The 2018 show season was definitely the year for Manassas with multiple championships again and finishing his career with a Judges Choice! This compact male has extraordinary fleece - and brings along density, crimp and uniformity! 2017 Futurity - Manassas takes a second in a very tough class -- and then takes RESERVE CHAMPIONSHIP! This young medium brown male is as soft as silk, with EXTREME uniformity, brightness and crimp characteristics. Judge Jill MacLeod has RAVED about this boy, making comments about his exceptional fleece and handle. 2017 AOA National Show - Manassas takes the Reserve Invited Champion banner! Principio, who is an 8x champion – a handsome male who has a gorgeous fleece, a beautiful head, great coverage, density and is phenotypically correct. His dam, Amber Autumn Elania is a champion in her own right. Mansassas has excellent presence in the ring which matches his outstanding fleece!

JESSINIA is one of our favorites in our herd. A True Black from The BLACK MEDALIAN bred to PATAGONIA'S NOELIA, also a TB. Very great fiber and a Blue ribbon winner at Alpacapalooza 2016. We were able to purchase Noelia from Liberty Alpacas. We are very excited about a new breading to Liberty's MANASSAS, ARI # 32278903. This will be a fall breeding and are expecting BIG things in 2018. 8/31/18 Jessi and Manassas have a girl we named Timborana - a brown fiber girl with great big black eyes. What a gorgeous girl 2021 - True Black (Jessi) to a medium fawn - Alpaca Palace's Zinger - what color will that be in 2022? Stay tuned. 10/26/22 Day 370 - gave birth to Sawdust's Black Limba - a true black and the cutest little guy, always has his mouth going, has very nice fiber. We think he will probably be a fiber guy in the future. 9/06/24 Jessi gave birth to a girl cria - YEA Jessie - 17.4 oz named Sawdust's Chrysanthus. What an independent youngster with lots of curls!

4/10/17 Our first of the season and what a guy. ARI # 35222385. Sawdust's Almond Thunder weighed a whopping 23.5 lbs birth weight and is gaining a pound a day. Sawdust Alpacas is very pleased with this boy He is a very well-put-together male with great phenotype and bone structure. His crimp style is passed on from his sire, Sunset Hill's Golden Thunder (ARi #31017435) and his dam, Skyline's Almond Joy, (ARI # 32821666). His consistent color is passed down from Joy's Lennox line. Thunder is our PR alpaca. He loves to meet people, and sometimes will give kisses. He has a great personality and disposition. He has soft-handled, dense fiber. With a 22-micron count, Thunder's fiber can be used for so many products. Thunder has his first cria on the ground! Sawdust's Jarrah was born 9/29/20 . This girl definitely has her dad's coloring and size. She was 17.9 lbs at birth. Thunder's 2nd cria - a brown male with a white face, named Koko, was born 5/29/21. Thunder's male crias born in 2022 are Sawdust's Babanus, ,born 9/29/22 and Sawdust's Murwiti, born 10/6/22. Jasper was born on10/04/22 to Estate's Brazilian Agate at Summer Hill Farm in CA. Thunder has produced some ribbon winning offspring as shown below! Babanus and Murwiti and Koko participated in the Great Western Alpaca Show/Rocky Mountain Alpaca Showcase in Denver CO 4/28-4/30/23. The results for the Thunder boys are: Babanus: 2nd - Great Western Alpaca Show Halter 3rd - Rocky Mountain A;lpaca Showcase Halter 6tth - Great Western Alpaca Show - Walking Fleece Murwiti: 1st - Great Western Alpaca Show - Walking Fleece 2nd - Great Western Alpaca Show - Halter 2nd - Rocky Mountain Alpaca Showcase - Halter KoKo: 3rd - Great Western Alpaca Show - Walking Fleece 5th - Great Western Alpaca Show - Halter KOKO did not compete in Rocky Mountain Alpaca Showcase! We were very pleased with Thunder offspring scores in these 2 shows as they were the youngest in each of their age/sex/color groups. So lots of room for improvement. You won't go wrong adding Thunder as a herdsire on your farm!!!