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Blue Gate Golden Valkyrie

Alpaca, Huacaya, Open (Female) | Dark Fawn

AOA #31414150 | DOB: 11/14/2006 (18 yrs)

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Golden One

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)Medium Fawn

AOA# 822669DOB: 8/15/199925 yrs

Golden One is an elite breeding Vicuna type stud - he has a heavy wool cap and very dense fine fleece. As a four year old his micron count rivals that of most cria. Snowmass Alpacas, known for their outstanding fleeces and breeding program. treasured him enough to infuse his Macusani and Sollocota genetics into their herd. Julie Skinner notes that Golden One rivals the renowned Chaccu (now standing stud at Crescent Moon and Derwydd) in fine fleece density. We have never touched an alpaca with density that comes close to Golden One's. Visitors to our ranch routinely pick out Golden One as a favorite for his amazing fleece and regal presence. The show judges love him too - winning every class he entered. Here's what the owners of Golden One offspring are saying. Tilly Dorsey of DAFI Alpacas in Maryland says about her Golden One daughter Demeter: "She really is a lovely girl. She has beautiful fleece." Denise Reiling of Reiling Ranch Alpacas says about her Golden One son: "We are absolutely thrilled with our Golden One cria, we would breed back to him in a heartbeat." Wisconsin Alpacas says about their Golden One daughter: "Taking after her sire, Snowmass Golden One, WA Menominee has very fine fiber measuring 16.4 microns at her first shearing. Menominee has very good crimp and density. Her conformation is excellent and she loves human contact." We are offering only 3 outside breedings to Golden One in 2010 - book your breeding early to infuse these rare and fine fleece genetics into your herd. This guy is a Senior male, but his latest cria are the best we have seen to date. Don't underestimate the value of these genetics! Stud fee special only for booking made by 12/15/2010

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Dam: Valorie

31414150<--ari-->Light Brown<--color--> Valorie is the dam of Benito and Valkyrie - she is a producer of high quality cria. Valorie is a nice compact alpaca with very good conformation. At three years of age her fleece came in with a micron count of 20.0. She is holding and actually improving fineness in her fleece while nursing and carrying a pregnancy. She is the daughter of Royal Peruvian Valor, a son of Accoyo Royal Fawn, who is standing stud at Alpacas of Tualatin Valley. Valorie is 1/4 Accoyo. Valorie's dam is a true black - giving Val great color genetics. Her dam has produced very fine fleeced daughters with Valorie at 20 microns and her younger sister at 19 microns. Of note is that Valorie is holding her 20 micron fleece even after nursing and holding a pregnancy. These are invaluable fleece genetics. Valorie has proven herself to be a great mom - producing plentiful milk and giving great care to her cria. Valorie has produced four outstanding cria for us. Valorie's first cria is a lt. brown boy (Benito Juarez) sired by PCA Mars, a white son of the great Peruvian Hemingway. Benito has won a ribbon in every show he has entered, including his first color Championship at 10 months of age and took 2nd Place at the AOBA National Fleece Show. Valorie's second cria is a beautiful dark fawn female (Golden Valkyrie) sired by Golden One. Her third cria, Blue Gate Mimosa, is a gorgeous beige female born on 11/10/07. Valorie delivered her third girl in a row on 10/31/08 - sired by Golden One, Blue Gate Golden Pumpkin is full sister to Valkyrie. Valorie delivered her fourth girl in a row! Blue Gate Zenyatta was born the day after her namesake was the first filly to win the Breeder's Cup. Zenyatta was 19 pounds at birth and was racing around the pasture by the time we went to do our morning feeding. At two-weeks she was over 30 pounds. Valorie is such a terrific mom. We are going to give her a little time off before she breeds next spring - unless you buy her and we will breed her to your ch<--description-->

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Blue Gate Golden Valkyrie is our first daughter by our elite Peruvian herdsire, Golden One. Valkyrie is carrying a beautiful dark fawn fleece that is very bright, silky, and crimpy. She has her dam's fineness and her sire's density - she is one very special female. Valkyrie's dam Valorie has produced our color champion Benito Juarez who has a gorgeous high frequency crimp in this fine fleece. Benito was also a 2nd place winner at the AOBA National Fleece Show. We know Valorie can impart her rich color genetics and fine fleece to her offspring. Valorie carries Accoyo and Sollocota genetics from her sire AFA Royal Peruvian Valor (a Royal Fawn son), and rich color genetics from her black dam Lucita ALOA. Valkyrie's sire is our own Golden One - an intensely dense and fine Macusani/Sollocota Peruvian herdsire that we were fortunate to acquire from the elite herd at Snowmass Alpacas. Golden One is a vicuna type alpaca who we believe will move our breeding program towards our goal of re-creating the Incan alpaca in the North American herd. His offspring to date are showing great promise in the high degree of brightness and fineness in their fleece. From what we can see in young Valkyrie's fleece, Golden One appears to have done his job. She did well in her first and only show - 3rd place in a very competitive fawn class. With all of the health issues surrounding shows we decided not to show our females for the rest of the season. However, Valkyrie's fleece was entered in two shows and she won the blue ribbon both times.

Awards

[3rd]3rd Place - LA Deep South Show 2007 (halter)

[1st]1st Place - LA Deep South Show 2007 (Produce of Dam)

[1st]1st Place - A-OK Alpaca Blastoff 2009 (fleece)

[1st]1st Place - TxOLAN Spectacular 2009 (fleece)

Updated 1/17/2020