We have a habit – good or bad, we will let the historic record make that call in the end – of hoarding members of certain lines in order to build up a genetic base and hedge our bets going forward. In the case of Moonraker, we also have three of his full sisters, Moonbeam, Luna Majesty, and Clair de Lune in our production herd as well as his dam, CCNF Moonlight (she a highly coveted member of the PPP Jesusa line as a daughter of Gold Sovereign). How powerful is that genetic line? The Elixir crias born to Moonbeam and Luna (genetically full siblings) were the female and male Judges' Choice winners at the 2018 Futurity. They also went on to win their respective Championships at the AOA National Fleece Show, where Valyria (the white female) bested her brother/cousin, Sovereign-Legacy (the fawn male) for the one and only Huacaya JC award. And all of that without a Lutz on the end of a lead line, so maybe (just maybe!) the fleeces have something going for them after all? All of which goes to show why Moonraker is definitely going to be sticking around in some capacity at least. Though slightly more stocky than his older sister, Moonraker takes after Luna the most in terms of appearance and style, which is not a bad thing by any measure. Dense, fine, bright…you get the picture. At the risk of stating the obvious, if he didn’t bring something special to the table, we wouldn't be using him here in our program or offering him for outside stud service. Update: Moonraker's first cria, CCNF Maid Marian was the Champion Fawn Female Huacaya at the 2020 AOA National Fleece Show!

As written by CCNF: "Meet the goose that lays the golden eggs. Dorianna comes from the same closely held maternal line that produced CCNF Legionnaire, our Champion fawn Herdsire that headlined the 2014 Breeders Edge sale in Virginia and went on to win (amongst others) Championships at both the 2015 Great Western Alpaca Show (where he was also the JC male) and the 2015 Futurity for his new owners! Dorianna's dam, Lilah, our Champion and Judges' Choice female, is the second daughter ever born to an all-world foundation female, CCNF Magdalena, and is paternally the daughter of Snowmass Royal Challenger. Dorianna's younger maternal sister, CCNF Delilah, has been tearing it up on the show circuit for us since April of 2016 and was again a key player this year, including winning the Reserve Light Female Championship at the 2017 AOA National Fleece Show. Dorianna's sire is, of course, Beethoven's Dorian, who has won multiple Championships and Judges' Choice awards in his own right and needs no introduction. The short version is that this young Female's genetics are stacked! Daughter CCNF Lyanna has won 6 Halter Championships and one Reserve Championship in Fleece! Daughter CCNF Heidrun won 7 1st place ribbons in halter classes. Son Colonial Summer Dreamer won 5th and 4th in halter classes. Son, Arcani took a 2nd at the 2022 Futurity, Doriann delivered a female sired by CCNF Moonraker (sire of Colonial Dimitri) on July 2, 2024