Irish Meadows' Commander is an excellent Herdsire prospect that we purchased at the 2023 Futurity Auction! Commander, produced of the second crop of offspring of Irish Meadows' many time champion; Irish Meadows' Reputation, does not disappoint! His fleece is breathtaking with its crumply structure, uniformity, long staple, brightness, and super low micron. Commander also has a gorgeous head style and nice, boxy conformation. His fleece is darker on the inside, making him a dark fawn coloration. Commander's sire, Irish Meadows' Reputation, won first place in a competitive Get of Sire at the AOA National Show in March of 2022 with his very first crop of babies. Those same Reputation offspring also won Breeders Best 3 at the AOA National Show as well for Irish Meadow Alpacas. Reputation is has win over 20 Championship banners himself. Commander has done very well thus far in the show ring! He was awarded the prestigious Fawn Male Color Champion banner at the 2023 AOA National Fleece Show with his juvenile fleece and also won Best Crimp & Best Brightness and the Fawn Color Champion at the 2023 ABR Fall Festival Fleece Show! He also was the High Point winning Huacaya in Fleece for the 2023-2024 showing season. More info to come on this rockstar! We will see if he is ready to breed this fall. He seems to be getting the job done!

Color Genetic testing: Eea1a2 Red Granites Alydar will produce all colors; white to black! All offspring will have an "a" allele. We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Red Granite Ranch in the ownership of this spectacular male. (I know....we haven't done gray in years.) When it comes to this male right here though, he is simply one of a kind. You could not ask for more, the epitome of excellence and frankly, it doesn't matter what color he is: Red Granites Alydar By Val D Lsere. There has never been a Grey Alpaca to stir up as much commotion as this one, and probably never will be. For all that have seen and judged this male, he has been represented as the IDEAL standard for grey fleece. The evenness of his fineness and the astounding density and uniformity that is found within his blanket is simply incomparable. It is a very advanced, high-frequency crimp style from skin to tip, rarely seen in his color group. This crimp style continues right down the leg and into his belly area, also running up through the neck all in a very uniform manner. Judges’ have described his fleece as “angel-like and delicate” with “superior uniformity of micron” and carrying the “dangerous combination of fineness and density”. Alydar was shown at one of the highest level shows, Nationals, and took first place as a juvenile, yearling, 2-year-old, and mature male, he also did so at The Futurity, taking a first place as both a yearling and 2-year-old and then moved into the champion circle. He also won the 2021 Futurity Judges' Choice Male & 2023 AOA National Dark Male Supreme Champion trophy. Many juveniles place well the first year but the real test is if they can stand the same position or even better position the following years, and hold onto their exceptional traits. He has a total of 40 Championship banners, 10 Judges' Choice awards, a Supreme Championship, a Grand Champion, and Spirit of the Industry win to his name, not to mention he was named the #1 National High Point Huacaya Male in 2022 and #3 National High Point Huacaya Male in Fleece for 2023. He became the first gray to win the prestigious Futurity Judges’ Choice award and first grey to win a National Supreme Championship trophy, and also became the second gray alpaca to have won over 30 Championship banners. That is impressive. Nothing about him has wavered over the years. Alydar comes from a generation after generation of champion alpacas. His lineage includes Herdsire of the Year winners: VAL D LSERE, MR SIZLIN ROSE, and MATRIX while also including top color producing sires: MATRIX ROSE, CONOPA, VALENTINO, THELONIUS, KIRWIN, CASANOVA, and SIZLIN HOT. Excellence in COLOR is in this males blood! Alydar's production has been everything we hoped for and more. He has produced every color inducing Silver Greys, Rose Greys, True & Bay Blacks, Fawns, Browns, and Whites of all shades. And he is stamping CHAMPIONS!