Meet the reigning crown prince of CCNF. Show record aside, at the time he was born, Elixir was probably the best male alpaca our breeding program had produced in 16 years. Good thing too, as he and his paternal siblings had some mighty big shoes that we were asking them to fill in the years ahead. The son of three time Futurity Herdsire of the Year, Snowmass Elite Legend, and our multi-Champion Archangel daughter, CCNF Ascension, Elixir when conceived as a concept on paper was supposed to be good. We just had no idea that the stars were going to align quite as nicely as they did. The fleece fineness and phenotype of his maternal line combined with the other-worldly density and uniformity he got from his sire are virtually unmatched here at Cas-Cad-Nac Farm. The 2015 AOA National Fleece Show essentially turned into Elixir's official coming out party as a proven Herdsire. He not only won the Champion Light Male and Judges' Choice Huacaya Male himself but more importantly, four of his offspring (CCNF Spittfire, CCNF Dropshot, CCNF Antares, and CCNF True Adoration) won Championship banners as well, leading to a championship sweep of both the Light and White Male color groups. Not too shabby for his first batch of kids. Since that time of course, the Elixir kids have been front and center in our show strings producing among other accolades, back to back Futurity Herdsire of the Year awards in both 2017 and 2018. Of course one of the things we love about our boy, is that he can be bred to both light and dark females with equally exciting outcomes (Elixir is a classic dorsal beige). He continues to throw everything from whites to browns, all extremely bright and fine. If you have any doubts as to the prowess of this world-class Herdsire, you need only spend 10 minutes or so walking down the line of our show pens any spring or fall. The proof is most definitely in the progeny... Elixir stands at stud here at CCNF from July 1st through October 1st before moving back to our partners' farm in Maryland for the fall season. As of July 1st, 2016 CCNF Elixir was closed for all future outside stud service. You can both look for his offspring in our sales listings though as well as a select number of females who are offered for sale already bred to him.

Princess is a very special female for us. She was the highest selling female at the AOA 2014 National Auction and we were very proud to take her home. Her genetic heritage is power packed with MFI Peruvian Jericho and Snowmass Invincible as grandsires on both sides. Princess has many accolades to her credit including 2 Judges' Choice awards, 7 championship banners, and countless blues. Her first offspring for us, Clear Mountain's Okemo, not only took a blue and the Color Championship at his very first show, but also the Judges' Choice award...at only 10 months of age! Her second son, Clear Mountain's Stratton, has taken 16 Banners and is just now starting his breeding career. Two boys, two different sires. This dam is truly worth her weight in gold! Thank you to Doug and Denise Caldwell for offering this amazing female, straight out of the core of their breeding program, for sale at the first AOA auction. 2018 Update: Whoohoo! Early confirmed pregnancy to 19X Champion and elite hersire, CCNF Elixir...what an exciting year 2019 is going to be!