Here's a preview of our much anticipated upcoming crias, all Thistledown originals, "bred and owned" by our farm. Check back for updates throughout the year! If a breeding match you have been watching is no longer here, then take a look at our New Crias page or our Sold! page to see the result.

 Blush X Nikos Due: October 24, 2010

Spring Blush
Spring Blush is the full Peruvian maroon daughter of two maroon parents, with extreme density, crimp and fineness. Her Champion sire, King Crimson has won numerous halter and fleece awards at regional and national level and Blush is a ribbon-winner in both halter and fleece competitions. She is bred with Nikos, the exceptional, half-accoyo, showy son of the renowned half-accoyo silver grey herdsire Aussie Rockford, and Peaceful Valley Priya. He has outstanding conformation, a well-shaped beautiful head, extreme coverage and a dense topknot. His fleece is very, very fine and bright, with good architecture and a gorgeous dark silver grey color.  

  Blush placed third in a large, competitive juvenile brown halter class at the 2004 North American Alpaca Show in Kentucky. In the four SpinOff competitions she has entered, Blush won three first and one second place ribbons, with scores ranging from 91.5 to 95/100 points! Nikos has three purple ribbons to his credit, including the Championship at the 2005 Virginia Classic, Best Grey/Multi in show in the huge 2005 OABA SpinOff, with a score of 93.5/100, and Reserve Champion grey fleece at MaPaca 2006, where judge Diana Timmerman awarded his 30 month fleece 20/20 for fineness and handle. Nikos also has 9 blue ribbons to his credit, including a first place in full fleece halter at MaPaca 2005, awarded by Dr. Julio Sumar.


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 Iris X Nikos Due: October 29, 2010

DSF Iris
Iris is the brown / recessive black daughter of the Champion rose grey, McGinnis, who sired both the grey Color Champion female at the 2004 AOBA Nationals, and the 2005 grey Futurity Champion female. This attractive female has dense, soft-handled, crimpy fiber with wonderful staple length, plus good coverage and great conformation. Iris is bred with Nikos, the exceptional, half-accoyo, showy son of the renowned half-accoyo silver grey herdsire Aussie Rockford, and Peaceful Valley Priya. He has outstanding conformation, a well-shaped beautiful head, extreme coverage and a dense topknot. His fleece is very, very fine and bright, with good architecture and a gorgeous dark silver grey color. 

Iris placed second at her first show, in the juvenile dark composite class at MAPACA in 2007. She went on to win a blue ribbon in the 2007 PAOBA fleece show, a second place in both the 2007 & 2008 LA Deep South Spinoff competitions and a second place in the prestigious National Fiber to Fashion Spinoff in 2008. Nikos has three purple ribbons to his credit, including the Championship at the 2005 Virginia Classic, Best Grey/Multi in show in the huge 2005 OABA SpinOff, with a score of 93.5/100, and Reserve Champion grey fleece at MaPaca 2006, where judge Diana Timmerman awarded his 30 month fleece 20/20 for fineness and handle. Nikos also has 9 blue ribbons to his credit, including a first place in full fleece halter at MaPaca 2005, awarded by Dr. Julio Sumar.


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 Meliora X Nikos Due: November 2, 2010

Meliora
Meliora is the crimpy black daughter of brown halter Champion, Holly Hawk, and silver grey Champion, Ben MacDhui, with excellent "typey" conformation, plus wonderful staple length and coverage. She certainly has "the look", and is like a miniature black version of her sire. Meli is bred with Nikos, the exceptional, half-accoyo, showy son of the renowned half-accoyo silver grey herdsire Aussie Rockford, and Peaceful Valley Priya. He has outstanding conformation, a well-shaped beautiful head, extreme coverage and a dense topknot. His fleece is very, very fine and bright, with good architecture and a gorgeous dark silver grey color. 

Nikos has three purple ribbons to his credit, including the Championship at the 2005 Virginia Classic, Best Grey/Multi in show in the huge 2005 OABA SpinOff, with a score of 93.5/100, and Reserve Champion grey fleece at MaPaca 2006, where judge Diana Timmerman awarded his 30 month fleece 20/20 for fineness and handle. Nikos also has 9 blue ribbons to his credit, including a first place in full fleece halter at MaPaca 2005, awarded by Dr. Julio Sumar. Meli's fiber placed 2nd in the big OABA 2009 SpinOff, 2nd in the LA Deep South SpinOff and 2nd in the 2010 MOPACA SpinOff. She placed 6th in a full fleece halter class of 10 at VAOBA 2009, a Level III AOBA show and also partnered with our eldest daughter to win the Youth Performance Championship.


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 Iona Jaxon X Knightrider Due: November 3, 2010

Iona
Iona is the jet black daughter of two superfine, true black parents. Her sire is the 4X Champion true black Peruvian CPeruvian Axtion Jaxon, who has a remarkable show record and superfine, crimpy fleece. In his first year AJ's fiber analysis was AFD 18.4, SD 3.7, CV 20.0, >30 1.4%, and her dam is an extremely fine true black Danko daughter (20.3 AFD @ 11 months), with beautiful soft-handled fleece. She is bred with our true black Champion, Peruvian Knightrider, who has excellent density, crimp and handle and wonderful conformation and presence. Knightrider is a Champion, 5X blue ribbon-winner and 2X AOBA National ribbon winner. Last year, this breeding produced a beautiful, solid true black son, and we like this match. Iona is superfine and soft-handled, while Knightrider is dense and crimpy with excellent heavy-boned conformation and fiber coverage.

Iona won a blue ribbon at her first show, in a juvenile shorn class at the Virginia State Fair in September 2005, and placed second in a shorn Class at MaPaca in 2006. Knightrider is a Champion, 5X blue ribbon-winner and 2X AOBA National ribbon winner.


Knightrider
 Nola X Tundra Due: November 3, 2010

Nola

Nola is the Champion 7/8 Peruvian daughter of a Champion sire and a MaPaca blue ribbon-winning dam, with outstanding density, fineness and crimp. She is also half-sister to our Champion maroon female, Myfanwy and has two full Peruvian black grandparents (Peruvian Matador and Black Jack Jax, sired by 4Peruvian Black Magic). Nola is bred with our full Peruvian, white male, Tundra, who has already produced Champion colored offspring, including true black. Produced from the ideal match, breeding the dam of "Show Me The Money" and "Silver Dollar", to Presidio, an outstanding Caligula son, Tundra exhibits great conformation, and coverage plus beautiful fleece, with extreme character, luster, tremendous bundling and wonderful density. We expect a 15/16 colored Peruvian offspring with elite fiber qualities from this breeding.

Nola has twice placed second in mixed multi halter classes at Level III shows, against much lighter-colored alpacas. Her fiber has won multiple ribbons, including first in the 2006 PAOBA fleece show, first in the 2006 VAOBA Expo SpinOff, where the experienced fiber judge described Nola's fiber as "one of the nicest fibers I've ever spun", first in the 2007 Virginia Classic SpinOff and second out of 15 entries in the 2006 National Fiber to Fashion SpinOff. Her 22 month shearing won a fleece Championship at MAPACA 2007 and she also won a first place in the 2007 AOBA National SpinOff competition! Tundra won second place ribbons in halter classes of 12 and 13 white males at the 2004 MOPACA show, the 2004 Ft. Worth show and the 2003 Great Western Alpaca Show. He was also part of Presidio's blue ribbon-winning "Get of Sire" class at the 2004 MOPACA show. In the SpinOffs he has entered, his fiber has won three blue ribbons, plus a second place at the 2005 AOBA Nationals. 


Tundra
 Brigit X MacDhui Due: November 16, 2010

Brigit
Brigit is a 3/4 Peruvian true maroon with wonderful fineness and crimp, plus excellent uniformity and a handle like velvet. She is a daughter of the Champion silver grey, Legend's Challenger, who has dense fiber, excellent staple length and fineness, and crimp from tip to toe. After he had been breeding for 6 months, this outstanding son of 5Peruvian Royal Inca Legend had a 2 year histogram of 20.9 / 4.5 / 21.5 / 4.0. Brigit is bred with our silver grey Champion, Ben MacDhui, who has exceptional density and staple length to his award winning fleece, excellent conformation, an exquisite typey head, and a grey/black pedigree reaching back four generations. 

Brigit ribboned in large brown halter classes at MAPACA and PAOBA when she was just 6 months old, and her beautiful fiber has won numerous blue ribbons in SpinOff competitions, including MAPACA 2008. Dhui has won numerous ribbons, including Reserve Champion and a blue ribbon at the 2002 Virginia Classic, a first at the 2001 MaPaca Jubilee in full fleece yearling halter, plus a second place in adult male halter and a second place fleece ribbon at the 2002 MaPaca Jubilee. 


Ben MacDhui
 Lady X Knightrider Due: November 16, 2010

Lady
Lady is a powerhouse of top genetics for quality colored fleece. She is the true black daughter of Nova's Black Knight III, the 2004 Futurity Reserve Champion and son of the legendary true black Snowmass Nova. Her sire has superfine, dense, uniform, bundled black fiber and Lady's black dam has gorgeous fleece with a CV of 13.2 and SD of 3.6 at 2 years of age, giving it a satiny sheen and silk-like handle. She is bred with our true black Champion, Peruvian Knightrider, who has excellent density, crimp and handle and wonderful conformation and presence. Knightrider is a Champion, 5X blue ribbon-winner and 2X AOBA National ribbon winner. Lady has fine, crimpy, soft-handled fiber with wonderful staple length, while Knightrider is dense and crimpy with excellent heavy-boned conformation and fiber coverage. 

Lady is a ribbon winner in halter and her fiber has already won numerous first and second place ribbons, including second place in the 2008 MAPACA fleece show and in the SpinOff competition. Knightrider is a Champion, 5X blue ribbon-winner and 2X AOBA National ribbon winner.


Knightrider  
 Caterina X Tundra Due: November 30, 2010

Caterina

Here is another pairing with the potential to produce something quite spectacular! Cat is the Champion half-accoyo granddaughter of Accoyo Camilio and Victor's Vaccoyo. Her sire is solid maroon, her dam is a fawn color Champion and Cat's fiber is divine, and has maintained a silky-soft handle over time. She is bred with our full Peruvian, white male, Tundra, who has already produced Champion colored offspring, including true black. Produced from the ideal match, breeding the dam of "Show Me The Money" and "Silver Dollar", to Presidio, an outstanding Caligula son, Tundra exhibits great conformation, and coverage plus beautiful fleece, with extreme character, luster, tremendous bundling and wonderful density. In 2008, Cat delivered a 3/4 Peruvian, 1/4 Accoyo son, Kieran, with a solid black blanket of exceptional fiber, so we would love to see color from this breeding! 

Cat is a MaPaca 2004 fleece Champion and a 3X blue ribbon winner, including a blue ribbon out of 13 entries at National level in the 2005 AOBA Fiber to Fashion Handcrafters' SpinOff, and another first place at the 2005 AOBA Nationals. Tundra won second place ribbons in halter classes of 12 and 13 white males at the 2004 MOPACA show, the 2004 Ft. Worth show and the 2003 Great Western Alpaca Show. He was also part of Presidio's blue ribbon-winning "Get of Sire" class at the 2004 MOPACA show. In the SpinOffs he has entered, his fiber has won three blue ribbons, plus a second place at the 2005 AOBA Nationals. 


Tundra
 Kerensa X Ben MacDhui Due: December 6, 2010

Kerensa
Kerensa is an award-winning black daughter of Patagonia's Compadre, with four black grandparents and a very strong heritage of top quality color. Her conformation and fiber character are excellent - her blanket is just a mass of tight, shiny curls! She is bred with our silver grey Champion, Ben MacDhui, who has exceptional density and staple length to his award winning fleece, excellent conformation, an exquisite typey head, and a grey/black pedigree reaching back four generations. 

Kerensa ribboned in classes of 12 and 15 at the Virginia Classic and MAPACA in 2006. Her fiber won a blue ribbon in the 2006 VAOBA Alpaca Expo, with a score of 93/100, a blue ribbon out of 11 entries in the 2006 National Fiber to Fashion SpinOff, a blue ribbon out of 9 entries in the 2006 OABA SpinOff competition and first out of 6 in the 2007 Virginia Classic SpinOff! Dhui has won numerous ribbons, including Reserve Champion and a blue ribbon at the 2002 Virginia Classic, a first at the 2001 MaPaca Jubilee in full fleece yearling halter, plus a second place in adult male halter and a second place fleece ribbon at the 2002 MaPaca Jubilee. 


Ben MacDhui
 Lakisha X PV Nikos Due: December 21, 2010

Lakisha
Lakisha is the true black 3/4 Peruvian daughter of CPeruvian LB Remington, a multiple AOBA National Champion with phenomenal macho presence, conformation, coverage, density and crimp. Lakisha has wonderful conformation and coverage, with excellent density and handle to her fiber and a perfect bite. Nikos is an exceptional, half-accoyo, showy son of the renowned half-accoyo silver grey herdsire Aussie Rockford, and Peaceful Valley Priya. He has outstanding conformation, a well-shaped beautiful head, extreme coverage and a dense topknot. His fleece is very, very fine and bright, with good architecture and a gorgeous dark silver grey color. His genetics will only be available through his offspring for the forseeable future. Their last breeding produced a true black show-quality daughter, who sold off the farm as a juvenile. 

Lakisha placed fourth in halter classes of 11 and 12 black females at two Level III AOBA shows in 2006. Her fleece won a second place at PAOBA in 2006 and 2007, and a first and two second places in the three SpinOffs she entered. Nikos has three purple ribbons to his credit, including the Championship at the 2005 Virginia Classic, Best Grey/Multi in show in the huge 2005 OABA SpinOff, with a score of 93.5/100, and Reserve Champion grey fleece at MaPaca 2006, where judge Diana Timmerman awarded his 30 month fleece 20/20 for fineness and handle. Nikos also has 9 blue ribbons to his credit, including a first place in full fleece halter at MaPaca 2005, awarded by Dr. Julio Sumar.


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