4xChampion and 2xChampion producer!
Grand River Raeka
Alpaca, Huacaya, Open (Female) | Medium Fawn
AOA #1233735 | DOB: 4/1/2005 (19 yrs)
Sire: Dark Shaddow
1233735<--ari-->True Black<--color-->Dark Shaddow has been retired and is no longer breeding. After siring over 130 crias Dark Shaddow decided he had done enough and gracefully entered retirement. His legacy will continue in his many outstanding cria. Dark Shaddow was awarded the prestigious 2006 Reserve Herd Sire of the Year! Shaddow is what is considered truely an "IMPACT" male. He is the only true black herd sire in the US that we know of that has produced the most champion award winning offspring and is the most consistent. Fifteen awards including "Get of Sire", 3 championships, presence, crimp, density, fineness, luster, conformation, thick topknot(the densest we have ever seen) and coverage. Shaddow is as black as coal and his fleece is non-fading even at 13 years of age. He has no gray fibers at all like most true black males of his age that we have seen. Shaddow's offspring have been taking the showring by storm, having won more than 50 championships (17 alone in 2006) and several blue ribbons. Several of his offspring (all color) won yearling bred and owned in large classes which included champion white, light and fawn animals. He has produced true black offspring out of black females, bay black out of light fawn females and gray or true black offspring out of gray dams. When his offspring are born the first thing noticed is the very correct conformation and presence that is seen. Dark Shaddow is also very consistent in production of color. One of his offspring, A.L. Paca's Rose to the Occasion (10X champion gray female), a dark silver gray female seen on this page, is a very impressive girl. She sold at the 2007 AOBA Auction for a very impressive $96K, making her the highest selling gray female in the world! Rose won color championship over the only other alpaca to beat A of O Silver Celebration. (Females and males are combined at the Magical Farms/Ameripaca Futurity for championship classes). Dark Shaddow is without a doubt the best true black male in the USA. No other herdsire compares.<--description-->
Dam: Julia Duffy C226
1233735<--ari-->White<--color-->
Service Sire: Crescent Moon's Velocity
1233735<--ari-->True Black<--color-->Multiple champion and blue ribbon winner. Reserve Futurity Champion and TXOLAN color champion. Producer of 2 National Champion offspring. <--description-->
Description
Raeka is one of our top producing females on the farm having produced 2 AOBA National Champions! When Raeka was first born we must admit we were a little dissapointed as she is a pinto. However, as she got older we realized her potential of doing well competetively in the show ring and her potential of producing champion offspring so we had decided to retain her for ourself. In her very first show at just six months of age Raeka won her first blue ribbon. Before her first birthday she won her first championship banner. She didn't dissapoint us at all continueing to win show after show with banners including the very competitive Futurity. Raeka is the daughter of Julia, whose line of genetics continues to produce multiple champion offspring and grandoffspring. This is a very high quality bloodline. Raeka has excellent conformation and her fleece is extremely dense and crimpy. Raeka's sire is none other than our multiple champion and 2006 Futurity Reserve Herd Sire of the Year, Dark Shaddow. For Raeka's initial breeding we wanted to breed her to a male with strong black genetics to obtain a high quality solid black offspring. We were pleasantly surprised with the birth of her first offspring, Sedona, who has placed at the top of the class each time and is a multiple champion including color champion at the 2009 AOBA National Show. Raeka's second offspring is a stunning male out of Velocity, who also won Reserve Color Champion at the 2009 AOBA National Show, which was his very first showing. Raeka is currently open. This is a very rare opportunity to obtain a Futurity champion and producer of 2 National Champion offspring. Raeka is a remarkable female you won't want to pass up on.
Awards
[1st]1st and [RC]Reserve Champion 2005 OABA Alpacafest, [1st]1st Place 2005 NY Empire Show (not enough entries for a championship), [1st]1st and [CC]Champion 2006 Kentucky Classic, [1st]1st Place and [RC]Reserve Champion Futurity, [2nd]2nd and [RC]Reserve Champion North American Show, [1st]1st Place 2006 Buckeye Show, [2nd]2nd Place 2006 PAOBA, [2nd]2nd Place 2006 Mapaca
Updated 4/6/2014
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