weeks. We are hopeful that he will also join our herdsire row – The
Chiefs of Tiskilwa – in a few years. Naming his kids will be kind of fun
– I can already see an “Inti Raymi” or “Intihuatana” – the Incan Festival
of the Sun celebrated on the Solstice at Sacsayhuaman every year in late June!! Winter
Solstice is a son of Snowmass Elite Legend, the 2011 Futurity Light Herdsire of
the Year.
To make the purchase even better, Winter Dreams is rebred to
Snowmass Best Man, the 2011 Futurity Reserve Light Herdsire of the Year for a
cria due this summer. We’d be happy if she has another boy, but “TFA
Peruvian Best Man’s Maid of Honor” has a nice ring to it. Best Man was in
the auction and didn’t sell for $125,000, but did sell for something more than
that after auction – he’s moving to Europe, so we’ll have one of his last
American kids.
Now if we could just get this winter over with so we can see
the “Winters” pronking in the Tiskilwa Summer Pastures!!
No comments:
Post a Comment