**Update Summer 2024 - Sapphire appears to have slipped her pregnancy since her date has come and gone. We don't plan to rebreed her at this point due to limited pasture space and we will not overcrowd our pastures. While every single one of her offspring have sold, and she is an excellent producer, as a responsible breeder we will not add "just one more" to the herd for the sake of a sale. Thus we are offering Sapphire at a significantly reduced price for a farm that needs diversity and an excellent producer of high quality offspring.
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Reading the ARI certificate on Sapphire makes any knowledgeable breeder just drool.
Snowmass Peruvian Casanova…Snowmass Nova…Drambuie…Bueno…Legacy…all on a TRUE BLACK FEMALE.
That is right – she is a product of black on black (black dam and black sire)…and she is following in the footsteps of her siblings…champions! Sapphire earned her first blue ribbon at the age of 7 months.
Crimp? Yep – she’s got it. Handle? Oh yea, softer than a cloud. Brightness? Put your sunglasses on, she is so bright. Density? She has so much fiber, she is already sweating and can’t wait to be shorn again! Fineness? Well…we challenge you to find a black with more fineness. Sapphire is another example of what her dam gives us every time - incredible offspring with fineness, superb fiber, perfect conformation - and a handle that stays with the alpaca as it ages. Sapphire at 20 months was as soft and fine as she was at 2 months. WOW.
Similar to the rare sapphire gemstone, our Midnight Sapphire remains one of most sought after alpaca “types” with her flawless conformation, perfect bite, beautiful handle, crimp, overall “style”, and she has no overtones or secondary colors to lessen her beauty! All of this makes not only a beautiful addition to any alpaca collection but also a fairly sound investment.
Sapphire comes from a line of champions - sister (Midnight Starr - SOLD) and brother (Blackjack - SOLD) have both taken banners and multiple ribbons...Sapphire is just beginning. But more importantly, she carries the foundation guaranteed to be the same outstanding seed stock that you want in your herd. Siblings have proven this by beating out multiple whites and fawns for the coveted Produce of Dam blue ribbon for the dam. It is rare that black beats out any other color when you have multiples...but Magic's offspring consistently does this. Sapphire is no exception. She is another gem.
Sapphire has , black, grey (including a color champion female) and vicuna pattern dark fawn offspring. She is currently open due to late Fall birth of latest cria, Sharpie, but will be bred to KBA's Steely Dan in 2023.
