DMAR Alpaca and Maremma Blog

DMAR Alpaca Show Fleeces are Skirted:

Five show fleeces are now ready to be sent to Estes Park Wool Festival Alpaca Fleece Show today. I have pictures of three of the fleeces:

DMAR Royal Peruvian Princess:

Princess’ skirted fleece weight is 3.2 lbs of glorious crimp, bundles, and luster. Her blanket is fine and extremely dense. Princess has been to four shows and is a 4x Champ with 3 Color Champions and 1 Reserve Color Champion. I am very excited to see how her fleece does in the upcoming shows. This yearling female has not stopped impressing me with her beauty.

DMAR Royal Knight:

RK is full brother to DMAR Royal Peruvian Princess. Just take a look at his fleece shots. RK has very impressive crimp, bundling, and luster on top of being fine and dense. Weight for the skirted blanket is 3.55 lbs. RK has just turned 2 yrs of age in Dec. 2009 and we have begun using him in our breeding program. He has already settled his first female with a cria due in November 2010. We are currently looking for a partner in ownership of this young stud. For more information on either purchasing 1/2 interest or to reserve a breeding Click Here.

DMAR Magnum:

Magnum is another impressive boy out of our Kaitlyn-Rose. To date Kaitlyn has produced 5 offspring. Out of which 4 of them have won in the showring and 2 have gone on to win Reserve Color Champs. Magnum is an offspring of HRAZ Lock & Load and therefore is a grandson to Xanadu’s Presidio. Magnum is a 2x Reserve Color Champ. His blanket speaks for itself. Skirted weight is 3.25lbs. This yearling boy will definitely be part of our breeding program next year.

Unfortunately I didn’t get pictures of DMAR White Russian or DMAR Armani but I can assure you that they were equally impressive.

The first fleece show they will be entered into is the Estes Park Wool Show in Colorado. The last day to mail in fleeces is today and I’m ready.

In the meanwhile one of my newbie customers will be coming over with some blankets to be skirted. I will teach her how to do it and send her blankets off to Estes as well.

2010 SWRAS Results for DMAR:

  DMAR Royal Peruvian Princess: 1st and Color Champion. This is Princess’ 4th championship with 3 of them being Color Champ. The judge, Amy Bliss Miller, said that Princess had a long staple length and a consistent micron that was uniform through her belly and down her legs. She has a nice headstyle and bone strength in the rear legs. She said Princess’ fleece breaks into staples in a lovely way and that she appreciated the soft buttery handle. Between her fleece and strong conformation is what pulled Princess up to the front and won her the championship.

  DMAR Magnum: 2nd Place. Amy Bliss Miller said that Magnum has very long staple length for his frame. He is a handsome male who had a slight edge on brightness. Again she mentioned that Magnum’s fleece was breaking into staples lovely and he is fine.

I want to send Congratulations to my customer, Karen Christian, for winning the knitting contest with the slouchy hat and scarf she made out of DMAR Valentino’s fiber. The prize is $50. I’m thrilled to say that my sweater took 2nd that is made out of DMAR Diego. The prize is $35.

In my opinion the show went smoothly. Tom and I had a great time and are sad it was our last SWRAS show for the foreseeable future. However, we look forward to showing both Princess and Magnum as well as our future show string on the east coast.

2010 TxOLAN Results for DMAR:

DMAR Royal Peruvian Princess: 2nd and Reserve Color Champion. We were really surprised when Princess was pulled up from 2nd place to win reserve color champion. It is very surreal and to me worth so much more than simply winning it from the first place line. Go Princess!

DMAR Magnum: 2nd Place. We were really happy with Magnum’s placing. His class was a total of 10 and Magnum was the youngest in his group. The judge, Ken Hibbits, remarked how pleased he was that we brought Magnum in pasture condition. Ken whispered to Tom that Magnum was really dirty. However, Ken went on to say that even with Magnum being in pasture condition his fleece was really one of the finest of the class. Magnum drew a small crowd to check out his fleece after he came out of the ring. One ranch asked us to keep in touch as she was interested to breeding to Magnum when he was of age. Go Magnum!

DMAR Royal Knight- 1st and Reserve Color Champ at TxOLAN Fleece Show. The judge, Kathy Klay, told me that very few fleeces ever get points in the 80′s, only a couple of fleeces got in the 70′s, and that most fleeces received points in the 60′s. I was very pleased when I saw that RK received 71.5 points. Go RK!

We currently have 1/2 interest of RK for sale at a very reasonable price of $5000 for this 3x Reserve Color Champ. Click Here for more info on RK. Also, RK has recently begun his breeding career. Intro price is $850 on the first 3 bookings only. Contact us to reserve your breeding.

DMAR Armani – 1st Place TxOLAN Fleece Show. Again we were very pleased to see that Armani received 70.5 points out of Judge Kathy Klay. This means a lot to us. Go Armani!

Armani is a 2x Reserve Color Champ and multiple blue ribbon winner. Armani is up for sale at 1/2 interest at $5000.Click Here for more information on Armani. Also, Armani has begun his breeding career. His intro price is $850 for the first 3 bookings only. Contact us to reserve your breeding.

Snowmass Incan Emperor is the sire to DMAR Amani. He is available for stud. For more information on Incan Click Here.

 DMAR White Russian – 1st TxOLAN Fleece Show. Well I couldn’t believe it when I walked into the fleece room on Sunday afternoon to over hear a person complaining that they have been looking for Desert Mountain all day. I wasn’t certain I understand the ranch name correctly, but listened as the person went on to say that she had been to my stall several times and all over the building looking for me. I interrupted her to ask the name of the ranch and she said clearly, ” Desert Mountain.” I told her that was me and she quickly took me over to Ruski’s, nickname for White Russian, and asked how much for his fleece. She claimed it was exquisite and she was wanting to spin it up and make some lace scarves among other items. I gave her a price and she bought it. You go Ruski!

White Russian is a 4x blue ribbon winner and either himself or his fleece has only been entered into 4 shows. This boy is a prize and is currently for sale at a steal of a deal at $4500. Click Here for more information on White Russian.