Meet the crown prince of CCNF. Show record aside, at the time he was born, Elixir was probably the best male alpaca our breeding program had produced in 16 years. Good thing too, as he and his paternal siblings had some mighty big shoes that we were asking them to fill in the years ahead. The son of three time Futurity Herdsire of the Year, Snowmass Elite Legend, and our multi-Champion Archangel daughter, CCNF Ascension, Elixir when conceived as a concept on paper was supposed to be good. We just had no idea that the stars were going to align quite as nicely as they did. The fleece fineness and phenotype of his maternal line combined with the other-worldly density and uniformity he got from his sire are virtually unmatched here at Cas-Cad-Nac Farm. The 2015 AOA National Fleece Show essentially turned into Elixir's official coming out party as a proven Herdsire. He not only won the Champion Light Male and Judges' Choice Huacaya Male himself but more importantly, four of his offspring (CCNF Spittfire, CCNF Dropshot, CCNF Antares, and CCNF True Adoration) won Championship banners as well, leading to a championship sweep of both the Light and White Male color groups. Not too shabby for his first batch of kids. Since that time of course, the Elixir kids have been front and center in our show strings producing among other accolades, back to back Futurity Herdsire of the Year awards in both 2017 and 2018. Of course one of the things we love about our boy, is that he can be bred to both light and dark females with equally exciting outcomes (Elixir is a classic dorsal beige). He continues to throw everything from whites to browns, all extremely bright and fine. If you have any doubts as to the prowess of this world-class Herdsire, you need only spend 10 minutes or so walking down the line of our show pens any spring or fall. The proof is most definitely in the progeny... Elixir stands at stud here at CCNF from July 1st through October 1st before moving back to our partners' farm in Maryland for the fall season. As of July 1st, 2016 CCNF Elixir was closed for all future outside stud service. You can both look for his offspring in our sales listings though as well as a select number of females who are offered for sale already bred to him.

What?! You really thought we weren’t going to name a Sub-Zero daughter Elsa? When there are 60 to 70 crias to name every calendar year, it’s vital not to pass on the easy layups! As you might have noticed looking over our animal listings, we put just as much value in our maternal lines as we do in our Herdsires, and Elsa comes from a legendary one. Her maternal granddam, PPeruvian Elizabeth, originally hand selected by Snowmass Alpacas for import, arrived here in 2002 as part of the North American Alpaca Stud deal and her descendants have played a vital role in our breeding program ever since. From Elsa’s Futurity Champion dam, Eliza, to her older maternal siblings Lisbeth, Ellisar, and Elizabeth, and now her full baby sister…oh, wait for it…Anna: it is a line we have thus far hoarded. We are now very proud to offer this exceptional female. Whether to line breed her for the next generation with either Elixir or Centurion (they all share Archangel as a maternal grandsire) or go off and try something – with apologies to The Love Boat – exciting and new, like our new guy, Mint Mo Money, or our young up and coming Champion, Sucrose: it is a lovely dilemma to be facing. Either way, this top quality female sells with that first breeding to any CCNF Herdsire included and a full reproductive guarantee.