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Full Fleece!
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Freshly shorn!
Angelica (Estrada's Angelica of Island Alpaca)
Angelica won the coveted Judges Choice
award for superior fleece at the 2013 Tennessee Alpaca Waltz Fleece show! In addition the Reserve Champion
in her color class and First Place
in age group! Astounding for such a light colored alpaca like herself!
Angelica, just like her sisters and brother: Anika, Angelito , Silver Angel , and Penelope look just like their dam Angelina .
Angelica's fleece is an astonishing white that is very bright, dense, and fine. It's nicely uniform and she has a very long staple length. For the last couple of years now Angelica has been shearing off over 10 pounds! In 2013 she sheared off 12.2 pounds. Amazing!
Angelica, just like all of her siblings and dam, have an almost perfect phenotype! They have great conformation with a strong frame, they are thick-boned, have impressive top-knots, nice thick short muzzles, and overall a beautiful and pleasing look. Angelina seems to have very strong genetics!
Angelica has both champion ribbon winning parents. Her dam Angelina and her sire CT Estrada . She's a gorgeous alpaca with a pure white fleece and to top it all off she has a very sweet personality and gentle nature.
We suggest to a new owner that Angelica be bred in 2020, to our very own Cassiel of Island Alpaca
Judge Comments:
2015 Southern Select Alpaca Show Spin-Off judge Judy Maxwell commented: "So crimpy and bundly. Very pretty. Nice sheen. Felt wonderful. Bouncy and soft."
Fiber Criteria Highlights: 1st Impression, 4 out of 5. Absence of Guard Hair, 5 out of 5. Uniformity of Length, 5 out of 5. Uniformity of Micron, 5 out 5 possible point.
Spinning Criteria Highlights: Ease of Carding, 4 out of 5. Ease of Drafting, 7 out 8. Ease of Spinning, 9 out of 10 possible points.
Yarn Criteria Highlights: First Impression, 5 out of 6. Usability, 7 out of 7. Brightness/Luster, 6 out of 6. Handle, 6 out of 6 possible points.
Angelica scored a 92/100 with her fleece! Amazing!
2014 Green Mountain Alpaca Fall Spectacular Show - Judge Ursula Munro commented: "Nice fineness in the fleece! Soft hand with good uniformity."
Fleece Score Highlights: Fineness/Handle, 18.5 out of 20. Length 6 out of 7. Color, 5 out of 5 possible points.
2014 Empire Alpaca Extravaganza Show - Judge Cheryl Gehly commented: "Good fineness throughout!"
Fleece Score Highlights: Fineness/Handle, 18.5 out of 20. Length 6.5 out of 7. Color, 5 out of 5. Brightness, 8 out of 10 possible points.
2014 Big E Alpaca Fleece Show - Judge Wade Gease commented: "Preserving wonderful fleece traits with age! Crimp and brightness were noticeable!"
Fleece Score Highlights:
Fineness/Handle, 18 out of 20. Color, 5 out of 5 possible points.
2014 New England Hands on Alpaca Fleece Off Show: "Excellent fineness and uniformity being maintained into maturity - nice!"
Fleece Score Highlights: Fineness/Handle, 18 out of 20. Micron, 7 out of 8. Length 6.5 out of 7. Color, 4 out of 5 possible points. Total fleece score was 79/100!
The alpaca in her class who won first ended up wining the championship for the whole show and had a score of 81/100. Angelica was so close!
2013 Tennessee Waltz Fleece Show: "Fine fleece with great handle and character overall."
Fleece Score Highlights: Fineness/Handle, 18.5 out of 20. Micron, 7 out of 8. Length 6.5 out of 7. Color, 5 out of 5. Staple Type/Density, 4 out of 5 possible points. Total fleece score was 81/100!
2013 Green Mountain Fall Spectacular Fleece Show: Judge Cheryl Gehly commented, "Fine, soft, dense fleece!"
Fleece Score Highlights: Fineness/Handle, 19 out of 20. Micron, 7 out of 8. Color, 5 out of 5. Staple Type/Density, 4 out of 5 possible points. Total fleece score was 81.5/100!
2013 Empire Alpaca Extravaganza Fleece Show: Judge Ursula Munro commented, "Excellent fineness! Bright with good uniformity."
Fleece Score Highlights: Fineness/Handle, 18.5 out of 20 possible points.
For more information or photos please email us at info@islandalpaca.com .
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Sheared off 12.2 pounds of fleece in 2013!
Sheared off over 10.0 pounds of fleece in 2012!
2013 Tennessee Waltz Fleece Show : Judge's Choice - 2+ Year Huacaya White Fleece
2013
Tennessee Waltz Fleece Show
: Reserve Championship -
2+ Year Huacaya White Fleece
2013
Tennessee Waltz Fleece Show
: First Place -
Huacaya 2+ Year White Fleece
ARI#: 30863095
Heritage: Peruvian
Color: Beige
Angelina has beautifully dense fine fleece, an incredible top-knot, a strong body and a terrific future.
Angelina, was awarded her fifth blue ribbon . Angelina, at the Empire Fleece event, topped even MFI Astovine, who took a R. Championship at the AOBA Fleece show! Judge Cheryl R. Gehly commented that it is "Very fine, soft, and uniform" giving it an 18.5 out of 20 possible points for fineness and handle.
Angelina sheared 5-1/2 pounds of fleece at less than one year of age. This was 6% of her body weight at the time of her shearing, and is very impressive when you consider that a typical alpaca shears under 4 percent of fleece in a full year of growth.
With a sweet and gentle disposition, and her good looks, Angelina also has outstanding heritage; Her sire, prestigious 4Peruvian Altiplano , is an import from the Sollocata region of Peru and has produced an amazing number of show winners, Angelina included! (She was not shown prior to this, we could have expected a lot more!)
Her dam, Desni , is considered one of our best foundation females, a devoted mother, which we can expect for Angelina, and is a blue-ribbon winner herself for "Get of Dam" in 2007.
For Angelina's spring breeding 2009, we partnered her with Maple Brook's Angelo (ARI#: 833149). Angelo combines the genetics of two of the most recognized Accoyo herdsires in the country, Caligula and Felix, along with the finest and most notable Allianza male in the country, Hemingway. At 15.9 micron at 8 months of age Angelo held his fineness density handle and coverage, and was awarded the well deserved Championship at the Big E in the Fall of 2003. Angelo's fiber won a blue ribbon, best brightness, champion and JUDGE'S CHOICE at the 2004 Empire Extravaganza.
Angelina gave birth in June, 2010 to a truly gorgeous little boy, Angelito . He carries on his dam and sire's angelic tradition, and has himself ribboned in competitive classes.
ARI#: 30522619
Heritage: Full Peruvian
Color: Medium Fawn
Estrada is a well-balanced male from two top parents. His Sire, Evander does it again with this amazingly dense, fine fleece male with a great handle and luster, extensive coverage and a great body. With his 2012 shearing, Estrada had over 12.6 pounds of fleece sheared off. Amazing!!
Alpaca judge, Wade Gease has said about Estrada, "He is the "complete package". Very nice fleece style and crimp formation throughout. He has kept his fineness/softness." Also, Judge David Barboza has said about Estrada: "His architecture and density is incredible! Spot on!" And Alpaca Fleece Judge, Cheryl Gehly has written: "Wow! Fine with great character! Quite uniform for micron." "Beautiful Fleece: fine, bright, well organized!". Awarding him first place in the competition, and again, after the fleeces third showing at the 2009 Empire Symposium and Fleece Event, she commented again; "Beautiful Fleece: fine, bright, well organized!". Most recent fleece circuit, Estrada's fleece (its fourth showing) took yet another blue at PAOBA show, May, 2009.
To date, Estrada has eight multiple Champ/Reserve Championships , and 27 first-place, blue-ribbon awards. See the details of his show record below, most in very competitive classes!
In 2009, Estrada's Fleece won the reserve Championship
, and took first place
in his class over another amazing alpaca who won the 2008 Futurity Championship that had 54 entries in the class!
Both dam and sire have produced Championship winners so his future is extremely promising indeed.