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.
| Brownwen X Ben MacDhui | Due: October 14, 2011 |
![]() Bronwen |
Bronwen is the full Peruvian,
half accoyo daughter of Accoyo Yupanqui (deceased), with black gums and toenails, dark,
soulful eyes and subtle grey markings in her topknot. Her
grandsire is the true black 5Peruvian Chinchero, and her granddam,
Pperuvian Marcela, produced two of the best colored herdsires in the US -
the grey Silver Dollar and Show Me the Money. Bronwen is bred with our
silver grey Champion, Ben MacDhui, who has exceptional density and lock structure to his award winning
fleece, excellent conformation, an exquisite typey head, and a grey/black pedigree reaching
back four generations. This same breeding produced a healthy,
show-quality 19lb
solid black granddaughter of Accoyo Yupanqui (white), and multiple
Champion silver grey, Request the Best.
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![]() Ben MacDhui |
| Ishbel X PV Nikos | Due: October 27, 2011 |
![]() Ishbel |
Ish is a
beautiful bay black / dark silver grey half-Peruvian Danko & Platinum granddaughter,
with wonderful fineness and density, heavy bone and a confident, personable presence. She
has inherited four generations of world class grey and black
ancestry from her superfine black dam, while her sire is a blue
ribbon-winning full Peruvian medium rose grey with an adult micron count of 19.3 and 2.3% of fibers
over 30 at his 3rd shearing. Ishbel 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. This is the third
time we have repeated this breeding, which produced the award-winning dark
silver grey male, Prince, and the magnificent silver grey Isla, who will
make her showing debut this Fall.
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![]() PV Nikos |
| Iris X Tundra | Due: October 27, 2011 |
![]() 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 soft-handled, crimpy fiber with wonderful
staple length, plus good coverage and great conformation. Iris 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. Iris has produced offspring with crimpy, fine, soft-handled fiber
when bred with Nikos, but so far, only in shades of brown. With this
breeding we are hoping to maintain the color and increase density.
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![]() LZD Tundra
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| Nola X Tundra | Due: October 28, 2011 |
![]() 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. This is a repeat breeding, because we were thrilled with the quality of Nola's white / fawn 2010 daughter, Siani who exhibits an incredibly dense, bright, crimpy, bundling fleece, and has the potential to throw top quality color.
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Tundra |
| Blush X Nikos | Due: October 29, 2011 |
![]() 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. We repeated this
breeding because we were so pleased with the combination of fineness,
density, uniformity and crimp that this breeding produced last Fall. Their
beautiful brown son, Duncan, will be in our Fall 2011 show string, so come
and see for yourself!
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![]() PV Nikos |
| Meliora X Nikos | Due: November 8, 2011 |
![]() 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. Last Fall, this
breeding produced Pippa (aka Pip-Squeak), a show-quality dark silver grey
female with excellent typey conformation, uniform, fine, dense fiber and a
head and coverage to die for!
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![]() PV Nikos
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| Lady X MacDhui | Due: November 8, 2011 |
![]() 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 Ben MacDhui, our silver
grey Champion, who has exceptional density and lock structure to his award winning
fleece, excellent conformation, an exquisite typey head, and a grey/black pedigree reaching
back four generations.
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![]() Ben MacDhui |
| Iona Jaxon X Knightrider | Due: December 1, 2011 |
![]() 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. In 2009 and 2010, this breeding produced
a non-tipping, non-fading black male, so we repeated the match in the hope
of producing a show quality black female for our foundation herd.
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Knightrider |
| Kerensa X Ben MacDhui | Due: December 6, 2011 |
![]() 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. This is a repeat breeding after Kerensa
produced Denzell, a crimpy, uniform true black male in 2010.
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![]() Ben MacDhui |