Fiber/Scientific Data
10/20/2012 | [1st] First Place, at age 4 in Gold Country Gathering 2012 for 2 years & older! |
SALE PENDING
Arapaho Snow's Macchu Picchu
Huacaya, Herdsire (Male), Proven | Beige
ARI# 30853478, D.O.B. 9/4/2008,
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Half Interest Ownership
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Stud Fee: |
$1,000
Promotional price
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Sire: Snowmass Snow Cloud ARI#
839705 White Snowmass Snow Cloud is out of Snowmass Messiah and Snowmass Dream Cloud. Lots of Snowmass and a bit of Hemingway in this boy. Dam was an import from Peru.
SNOW CLOUD continues to have fine fleece even as a mature breeding male. This is the result of careful breeding decision from SNOWMASS ALPACAS’S elite breeding program.
Retained fineness is proven through several generations. Snow’s sire, SNOWMASS MESSIAH at age 4 had a histogram of AFD 17.1. His dam, SNOWMASS DREAM CLOUD, also has an outstanding histogram at age 6, AFD 19.3. Snow passes on this lingering fineness to his offspring.
In the show ring the white class is known to be the toughest competition. In the show ring, SNOW CLOUD commanded attention not only as a juvenile or yearling he returned to the ring at the age of 5 ½ and stood in second place in front of many 2 year olds.
Awards Received
1st Place 2007 Monterey Pronk Fleece
2nd Place 2007 Monterey Pronk Halter
2nd Place 2007 Alpaca Mania Halter
1st Place 2007 Alpaca Western Extravaganza Fleece
2nd Place 2006 Alpaca Fest West Fleece
1st Place 2006 Monterey Pronk Fleece
2nd Place 2006 AlpacaMania Fleece
2nd Place 2005 AlpacaMania Full 2 Year Male
4th Place 2004 Alpaca Western Extravaganza
3rd Place 2003 AlpacaMania Yearling Male
Dam: 5Peruvian Piccchucha 8545 ARI# 800567 MF
Description
Colusa Riverside Alpacas has been working very hard over the past three years to develop their breeding program with nationally ranked EPDs in their alpacas. ARAPAHO SNOW'S MACCHU PICCHU HERDSIRE IS IN THE TOP EPDs in THE NATION for all traits. Macchu Picchu's half sister Whitney Snow has been honored in the AOA Nationals for her top trait ranking in curvature for the past 3 years. It is very rare to come across a stud whose significantly better than the national herd in all 9 fleece character trait EPDs. He is below 5% in most fiber trait determination and at most 19%. Guaranteed improvement in offspring fiber trait character for all histogram fiber traits, quite an attribute for a breeding sire. Also, the relatively rare combination of fineness, fiber weight increases and staple length are indeed an even more rare combination in a sire.
Macchu Picchu's AFD EPD is better then nearly 98% of the 16,828 alpacas tested by AOA in 2014. The uniformity of fiber EPD character is by far the most positive genetic attribute for Picchu. Picchu has proven over the past 6 years his fiber character also has longevity in fineness, with little change in AFD diameter with age. Though not a measurable trait on EPDs, clearly fiber longevity is a heritable trait Picchu can also pass along to offspring.
Macchu Picchu is in the tradition and genetics of Hemingway and Snowmass. Arapaho Snow's Macchu Picchu has fiber luster, staple length and crimp. He is an ideal alpaca with beauty outside and desirable genetics inside. Picchu improved his placing in the showring with a 1st place at age 4, over a 3rd at age 3. Picchu's Histogram AFD is minimally changed in the past 5 years. Not only is his fiber long and luxurious, his fineness is uniform throughout with a SD of 3.9. He has a gorgeous head, appropriate bite, and appropriate conformation. Probably fiber weight gain EPD of 1/2 pound (0.529 FW) in offspring is very important.
Not many herdsires can make the above claims. Make your reservations now, for a breeding or better yet, consider buying a half interest in this young gifted herdsire. A breeding 50% trade would be considered with comparable EPDs.
2014 EPD Trait Findings:
Trait Value Accuracy National Rank Percent of National Ranking
AFD -1.71 0.479 450 of 16828 3%
SDAFD -0.523 0.479 274 of 16828 2%
SF -1.84 0.537 344 of 16828 2%
%F>30 -7.234 0.541 201 of 16828 2%
MC 2.871 0.466 1452 of 16828 9%
SDMC 1.35 0.501 1291 of 16828 8%
%M -4.141 0.395 440 of 16828 3%
MSL 1.449 0.387 3076 of 16828 19%
FW 0.529 0.329 1738 of 16828 11%
Awards
First Place, at age 4 in Gold Country Gathering 2012 for 2 years & older! The judges remark was "Very deserving of a first place at age four."
Third place for 2 year old Beige males at the California Classic. Congratulations Macchu Picchu.