Service Sire: SNOWMASS KING LEONIDUS
GOT WRINKLES (AKA SOFT ROLLING SKIN)? LEO'S CRIAS DO! **Leo's crias made their debut this past fall & we learned alot about elite breeding when they started arriving. The first to arrive was a Classic Dark Silver Grey out of a Classic Dark Silver Grey dam...yep...our White herdsire made sure we took notice of his first cria! Y'all might have heard me hollering & celebrating when I came around the corner of the barn & met Leo's first cria, Meadow Pointe Alpacas Leonidus' Legend. When I picked him up I thought he had a birth defect...he feels like a Sharpei...wrinkles all over his body...you can feel them but good luck finding his skin to see them but who needs to see skin anyway when you have that glistening, fine fiber to admire instead...but I digress...upon feeling all those wrinkles I had to put in a call to my mentor...she said, "welcome to the world of elite fiber." Now I know what soft rolling skin feels like!
We went shopping with one goal in mind...bring home a male that had the genetics, fineness, density, brightness, and phenotype. We knew where we were headed to shop...Snowmass Alpacas. And boy did we find EXACTLY what we were looking for in Snowmass King Leonidus! With the most stacked ARI that I've ever seen and fiber stats to make a fiber junkie's hands tremble, this boy is all that! Julie Skinner of Snowmass Alpacas has this to say about Bear Garden Farms newest Stud..."Champion Dam and Sire of Extraordinary measures are directly behind this exquisite ready-to-breed Stud. His sire is presently in New Zealand and he remains as one of his few remaining sons. But he is not just any son, King Leonidus comes from Snowmass Olympic Belle. Yes the Belle line back to Snowmass Wedding Pacabells and Accoyo Pachelbel. All of our leading Accoyo Allianza Dam lines which has taken us far into the elite circle of finest-densest fleece genetics...you have every one of our best lines in this young males pedigree from Legacy to Drambuie, Bueno, Caligula, Don Julio, L<--description-->
Elaina is the perfect example of an 'elite' fleece. Her density and fleece structure really take her fiber to another level. She has consistent, high frequency crimp from head to toe and a fineness that will take your breath away. With perfect confirmation and a sweet disposition, she is a farm favorite. She has a powerhouse of genetics behind her including her grand sire on her father's side, the acclaimed SUPERNOVA as well as her grand sire on her mother's side, award winning HDF PRINCE PHILLIP. She received a 20/20 for fineness and hand from judge Jill MacLoed at the 2011 AOBA National Fleece Show! We can't wait to see what this little lady can produce!
[1st]First Place, 2011 Mid-America Fleece Show
[4th]Fourth Place, 2011 AOBA National Fleece Show, Denver, CO (Juvenile White. class of 9)
[5th]Fifth place, Maryland Alpaca Show and Sale 2011 (Juvenile White, class of 14)
[3rd]Third place, Maryland Classic Alpaca Show 2010 (Juvenile White, class of 6)