Fiber/Scientific Data
09/13/2011 | AED 25.2, SD 4.6, CV 18.3, %>30 11.1 |
"HEMINGWAY LINE"
El Dorado Tequila's Popper
Huacaya, Female, Proven | White
ARI# 1225525, D.O.B. 12/21/2005, Full Peruvian
Sire: MSA HEMINGWAY'S TEQUILA ARI#
828968 White Hemingway's Tequila is the offspring of a superior dam, Peruvian Ayabaca, and the famous Peruvian Hemingway. He represents all the phenotypic expressions of those elite genetics that you would expect. He is alert, displays Constitutional vigor, is well-proportioned, has good bone, and finishes off the package with cover to the grass and a beautiful head. But you must add his super fine fiber to the equation, which tested 15.8 microns at 12 months and 16.9 microns at 24 months! This fleece is spectacular. It is organized into tight, bundled staples that are blessed with high Frequency crimp. Alpaca fleece like Tequila's is worshipped worldwide in famous fashion houses for its superior softness and handle.
Including Tequila, Hemingway has produced many Cornerstone Elite Herdsires including: Snowmass Royal Rose, PCA Hemingway-Accoyo Nautilus, Mister Antonio,and many Studmaster Males.
Tequila is passing his exceptional traits down to his progeny. To date Tequila has produced offspring that have won over 60 Color Champ, Reserve, or First Ribbons in the show ring! Tequila has also produced many working Herdsires: Tequila Sunrise, Tequila’s Victor Light, MSA Cuervo Gold and Newaukum Creek's Pere Ubu to name a few.
Dam: PPPeruvian Galium 4980 ARI#
139085 White Galium is an Alianza Macusani import that consistently throws high quality affspring. She is an excellent mother that is able to maintain her weight even while nursing her cria. Even as an older dam, Galium continues to breed readily and have uneventful births.
She is a known producer of outstanding ribbon winners, including El Dorado Gabriella who won White Color Championship at the Monterey Pronk in a very competitive class of 24. Galium's cria, El Dorado Gold Rush won a 1st place at AlpacaMania in 2008. She has since been bred to Gold Rush's sire, Studmaster Brunello to see if we can get the same award winning results!
This combination resulted in the desired offspring three years in a row. El Dorado Gold Nugget has the same beautiful dark fawn color and gorgeous fiber characteristics and crimp as her older full sister Gold Rush. Gold Nugget has followed in her sister's footsteps and took home the blue ribbon in her class at the 2010 California Classic. And MHAR Brunello's Theodore (Teddy) is once again sporting the gorgeous dark fawn fleece. He took a second at the 2013 California classic.
Galium's 2012 Cria by Eisenhower (Ike) is a pretty white girl (Galena) with Ike's amazingly fine and dense fleece.
For her 2013 Cria we bred Galium to Caligulas Troubador. And check out the lovely light brown female they produced! We love Sweet Serenades's feminine look and exquisite fleece.... And we can't wait to see how she grows out!
Galium is currently bred to Snowmass Velvet Legend for a May 2015 cria. This breeding resulting in a very nice white male. He has since sold.
We rebred Galium for a 2016 cria but unfortunately it slipped and we were unable to easily obtain another successful pregnancy. At more than 24 years of age we think that Galium has earned the right to retire from our breeding pool. She continues to cush when other alpacas are breeding, a sign that she is more than wiling to be a mom. And we feel sad for her, but this is part of the cycle of life. She will live out her life in retirement here at our ranch where she will get the best care and feed available.
Description
All we can say about Popper is WOW! Popcorn locks, amazing density, great head, perfect bite from one of Hemingway's best sons, Studmaster MSA Hemingway's Tequila. She produced El Dorado Patron, when bred to MFI Peruvian Providence, whose micron count was 16.9 with and SD of 3.5 at 10 months. And at 7 years old Patron received the LONGEVITY OF FINENESS AWARD at the 2015 West Coast Alpaca Show!!! Popper herself won 1st Place for Produce of Dam at the 2010 California Classic under judges Amy Bliss-Miller and Sara Jane Maclennan. When we bred her to our color producer MSA Peruvian Brunello and we got exactly what we wanted. A fawn female who's picture is at right that we named Triple Shot. She is crimpy with long staple and soft handle. Not to mention dense like both Popper and Brunello. MAKE HER PART OF YOUR HERD IMPROVEMENT PACKAGE!
BREED HER to EL DORADO STARS AND STRIPES, EL DORADO TSUNAMI OR EL DORADO CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW!
El Dorado Patron's awards:
2015 - LONGEVITY OF FINENESS AWARD AT 7 YEARS OLD!!!
1st Place in a very tough white yearling class at the California Classic 2010.
1st Place Produce of Dam, El Dorado Tequil's Popper (Patron and Shooter)
3rd in a very large white class at AWE 2009 un Tim Lavin (6mths)
4th in a very large white class at the California Classic 2009 under Cathy Merkley (6mths)
2nd Place out of 5 at 2011 California Classic
El Dorado Tequila Popper's awards
1st Place Produce of Dam 2010 California Classic
El Dorado Brunello's Triple Shot awards:
3rd Place at IAO Commercial halter weanling. In the middle of the pack against all Snowmass! You go girl!! Triple Shot has now given us two outstanding offspring..El Dorado Triple Eclipse and El Dorado Captain Jack Sparrow....both going to the show ring!!!!! And both BLACK.