Foundation Females
This is a reference page for our breeding and foundation females. Every female we choose to keep in our program is a star in her own right, so the list does not try to present the females in any particular order.
In order to keep our herd size manageable and still complement our program with new bloodlines, we occasionally need to sell one of our breeding females. If you see one you have an interest in, please email. No guarantees that we will sell, but it never hurts to ask!
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Luci Lui (Female)
WLK Bravo x Forrest Meadows Lucy in the Sky
Born: 6/04
Show Show Show is written all over this stretchy young lady!!
This girl is a keeper for us. Her dam, Lucy, is a multi-time
champion of incredible beauty. When I first saw Luci Lui, at one hour old,
she was standing by her mother and looked like she could take Champion
in the show ring before she had even dried off! Luci Lui is turning heads in the show ring with
several high placings and many ALSA points. She took 3rd at the Millenium
Magic Futurity show! She is qualified for the 2006 Regionals!
Bardo's Gypsy
Peruvian Bardo x MGF Gypsy Woman
The huge, impressive Gypsy is one of our most recognized females. She has won several ALSA Championships, including a 4th place at the first ALSA Grand National in a class of forty incredible, yearling heavy wool females. Gypsy also took a 5th at the Celebrity World Futurity. She has turned out to be one of our top breeding females, supplying her babies with as much as two pounds a day weight gain and very high IgG's. Her babies have all been correct and have her intelligent disposition. YW Highlander, a jr. herdsire we are keeping in our program, demonstrates the incredible bone and substance that we just love in Gypsy and her crias. She is also the dam to YW Could it Be Magic (Frank and Judy Hoffreiter) and YW Smokin' Vin Fizz.
"Princess" Summer Fall Winter Spring
OAB La-Mar's Llevi x Ivory Pond's Jackie
This little lady has had a huge impact on our breeding program, and is a prized "grandma" to many babies. Every one of her five cria have been champions in ALSA classes, and recently have also taken top winnings in futurity classes. Princess has her ALSA ROM and ALSA Halter Championship in Produce of Dam, having taken Grand or Reserve POD seven times with babies by three different males. Princess's pedigree goes back to some old famous lines including Union Jack. Although Princess is average in size, her offspring have been tall and stretchy, and have the body capacity and "spring of rib" that seems to be disappearing from many of today's fine-fibered llamas. She produces quality fleece, from silky to nearly-suri. Princess has more than earned her place as one of our top foundation females. Her offspring include the champion-winners YW Chatelaine, YW Smoke Jumper (one of our Jr. herdsires), YW Double Impact (Marlene Gruetter), YW Curious Cat (also Best in Show), and First Place Hot Mama Futurity winner, YW Hot Java.
YW Kona Lady
LW Captain Curry x Grace & Favor of King MT
Kona is one of our renown "Curry girls" that we kept in our program. It was difficult to choose which beautiful show photo to put on this site! Kona was Reserve Champion Medium Wool Juvenile Female at the Grand National, earned 40+ ALSA points and multiple champion and reserve champion placings, and finsihed her show career with a Top Ten (6th) at the LFA Futurity. She has proven to be a good mother and has passed her silky, high luster, locked fiber to her outstanding cria including YW Kailua Cruz.
Hard Rock's Daydream Believer
DDL Dream Catcher x La Macarena
Talk about bloodlines! "Dreamer" looks like a feminine copy of
her sire, Dream Catcher. Her dam has been a foundation dam in Gerkin's
herd for years, and hails from the incredible show producer Peruvian El
Gris and SRR Persnickity. Dreamer has the fiber coverage, gray coloration,
heavy bone, banana ears, long neck, and super disposition that are found
in these time-honored bloodlines. She has proven to be a good mother that
has passed those desireable traits to her offspring. Dreamer is a "lover" and
a favorite of ours. She is the mother of YW Pipe Dream.
YW Chatelaine
LW Captain Curry x "Princess" Summer Fall Winter Spring
One of our "Curry Girls," Chatty is by the incredible show producer, "Princess." Chatty has over 40 ALSA points and four Grand or Reserve Championships including Reserve Champion at the tough Buckeye Regional Show. Chatty's taupe brown fiber hides dilute reverse appy spots. She is a great mother and has produced very correct offspring with super-silky fiber. Chatty is large female with a lot of capacity, and yet is very gentle and handleable, making her a farm favorite. She always gathered a crowd at the shows by begging Gatorade which she loved to drink from a bottle. She still comes running anytime she sees I have a cool drink in hand! She is the mother of YW Champagne Cruz and Smokin' Ebony and Lace.
Bolivia's Rio K
FW Rio De Las Montanas x LW Kirby
Rio has always been our most photogenic llama, with that gorgeous, "Mickey-Mouse" face and fantastic ears. We call her an "honorary Curry Girl" because LW Willie K is her grandfather. Rio is a full Bolivian from the ultra-silky Rio De Las Montanas, and her fleece has taken Champion, Best of Show and Best of Hand at fiber venues, and is still winning top places even now, although Rio has reached adulthood. Rio has over 60 ALSA points in the halter show ring, and multiple Championships including Reserve Grand Champion at the Great Lakes Regional. Rio has had a correct, silky cria, and we are looking forward to future babies from this gorgeous llama. She is the mother of YW Rio Chaparrel, owned by Tom Andrews.
Vana
Whist x Vignette
Vana is likely the largest female of our many big girls, hailing from Kay Patterson's program. She has the long upright neck of the El Fuerte line, and passes it to her offspring. Vana has taken Champion in the show ring, and is a proven champion-producer with strong, tall, large babies with super banana ears. She is an excellent milker, and although she is medium wool, her fiber is fine and her babies have good fiber coverage. All of her offspring are excellent show and breeding stock. Vana is an excellent foundation female, and will help to retain the size and mothering abilities that we want in our program. She is the mother of YW Vanadium (owned by Marlene and Carl Gruetter), YW Voyager (owned by Tom Andrews) and her current cria by Smokin Gun.
FW Tia Juanita
Macho De Las Montanas x FW Somekindahoney
Tia is a full Bolivian girl out of the respected "Monty" and Honey lines. I just love her palomino color, and her fleece has sold every year. All of Tia's babies have been very correct with super silky fiber, and the best dispositions. Tia is a great mom, and one of those consistent, "no-worries" mothers that become treasured foundation dams. She is the mother of YW Phoenix, YW Alaska Cruz (owned by Dortha Little), YW Tiajuana Cruz, and current cria by Smokin Gun.
East Fork Shania
Rinys' King Crimson x PPR Rumpelteaser
Shania is a tall, stretchy female with an excellent topline; her silhouette bespeaks the "perfect" llama. Shania comes from the suri North American lines at East Fork, and her babies have had high luster, silky fiber. We are going to see if we can leverage those suri genetics by breeding her to our new suri male, Star Adonis. Shania is an excellent mother and her babies have had her size and solid structure. She is one of those classic quality females with today's high luster, silky/suri fiber. Her babies include YW Rumba (Tom Andrews) and YW Shalom Cruz.
Grace and Favor of King MT
Taj Mahal of Tunitas Creek x Shangri-Llama's Grace
We purchased Gracie in Reno almost a decade ago, and she has been integral to our herd ever since. If the industry recognized what suri fiber was back then, her price would have been beyond our reach. She has been an excellent mother, producing a half a dozen crias for us so far, including the incredible YW Kona Lady, who we retained in our progam. What a surprise to have Kona and Gracie, both shiny, black llamas, give us beautiful appaloosa babies last spring! Gracie's babies have had her solid, heavy bone, and all her babies have her silky, shiny fiber, some of which have been nearly suri. We will try to encourage that suri content with a breeding to Adonis. Her babies include YW Scirocco, YW Kona Lady, and YW Sand Pebble Cruz.
YW Pinata
LW Captain Curry x Quinientos Pinta
Although so many of our llamas hold special places in our hearts, Pinata is my personal, all time favorite. She was the perfect show llama, not only knowing exaclty what to do, but also knowing when she had won! She earned her ALSA ROM, a Championship, 7th at Grand Nationals and 7th at the Celebrity World Futurity. We had a fun career in the show ring, where Pinata became more of a partner than "just" a show llama. Pinata's mother is continuing to produce show-quality cria, and we are anxious to have Pinata's first cria, hopefully to follow in her footsteps!
Overman Pale Moonlite
Machuco x Riley-Mystical Moonglo
When I first saw this girl, all I could say was, "Wow." She had high luster, true suri locked fiber. But she was a big girl, with a super beautiful "llama head" with gorgeous hooked ears. If you know her bloodlines including Machuco and Peruvian Amigo, you can imagine what she looks like; now picture that with suri fleece! She is the "type" of suri llama we want to reproduce. She is bred to Peruvian Kordero, Suri ALSA Halter Champion, and we are hoping to combine the best of both these lines!
JLL Michele M' Belle
LW Marcellus x PPLP Huckaboo
Although Michele has her ALSA ROM and we are very proud to show her, her real fame is from her carreer as a PR and therapy llama. Michele has the most beautiful head and proud carriage, and when we visit a health care facility, you can hear the "ooh's and aaah's" from everyone! Michele simply loves the attention from childrem and adults, thriving on all the handling, touching, hugging, bumping of wheel chairs, and even the occasional over-zealous hair pulling. Michele is one of the few llamas to have earned her Delta Society certification as a Pet Partner. We have held off breeding her even though she is an adult, in order to use her for valuable visits at our local children's home and Riley Hospital summer camps. She is often specifically requested to attend, and we just cannot disappoint her many fans. Showing and breeding are more fullfilling when we also share our llamas with those who really appreciate their visits. At some point we will breed Michele, and we hope she has a clone of herself that is just a versatile!
Riley Sassafras-Lady
Amigo De Peru x BAL Copy Me
Another genetic powerhouse, Sassy is by the ALSA Grand National Champion Amigo De Peru. Her dam is the well known BAL Copy Me from Berry Acres, by Silver Peru. Sassy has inherited the size and body capacity known in these lines. Her fiber is a lovely dark copper, and she has a lot of crimp in her fiber. Sassy is bred to the Suri ALSA Halter Champion Peruvian Kordero. This combination of genetic lines has produced many excellent offspring with suri fiber, and we are hoping for the same from Sassy.
Bolivian Glamour Girl
Bolivian Lucky 500 x Bolivia's Glitz
"GG" is a full Bolivian girl from Tillman's '96 Bolivian importation. She is a big girl with awesome capacity, a real gem with a Bolivian background. She is an excellent mother and milker, with babies that average over 30 pounds at birth. GG has had tall, elegant babies with excellent fiber and breeding potential. GG lost the tips of her ears to frostbite when she was born. We will be breeding her for another full South American cria in the future. She is the dam of Bolivian Lil'GiGi (Steve and Nancy Pasko), YW Bolivian Gidget (John and Marvel Maddy), YW Gossamer Cruz (Tom and Judy Ross) and YW Geisha Cruz.
YW Tiajuana Cruz
PPF Pablo Cruz x FW Tia Juanita
Tiajuana Cruz is a full South American female by our full Chilean, suri fibered Pablo Cruz and full Bolivian Tia Juanita. Tia Juanita has wonderful presence, good size and bone, and the most beautiful face you will ever see; she is a replica of her gorgeous daddy, with white eyelashes too! Her fiber is extraordinary, and her disposition is the best we have seen. For show and breeding potential, we just can't say enough about this beautiful girl!
YW Shalom Cruz
PPF Pablo Cruz x East Fork Shania
Shalom Cruz is a cross between our beautiful Chilean Pablo and the North American suri line of Riny's Crimson from the renown East Fork program. Shalom has incredible size for her age. She also has that fantastic "Pablo personality," laid back and easy to work with. She has become another one of my favorite babies! Her fiber is a fine spinner's fiber. We are looking forward to showing Shalom this year, and feel she will do very well is those tough ALSA classes. If you are looking for a large gal with great fiber and personality, Shalom would be an excellent choice. Her mother has been a no-problem mom with lots of milk, and we know Shalom will make super addition to anyone's herd. UPDATE: Shalom is almost half way to ALSA ROM; she places consistently high at major shows including the Grand Slam and Millenium Magic. She is qualified for the 2005 Regionals.
