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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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| 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.
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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!
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| 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.
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![]() 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.
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