Foundation Huacaya Alpacas

TP Jubilee's Echoe is a solid female with excellent conformation and size. She exhibits excellent density and fineness along with a nice softness of handle. Echoes of greatness abound in this pedigree....Snowmass Matrix, Snowmass Quechua, Victor's Valedar, PPeruvian Victor, and Chase Tavern Tallow. TP Jubilee's Echoe is the daughter of our TP Matrix Jubilee who has spectacular density with a density of 107 follicle per square millimeter. Her dam is Chase Tavern Tallow, who is the dam of TP Poseidon's Motivator ( our multi champion male now owned by Jennifer and Dick Babcock and Sandy and Greg Smith). She is a beautiful, well grown white female with a dreamy combination of fineness, density, and impressive staple length. Her 2017 shearing, at 12 months of age, produced 7 lbs of fleece off of a 115 lb female with an average fiber diameter of 16.4. We haven't done a skin biopsy on her but I suspect that like many of TP Matrix Jubilee's offspring, she has inherited his spectacularly dense, fine fleece and she will be a great addition to any light breeding program looking to add impressive fineness with density and staple length. She has a gorgeous female cria sired by Alydar at her side. Her name is TP Reflection by Alydar and she is a gorgeous dark fawn. She is currently carrying an ET from TP Belladora and Snowmass Moonlight Oblivion Her color genotype: eeAe2

We absolutely LOVE Trinket. She has excellent conformation and a gorgeous fleece with density, fineness and uniformity. She is a wonderful mom and has produced 2 beautiful offspring so far. She was bred to TP Absolutely Elite for this spring's cria. Our goal was to combine her density, fineness and uniformity with the extreme uniformity and fineness that TP Absolutely Elite has for an offspring with even more elite fleece characteristics. In addition, he is a more compact alpaca. This cria is 6 weeks old, and looks amazing so far. She is currently open and will be ready to breed in the fall, I may even use her as a donor for ET.

MASTER OF HERDSIRES: Every livestock breed has the one Stud that surpasses all others-- not just in looks but in every element of excellence that defines the breed. In the alpaca, this element is primarily the fleece: Fineness of micron - Brightness and soft handle - good staple length - curvature - density with low primary fiber production, and most importantly, UNIFORMITY of all these traits. Snowmass Elite Legend possesses these qualities and continues to produce them year after year in his offspring. The other element that distinguishes a stud above others is perfect conformation--including the ideal head. Snowmass Elite Legend possesses every element we desire. He was used almost exclusively over Snowmass’ white females because of his excellence and purity in clear bright white genetics. They rarely used him over colors as they have been trying to selectively breed for prediction of solid color. As time went on, they decided to breed Elite Legend to a few of their strong colored females. The outcome was so remarkable that they realized the importance of bringing him into their color breeding program on a strategic level. Snowmass Elite Legend has graced many of the North American Alpaca breeding programs with his progeny. One after another carries on his vital excellence passing on the fleece characteristics we need to bring the North American Alpaca Industry to the heights of the finest alpaca fiber producers. Aside from his accolades in shows, Elite Legend's fiber production across his progeny is the most valued element of his success. Snowmass Alpacas has proudly said that Snowmass Elite Legend is the most distinguished White Huacaya Stud standing in the WORLD. Tierra Prometida Alpacas is proud to announce that we now co-own Snowmass Elite Legend with Cas Cad Nac Farm. Though he is not being offered for outside stud service, Elite Legend will be in Texas at Tierra Prometida Alpacas and his genetics are available through the purchase of females bred to him and through the purchase of his offspring.

We are proud to co-own Jubilee with Olivier and Patricia Guillotin of Shalimar Alpacas of Warwick, where he gets to spend his summers May- November in New York. TP Matrix Jubilee is a son of the renowned Snowmass Matrix and Tierra Prometida's finest fleeced female, Valedar's Parfait--who at 11 years of age and overweight has a micron of 19 still! In fact she is in the top 1% of EPD's for AFD (tenth in the nation), Spin Fineness ( 19th), %F>30m, mean curvature and SDMC!!! He is Dense. He is Fine. He has a beautiful, fine, silky fleece with bundles, brightness, long staples, and a well-defined high frequency crimp. His fineness persists as has his dam's and as has his sire, Snowmass Matrix. Every one of his dam’s (Valedar's Parfait) offspring has EPD''s for fineness in the top 1-3%. As the U.S. alpaca industry matures and advances, breeding decisions are being governed more by the objectivity of science and less by the hype of marketing. Fiber measurement, Estimated Progeny Differences and skin biopsy study all give us insights that can only narrow breeding decision making. All of these facts are available in predicting TP Matrix Jubilee's worth as a stud male. FIBER TESTING 4/04/2015--AFD: 16.3m; SD: 3.7; CV: 22.7; Mean Curv: 54.5; Total Wt: 8.2# 5/30/2014--AFD:18.5m ; SD:4.3;CV: 23.1; Mean Curv: 50.7; Total Wt: 8.2 5/10/2013--AFD:15.8m; SD: 3.9;CV: 24.4; Mean Curv 59.3; TotalWt:5.7# 5/5/2012—AFD:16.2m; SD: 3.9;CV: 24.3; Mean Curv: 54.3; Total Wt 6.2# 5/22/2011—AFD:14.6; SD: 3.3; CV: 22.6; Mean Curv: 54.7; Total Wt 4.0# @(6mo) SKIN BIOPSY “Tierra Prometida’s Matrix Jubilee” was biopsied as a 28 month old white beige male with ARI#31725064. He is marked incorrectly on his 15x scan picture as well as density scan picture as a female rather than a male. I can redo at a later date. His 15X scan shows large fiber clusters mostly uniform in shape and placement. His true density is a freakish 107.73 follicles SQ MM of skin and his S/P ratio is 12.6 to 1. Note his high level 4 of 4 gland presence as the grey areas on the S/P and 250X scans. I would expect brightness of his fibers and this level of gland presence seems to be a strongly passed male genetic trait. 100 secondary fibers average 13.9 microns while 50 primary fibers average 17.4 microns for a spread of only 3.5 microns EPD’s Jubilee’s 2014 EPD’s place him in the top 1% for 4 traits. Jubilee is conformationally beautiful and is extremely typey and compact. In addition, he carries a fleece that is stunning! His strong EPD's from both his dam and his sire are rock solid and predict that he will be able to project these fleece characteristics to his offpring in a reliable and predictable way. All alpacas are not created equally....TP Matrix Jubilee is living proof and the science says so!

We are excited to have this Matrix daughter as an addition to our Foundation herd. She has solid conformation and a stunning fleece with beautiful character, fineness and density. She delivered a gorgeous cria out of TP Jubilee's Charisma last spring who is a beauty with a spectacular fleece. Her name is TP Pure Charm and was the white color champion as a juvenile at TXOLAN in 2019. TP's Snowmass Purity" was biopsied as a 5 year old beige huacaya female with ARl#3 l 796095. Her 15 X scan shows a broad view of her fiber cluster architecture. She shows fiber clusters mostly uniform in shape and placement within her connective tissue with many visible triad clusters. Her density measured 78.5 follicles SQ MM of skin on a 10 mm punch which requires no adjustment. She shows level 4 of 4 glands structure as noted on her 250X scan. The glandular infrastructure is likely genetic and gland density is likely nutritional. Purity's S/P ratio from 6 fiber clusters on your picture is 15.16 to 1, while 25 clusters showed an average SIP of 15.4 to 1. Note from all these 6 clusters that less than 3% of her secondary fibers are medullated which should relate to excellent handle. One hundred secondary fibers averaged 18.3 microns while 50 primary fibers averaged 24.8 microns. This equates to a micron variation of only 6.5 microns. Extremely strong fibers stats for a 5 year old girl. color genotype: eeAA

Princess Leia caught my eye with her cria, Xanadu Maroon Bells. Since she wasn't for sale, I bought mom bred back to Xanadu P Aristide. Princess Leia had a beautiful female , sired by Snow Diamond Perfect Storm. She is bright with excellent character and is dark brown. Her name is Ahsoka. She is now owned by Fleecy Friends Alpacas. Her most recent cria is a bay black male, Kylo Ren. He is sired by TP Val D lsere's Criterium (ee a2a2) She is now pregnant with an ET embryo from TP Polar Poppey and Alydar Color Genotype: Ee a1a2

We are thrilled to add this beautiful Snow Diamond Absinthe daughter to our herd. She brings solid conformation and elite fleece qualities that we love. She currently has an H2R daughter at her side sired by H2R Zeran. We will be breeding her to Red Granites Alydar this fall.

TP Belladora is a stunning female from head to toe. She has a sweet, gentle disposition. Her conformation is excellent with impressive substance of bone, beautiful head style and ideal proportions. Her fleece is densely packed with beautiful, bright staples of zig zag crimp. Her color genotype: eeAA Her 2024 cria is a beautiful female...TP Amelia Bedelia by Charisma. This year, we have 2 females holding ET crias for our next birthing season: One will be sired by Snowmass Moonlight Oblivion and one will be sired by Red Granites Alydar by Val D L'sere.

Jet “blue black” with extreme brightness, soft handle, consistent character and uniformity packed on a well built frame, all while combining the genetics of Matrix Majesty, Elixir, Silver Legend & 38 Special. EEa1a2

Color Genetic testing: eeAA Cellina will produce white to fawn/brown! All offspring will have an "A" allele. There is much to like about this female's fleece and the reliable pedigree being it. Cellina's sire is none other than Bernacelli and her dam is a Defiance daughter. She is another example why crossing Loro- and Defiance-line animals has been a formula for genetic advancement. We are thrilled that she is currently bred to our breeding male, Snowmass Moonlight Oblivion. This cria could be "out of this world"! This breeding should produce a fleece with the positive attributes of both Cellina and Snowmass Moonlight Oblivion but I anticipate that it will have even more staple length and uniformity with extreme density and brightness.

Tourmaline is a real gem. She has a long, bright white fleece with excellent fineness, density and organization. Her staple length is incredible. She is a well grown female with elegant conformation. She has done very well in both halter shows and fleece shows. She is currently bred to Xanadu's Picotani. Her dam is NPA Trinket and her sire, Snowmass Global Solutions. Her color genotype is eeAA

We were fortunate to be able to purchase Kismet from Deb and Tim McCarty. She is a lovely Snowmass Sub Seven daughter. Her conformation is excellent and her fleece exhibits amazing density, uniformity and fineness. We are excited for her current breeding to TP Absolutely Elite.