Irish Meadows' Nectar is the complete, total package! She was the highest selling Female at the 2016 Priority Auction in Las Vegas, and we were fortunate to take her home from the 2024 Destination auction.
This gorgeous female had FIVE traits ranking in the Top 5% EPDs in 2023! She is beautiful from the top of her head to her toes. Her fleece has extremely nice zipper crimp, long staple, brightness, fineness, and a buttery feel. In addition, Nectar is completely uniform in her crimp style everywhere on her blanket, including well into her bib area. She is well-grown for her age, and has great conformation as well.
Nectar's paternal line carries an amazing pedigree of Millenium, Legacy, Hemingway, Elite Maximus, Accoyo Elite, and 5Peruvian Valeroso. Nectar is the daughter of 8X Champion, and champion producer, JLFA Millenium's Peruvian Ventura. Ventura's 2018 histogram at 9 years of age, still had 21.3 MFD, 3.8 SD CV of 17.7 and fibers greater than 30, 2.1%! Her paternal grandparents are Snowmass Millenium (4Peruvian Legacy son) and full Peruvian, Vacara of PVA (an Elite Maximus daughter).
Her dam, Honeysuckle is a beautiful champion with multiple blue-ribbons herself, and has also produced other multiple champion offspring. Nectar's maternal grandparents are Captain Jack Sparrow (multi-champion) and Majestic Peruvian Ivy (Blue Ribbon produce of dam winner).
10X Champion with Blue-Ribbon Winning Cria!
During her show career, Nectar built up quite a reputation in the show ring with 10 Championship Banners & 11 First Place ribbons! After the 2017 CABA Classic, Nectar retired from the show ring to concentrate on building her own show string of cria. In 2024, she won the Spirit of the Fiber Industry Award. This award is only given to fleece in the 3 years & older categories. It honors traits recognized as very valuable in long term breeding strategies.
Offspring:
On 9/5/17, Nectar had a medium brown male sired by 19x Champion, Avalon's Jacob Black.
On 9/4/18, Nectar gave birth to a handsome light fawn male sired by 12X Champion, Crescent Moon's Accoyo Augustine. Her son, Odins' Right Hand Man, brought home Blue Ribbons from the 2021 TXOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular & Bluebonnet Stakes shows!
On 4/1/20, Nectar had a medium fawn male sired by Snowmass Matrix. Her son is now a working herdsire for Odin Falls Alpacas.
On 5/30/21, Nectar gave birth to a nice-looking light fawn male sired by Crescent Moon's Kolbe. Her son, Odins' Watch Tower won 1st Place at the 2022 AOA Nationals!
On 5/17/22, Nectar had a light fawn male, also sired by Crescent Moon's Kolbe
On 5/18/23, Nectar had a dark brown male sired by Irish Meadows' Peruvian Carbon Copy.
On 5/18/24, Nectar gave birth to a beautiful medium fawn female sired by Kolbe son, Odins’ ATM.
3rd Place, 2024 PNAA IFA Fleece Show: Innovative Fleece Assessment, Grade 3 Huacaya Light (Class of 5) (Judge: Amanda VandenBosch) *First Place won Color Champion & 2nd Place was Reserve Champion
2nd Place, 2016 AOA National Show: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Medium Fawn Female Juvenile (Class of 7) (Judge: Diana Timmerman) *First Place and Color Champion was ranch-mate
1st Place, 2015 American Alpaca Showcase: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Medium Fawn Female Juvenile (Class of 4) (Judge: Peter Kennedy)
1st Place, 2015 OABA Alpacafest: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Fawn Female Juvenile (Class of 4) (Judge: Helen Testa)
1st Place, 2015 VAOBA Alpaca Expo: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Fawn Female Juvenile (Class of 6) (Judge: Jude Anderson)
1st Place, 2016 Alpacapalooza: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Medium Fawn Female Yearling (Class of 5) (Judge: Jill MacLeod)
1st Place, 2016 GWAS: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Medium Fawn Female Yearling (Class of 7) (Judge: Amanda VandenBosch)
1st Place, 2017 AOA National Show: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Medium Fawn Female Yearling (Class of 9) (Judge: Jill MacLeod)
1st Place, 2017 Alpacapalooza: Walking Fleece, Huacaya Fawn Two-Year-Old (Class of 3) (Judge: Jill MacLeod)
1st Place, 2017 Alpacapalooza: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Medium Fawn Female Two-Year-Old (Class of 2) (Judge: Sharon Loner)
1st Place, 2017 CABA Classic: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Medium Fawn Female Two-Year-Old (Class of 1) (Judge: Diana Timmerman)
1st Place, 2017 CABA Classic: Fleece, Huacaya Fawn Yearling (Class of 6) (Judge: Cheryl Gehly)
1st Place, 2024 CALPACA Autumn Fleece Extravaganza: Fleece, Huacaya Fawn Mature (Class of 2) (Judge: Beverly Brehm)
1st Place, 2024 A-OK Alpaca Blast-Off: Fleece (Judge: Diana Timmerman)
Reserve Champion, 2016 AOA National Show: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Fawn Female Color Champion (Class of 44) (Judge: Diana Timmerman) *Color Champion was ranch-mate
Reserve Champion, 2016 GWAS: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Fawn Female Color Champion (Class of 35) (Judge: Amanda VandenBosch)
Reserve Champion, 2017 Alpacapalooza: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Fawn Female Color Champion (Class of 18) (Judge: Sharon Loner)
Reserve Champion, 2017 CABA Classic: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Fawn Female Color Champion (Class of 16) (Judge: Diana Timmerman) *Color Champion won Judge's Choice
Color Champion, 2015 American Alpaca Showcase: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Fawn Female Color Champion (Class of 17) (Judge: Peter Kennedy)
Color Champion, 2015 OABA Alpacafest: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Fawn Female Color Champion (Class of 33) (Judge: Helen Testa)
Color Champion, 2015 VAOBA Alpaca Expo: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Fawn Female Color Champion (Class of 32) (Judge: Jude Anderson)
Color Champion, 2017 AOA National Show: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Fawn Female Color Champion (Class of 27) (Judge: Jill MacLeod)
Color Champion, 2017 Alpacapalooza: Walking Fleece, Huacaya Fawn Color Champion (Class of 19) (Judge: Jill MacLeod)
Color Champion, 2017 CABA Classic: Fleece, Huacaya Fawn Color Champion (Class of 13) (Judge: Cheryl Gehly)
[SP1]Spirit of the Fiber Industry, 2024 PNAA IFA Fleece Show: Innovative Fleece Assessment, Huacaya Spirit of the Fiber Industry (Judge: Amanda VandenBosch)