National Elite Champion - Pending

Reiling Porteus' Vertigo

Alpaca, Huacaya, Herdsire (Male) | Dark Fawn

Sire: Snowmass Porteus

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Snowmass Porteus

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)Medium Brown

AOA# 1397529DOB: 8/20/200420 yrs

His crias are phenomenal. Championing at Nationals, winning at Futurity and in your pasture with blankets consistent to the belly and fantastic fleece and body! Snowmass Alpacas descibed him well, so here are their words: "Named after the best Port we have ever tasted… And a toast to the very best XXXTREME production son ever to be born. The entire Alpaca breeding world knows who Snowmass XXXtreme is after taking herdsire of the year 2 years running 2006 & 2007. This particular son, Snowmass Porteus was the Ultimate reason why. Porteus in our opinion is the ULTIMATE™ in COLORED ALPACA production and why he has been staged in the Snowmass publication of The Making of Champions Part II as having the ultimate colored alpaca fleece.(A LONG, FINE, XXXtremely BRIGHT, staple and incredibly consistent through the entire body, from head to chest to toe) Snowmass Porteus simply stated has the “LOOK”, strong, upstanding, and extremely well balanced in his frame added to his ELITE FIBER he has INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL to raise the bar in ALPACA COLOR FIBER. Snowmass Porteus, as well his sire, has taken our COLOR breeding program to the top level of SUPERIORITY equal to the most ELITE whites. Porteus was shown at the highest level show, The Futurity, and took first place both as a Juvenile and Yearling and moved victoriously into the CHAMPION CIRCLE. Many Juveniles place well the first year but the real test is if they can stand in the same position the next year. Nothing about him has wavered in fleece and or body in his maturity. His 1st yr AFD of 15.1 and 2nd year of 16.5. HE IS THE ULTIMATE™..." Sadly, Porteus passed away in late Summer 2010. We miss him. He left us with a few spectacular offspring, a young herdsire or two, and a few in-utero that we anxiously await. The Porteus offspring will become the backbone of our breeding programs for years to come. We share our loss with our outstanding partners at Dusty Creek Ranch and Blue Gate Alpacas.

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 AOA# 1397529 Medium Brown

Dam: Snowmass Midnight's Dawn

Breathtaking! Top Producer

Snowmass Midnight's Dawn

HuacayaBred (Female)Dark Fawn

AOA# 30541627DOB: 11/2/200519 yrs

At 4 years old, Dawn's fleece still sorts as a Grade #2! This is more important that any ribbon she could ever win. Born from 2 solid black as night parents, she is like the dawn. Taking from them their Peruvian heritage, but more importantly their awesome fleece genetics. Her fine handling dark fawn full fleece coverage hides her solid black toe nails. It has a brilliant shine and the density is really special. Her deep black eyes and eye liner are only a hint to her dark color genetics. Her dam 5Peruvian Condori was one of Snowmass' top selections in the '97 Peruvian import. Snowmass Alpacas describes her as being AS SUPERIOR AS NOVA HIMSELF. What a compliment! She has consistently produced alpacas that can compete and win at top level competitions under top level judges. For a True Black to be able to produce a wide range of colors that can compete at the top level no matter the color is exceptional. Her sire, Snowmass Midnight Magic is considered by Snowmass as a very Elite fleeced black male. "He is the male who’s fleece will create fine fashion garments that are as soft as the finest cashmere. This comes from his sire Snowmass Matadors Magic who is a true asset to vicuna fineness in a well advanced alpaca and his Dam 5Peruvian Ajoyani purchased for her own ultra fine black fleece. There is not an alpaca in Midnight Magic’s pedigree that is not on our Elite fleece list. He has produced the most consistent set of black cria we have ever experienced. Luster beyond our dreams with excellent staple length and very even high frequency well defined crimp that just does not stop. In his first and only showing he took a first place and was in the first place line with Snowmass Nova and took Reserve Champion. He has been home breeding ever since." Dawn is one of our very best foundation girls. Porteus will not only enhance her already stunning fleece, but add his large bone structure and beautiful head style.

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 AOA# 30541627 Dark Fawn

Description

We are excited that we've joined with Reiling Ranch as co-owners of this great young herdsire. He has incredibly dense, consistent, and supremely fine fleece with a very tight crimp style (Yes it shows in the background of his main picture). With his second shearing AFD of 16.6 Microns and a 99.5% Comfort factor, he's a tribute to his lineage. Vertigo is a Snowmass Porteus (MB) son and Snowmass XXXtreme (LBMB) grandson. Additionally, Vertigo's Dam, Snowmass Midnight's Dawn, has the elite black genetics of Condori and Midnight Magic, making him one of our "go to" guys for color. As you can see, powerful, full Peruvian genetics run deep in his blood. He is dense, incredibly consistent, shiny, fine, strong bone and conformation - EVERYTHING you could want in a service sire. Be sure to click on his ARI Certificate and Histogram for more details. His fleece stats are awesome and his pedigree reflects some killer genetics beyond his award winning sire and dam. Snowmass Xxxtreme, S. Royal Rose, Hemingway, S. Casanova, Bueno, S. Midnight Magic, 5Peruvian Condori (top black female import), Matador, and more. As far as color goes, he carries a wide variety which gives great potential that he will pass on his excellent fleece and body while enhancing the dam's color. His first cria have hit the ground last year and they are strong and range from Med Fawn (beige dam) to True Black (dark dam) and also a beautiful dark silver grey (Silver grey dam)! So far when has been bred to black or grey he is producing black or grey - so he is breeding as a true black!! He definitely brings out the color and with his density and fineness, these are going to be great animals as they mature! We can also discuss a short term lease if interested. Always looking for ways to make things work for our customers!! Vertigo's Staggeringly Fine placed first at 2017 TXOLAN! Stag is the spitting image of his sire and also like him has some EPD categories in the high rank percentages!! Way to go Vertigo!! (https://www.openherd.com/alpacas-for-sale/137731/reiling-vertigos-staggeringly-fine)

Awards

[4th] Fourth Place - TXOLAN 2011 - Fawn Halter - Out of 11 entries and the youngest in his class.

[3rd] Second Place - TXOLAN 2011 - Bred and Owned Yearling - Nice competitive group.

[4th] Fourth Place - TXOLAN 2012 Large Fawn Halter Class. Judge Amanda Vandenbosch commented that he had the finest fleece and was extremely dense with beautiful crimp. Said that as the youngest in his class, he was still a bit young and "teenage" compared to the older boys.

[3rd] Third Place - TXOLAN 2012 Breeder's Best 3 Buhrman and Vandenbosch

[2nd] Second Place - 2010 Hi Plains Alpaca Show - In a very competitive Fawn halter class. Judge Timmerman highlighted his very dense, fine, and consistent fleece architecture.

[2nd] Second Place - 2013 AOK Blast Off - Judge highlighted his conformation and very fine, consistent fleece. 2nd only to Xanadu's Max Factor!

[1st] First Place - National Elite Alpaca Show 2010

Updated 12/19/2018