Our search for Celestia began when we became enamored with Tell Hot Shot, a super Canadian stud bred and shown by Judge Jane Tellier. Not only were we fascinated with his conformation, fiber, and color, we found that Hot Shot also carried the same appaloosa gene that had been passed down by his equally well-known sire, NGG Lional. On the male side of the family, Celestia has Tell Hot Shot as her father, NGG Lional as her grandfather, and Peruvian Bueno as her great grandfather. On the dam's side is her wonderfully fibered mom, Tell Dominique. Dominque's sire is Victor's Vaccoyo. Here is a quote from Vaccoyo's owners, the Fellers of Sunset Hills Farm: "VICTOR VACCOYO is a full Accoyo macho who consistently transmits his phenomenal fleece characteristics of deep bold crimp and extreme density to his offspring. He is a renowned sire of Show Ring Champions, both in the United States and Canada. The son of PPeruvian Victor, this male is probably one of the best Victor son's now available for stud in the US" In the spring of 2006, Victor's Vaccoyo was selected to be in the IAO Elite Herdsire Services Auction. His breeding sold for a well-deserved six thousand, five hundred dollars. Celestia has produced three crias for our herd. The first, a male named Albert, has been sold for use as a herdsire. The second, Little Dipper, is now for sale. The third, Gift, will be retained in the Enchanted Hill Herd.

We have been looking for a new addition to our appaloosa line-up, and when we found Confetti, it was time to make a move. He'll be arriving in Virginia soon and we are hoping he will be ready to settle some girls in the spring. Take a look at his cria photo, and tell us you wouldn't want a pasture full of cuties like that. Along with Bo and Speks, we think we have a super line-up of appy herdsires, and we picture one day having nothing but appaloosa adults making up the whole breeding herd. Here is the description from his breeder: "Confetti, what can I say.... he is ADORABLE. He is every color on the chart, not one pattern, sparkled and speckled everywhere - even his nose and ears! WOW. He is such an eye catcher. He is also perfectly conformed, with a stocky build and heavy bone. His ears are fluffy and fiber covers him to his toes in very DENSE lush multicolored softness. He is a true American beauty and honestly I have never seen an alpaca as handsome as this one." Stay tune for more photos and a longer description.