Best N Grace was an exceptional opportunity for us--we purchased him with 2 other partners because we recognized how rare and valuable a find he was. His sire, Snowmass Best Man, took First Place in Get of Sire at the Futurity, with Reserve Herdsire of the Year in 2010 and 2011. Best Man was the high selling and featured alpaca at the 2012 Snowmass auction and was purchased by an alpaca ranch in Switzerland! Offspring of this male with his extremely fine fleece and revolutionary long, SILKY, draping locks will be prized, indeed. And his dam brings fabulous genetics to the table--she's a daughter of the legendary Snowmass Messiah, with Snowmass Legacy and Snowmaster in her pedigree. Recognizing this, it all came to fruition for us--Best N Grace took Reserve Color Champion in the Commercial division of the International Alpaca Odyssey his first time in the ring! Judge Wade Gease had nothing but praise for his conformation, brightness, staple length, and handle. We look forward to his future show career. "BNG""s first cria for us is gorgeous! Long, well-crimped staples and BRIGHT! Very soft, dense fleece. He's a sturdy little boy with BNG's perfect rear end. Since some of us managed to obtain other Best Man and other Snowmass genetics, we agree we could part with him for the right offer... BNG is a well-grown male with a strong, correct frame. He has a handsome face--not the "pug" nose we often see, but a healthy, proportionally correct muzzle. And he has a sweet personality and likes to eat pellets from my hand! GREAT NEWS--Yes, you all missed the chance to get breedings to Snowmass Best Man (now in Switzerland), BUT you can snag breedings to his SON, Best N Grace: standing stud at his new "digs" at Alpacas of Marin, in coastal North San Francsico Bay, CA!

Arica has grown up to be a lovely girl with fine, consistent fleece characteristics that the judges have admired. Check out her EPDs! She brings good potential for color genetics from her fawn sire, an Alpamayo Studmaster son, and from her brown dam from the Studmaster program. She comes with a breeding to any of our males, or you can use the breeding for another female. For her first breeding we took advantage of her excellent consistency of fleece and bred her to our outstanding herdsire, Accoyo America Hawkeye. This daughter. Lauca, is now one of our foundation females and she is fantastic! A white female with outstanding fine bundling, brightness, and her conformation is perfect. We followed up with a breeding to Derwydd El Nino's Accoyo Manchu, and she produced a Knock-Out champion beige male, Sun Tzu (named for his maternal grandfather). Next bred to Snowmass Best N Grace, a large male with long, draping staples and perfect conformation, and produced our MRN El Maximo (sold). Arica's 2018 cria by multi-champ MRN Prime Starrr arrived Dec. 5. This boy has show ring possibilities--medium fawn with popcorn fleece, excellent crimp and brightness! One of the things I love about Prime Starrr is his long staple length--I think he has passed this on to his son. Until the cria is weaned in the spring, Arica will sell with her cria. For her next breeding, we'd suggest our Snowmass Matrix son, MRN Matrix Lord of Sipan. He is a compact fawn male with loads of long, crimpy, fine staples. This year he sheared nearly 12% of his body weight! Arica has a pleasing personality and she is a dedicated mother with lots of milk. She is a perfect foundation female. We always said that she was the prettiest cria on the farm where she was born, and even after 4 crias she looks like a lovely young maiden. Arica has made the move to Alpacas of Marin, in the north San Francisco Bay area.