MASTER OF HERDSIRES: Every livestock breed has the one Stud that surpasses all others-- not just in looks but in every element of excellence that defines the breed. In the alpaca, this element is primarily the fleece: Fineness of micron - Brightness and soft handle - good staple length - curvature - density with low primary fiber production, and most importantly, UNIFORMITY of all these traits. Snowmass Elite Legend possesses these qualities and continues to produce them year after year in his offspring. The other element that distinguishes a stud above others is perfect conformation--including the ideal head. Snowmass Elite Legend possesses every element we desire. He was used almost exclusively over Snowmass’ white females because of his excellence and purity in clear bright white genetics. They rarely used him over colors as they have been trying to selectively breed for prediction of solid color. As time went on, they decided to breed Elite Legend to a few of their strong colored females. The outcome was so remarkable that they realized the importance of bringing him into their color breeding program on a strategic level. Snowmass Elite Legend has graced many of the North American Alpaca breeding programs with his progeny. One after another carries on his vital excellence passing on the fleece characteristics we need to bring the North American Alpaca Industry to the heights of the finest alpaca fiber producers. Aside from his accolades in shows, Elite Legend's fiber production across his progeny is the most valued element of his success. Snowmass Alpacas has proudly said that Snowmass Elite Legend is the most distinguished White Huacaya Stud standing in the WORLD. Tierra Prometida Alpacas is proud to announce that we now co-own Snowmass Elite Legend with Cas Cad Nac Farm. Though he is not being offered for outside stud service, Elite Legend will be in Texas at Tierra Prometida Alpacas and his genetics are available through the purchase of females bred to him and through the purchase of his offspring.

TP Poseidon's Motivator's Moonshine just gets better every time I look at her. She has correct conformation and bite. Her fleece is luminously bright and very soft with a wonderful handle. She has a nice, dense, fine fleece. The character of her fleece is developing well with nice, long, staples full of crimp. She is a Matrix grand daughter and a daughter of our 29X Champion TP Poseidon's Motivator. She is developing into a beautiful female. Her EPD's and skin biopsy results are excellent. Her 15x scan shows that her normal typical fiber clusters are uniform in shape and placement within her connective tissue. Her true density based on sample shrinkage is 92.92 follicles SQ MM of skin. 20 typical fiber clusters show an average S/P of 12.8 to 1. Note the 8 fiber clusters on her S/P scan show an average of 12.0 to 1. Moonshine shows level 3 of 4 gland presence with a large percentage of round secondary fibers which should relate to enhanced brightness of fiber. 35% of her secondary fibers show medullation. 100 secondary fibers average 19.3 microns and 50 primary fibers average 24.7 microns for a spread of only 5.4 microns. The above stats figure an AFD of 19.71 microns. Wow! Strong! Moonshine has been a reliable recipient for our ET program.