Man in the Moon Farm LLC

4xJC - AOA National Supreme Champion!

Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede

ARI# 35230793   D.O.B. 6/8/2015 (5 yrs)

Huacaya, Herdsire (Male), Proven | White

Full Peruvian

Sire: 2AF Peruvian Zeus 

| ARI# 32218312  | Medium Fawn |

Dam: Fortunato's Ali-Accoyo Bianca 

Fortunato's Ali-Accoyo Bianca

Making Another Nat'l Supreme Champion!

ARI# 31570336 D.O.B. 11/2/2011 Huacaya, Female, Proven White Full Peruvian

Bianca’s Summer 2021 cria will be a full sibling to Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede, a 4X Judges Choice AND the 2017 AOA National Supreme Color Champion (Huacaya Light Male)! For obvious reasons, Bianca will remain in our foundation herd. She's been bred to 2AF Peruvian Zeus, who is the sire of GANYMEDE, for a Summer 2021 cria (ultrasound positive on 10/14/20). We're hoping for a stud female! As always, we probably aren't willing to part with Bianca, but her cria, and unborn crias, are for ...

| ARI# 31570336  | White 

The Championships of his offspring are beginning to add up - including a 2x Judges Choice (fawn) female! See who's winning under the Awards section below. With relatively few offspring, we're seeing a lot of very positive results! Note: Auction price is for drive by. Agistment can be added...give us a call to arrange.

"This male shows extremely strong fiber traits that should be passed to his offspring...Bred to top notch females, you should expect many champions." -- Comments from Dr. Norm Evans' biopsy report

He is the 2017 AOA National Light Male Supreme Champion! 16X consecutive Banners including 4X Judge's Choice! We are thrilled, humbled, and honored to have this magnificent young male...You've just got to see his fleece -- it's the same ALL over!

A Banner for every show he attended in the 2016/2017 show season! Ganymede has an advanced elite fleece, indeed, and a gorgeous, boxy conformation! Judges called it early on...and he has achieved top honors at the 2017 AOA National Show as the Supreme Champion Light Huacaya Male, including the White Invited Male Color Championship, bringing his total to 12X Banners and 4X Judges Choice awards (PAOBA, CABO, TxOLAN, Nationals)...Ganymede has an amazing fleece with an unbelievable structure and density. He exhibits a tight little zipper crimp with extreme uniformity, matchstick bundling, brightness and fineness across his fleece...the character lasting well down into his legs and belly. This is what the Judges have said:

"his fleece is the same from skin to tip, back to front, all over..."
...he is "the same...all over." This is exactly what you want to hear.

"clear winner" in the light Color Championship at the tough 2016 NEAOBA and at 2016 Empire -- beating out offspring of some of the most venerated herdsires in the country.

"really well balanced and showy male, with overall stature and conformation, correct in his movement, with lovely density, good expression of character throughout, lovely exhibition of overall crimp style and consistency."

SKIN BIOPSY was performed at 30 months of age by Dr. Norm Evans in December 2017. Of note, his 15x scan shows large fiber clusters uniform in shape and placement within his connective tissue. This uniformity trait likely came from his dam. His scan shows only 4 guard type hairs from the 6800+ fibers in his 10 MM tissue punch. His true density is 86.75 follicles per SQ MM of skin. He shows a level 2 of 4 gland structure, with an average S/P ratio of 14.1 to 1, and only 11% of his secondary fibers are medullated which is rare since the average is near 60%. His 250x scan shows the presence of many round secondary fibers, and one hundred typical secondary fibers averaged 17.8 microns.

Ganymede is Co-Owned with Rancho Inca Alpacas located in Navasota TX

Awards

Offspring Championships:

2x Judges Choice Female - CNTRL Ganymede’s Hannah B

Fawn Female Halter - Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ayla

2x Light Walking Fleece - CNTRL Ganymede’s Hannah B

& 2X Light Female Halter - CNTRL Ganymede's Hannah B

White Male Halter - Man in the Moon's Peruvian Cosmos

Light Walking Fleece - Gypsy Willow of Funky Fleece Farm

Light Walking Fleece - Caelum's Storm Trooper

2x Light Walking Fleece - Ridge Valley Callista of Ganymede

First Place Halter - Numerous

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Ganymede's Awards:

2017 AOA NATIONAL LIGHT MALE SUPREME CHAMPION - Judges Amanda VandenBosh, Jill MacLeod & David Barboza

2017 AOA National Invited Color Champion + First Place, White Male - Judges Amanda VandenBosh & Jill MacLeod

Judge's Choice 2017 Carolina Alpaca Celebration - Judges Diana Timmerman & Amanda VandenBosh

Judge's Choice 2017 TxOLAN Spectacular - Judges Amanda Vandenbosh & Kathy Klay

Best Bred & Owned + 1st Place 2017 PAOBA Breeders Showcase males - Judge Jude Anderson + Robin Nasseman

Judge's Choice 2016 PAOBA Breeders Showcase - Judges Jill MacLeod & Diana Timmerman

Color Champion + 1st Place 2017 Royal Alpaca Challenge - ,white yearling male - Judge Kristin Buhrmann

Color Champion + 1st Place 2017 Carolina Alpaca Celebration - white male - Judge Diana Timmerman

Color Champion + 1st Place 2017 TxOLAN Spectacular - white male - Judge Amanda VandenBosh

Color Champion + 1st Place 2016 PAOBA Breeders Showcase - white male - Judge Jill MacLeod

Color Champion + 1st Place 2016 VAOBA Expo - white male - Judge Diana Timmerman

Color Champion + 1st Place 2016 Empire Extravaganza - light males + beige yearling male - Judge Helen Testa

Color Champion + 1st Place 2016 NEAOBA Fall Spectacular - light males + beige yearling male - Judge Jude Anderson

Color Champion + 1st Place 2016 Heart of Virginia - white male - Judge Wade Gease

Reserve Champion + 2nd Place 2016 Royal Alpaca Challenge - white male yearling - Judge Sara Jane McClellan

1st Place 2016 AOA Nationals - beige juvenile male Level V - 1 of 12 - Judge Kristin Buhrmann

3rd Place 2016 Carolina Alpaca Celebration - white juvenile male Level IV (his 1/2 brother took 1st) - 3 of 9 - Judge Amanda VandenBoch

3rd Place 2016 Southern Select - white juvenile male - 3 of 10 - Judge Kristen Berman

Ganymede is an incredible package and he was very competitive in the most difficult Spring 2016 white juvie male class despite his late shearing. Each time he's shown, he's gotten the attention of the judge. He is one that pops out in the crowd...upon close examination, he has it all -- extreme uniformity, brightness, fineness, density, etc. carrying down into his belly, legs, head.

In his 3rd place wins, both judges were thrilled with his fleece character and uniformity, as well as his outstanding conformation (very typey overall), and stated that the males above him had slightly finer micron; however, Ganymede's genetics put him on a trajectory of LASTING FINENESS, as evidenced by his 2016 fleece stats!

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Offspring

Uniformity, Length & Genetics! Elite Orion of Man in the Moon ARI# 35379157   D.O.B. 5/14/2019 (2 yrs) Huacaya, Jr. Herdsire (Male)| Light Fawn, Full Peruvian Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: WP Elite Delilah Orion is a really sweet guy in so many ways. He’s a hit with visitors here on our farm. He’s an appropriately social male perfect for your agritourism... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Sold

SOLD - Thanks Funky Fleece Farm! Ganymede's Ankaa of MMFA ARI# 35157649   D.O.B. 7/8/2018 (2 yrs) Huacaya, Female| White, 3/4 Peruvian, 1/4 Chilean Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: Lennox's Mira Ceti of MMFA Info and photos coming soon...a beautiful little white girl who came at the tail end of a huge heat wave...about 4 weeks early. By 4 weeks old, she ti... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Sold

Breeding to Futurity JC Zagato's Zumba! Ganymede's Dark Star of MMFA ARI# 35157601   D.O.B. 8/30/2018 (2 yrs) Huacaya, Female| Dark Fawn, Full Peruvian Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: ELK Royal Caramela Dark Star is breeding to Alpaca Palace Zagato's Zumba! He is the 2019 Futurity Fawn Male Champion & Futurity Judges Choice - a highly decorated multi-... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA

Good Stock - Full Sister is a Champion! Man in the Moon's Peruvian Aries D.O.B. 10/3/2020 (Under 1 yr) Huacaya, Male| White, Full Peruvian Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: TWF Peruvian Sarafina Aries is a very sweet and pleasing young male and he's already well grown for his age. Due to his size and maturity, he was able to be weaned well bef... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Sweet Young Male!

Woot! 2020 Color Champ 1st Show!!! Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ayla ARI# 35379041   D.O.B. 10/23/2019 (1 yr) Huacaya, Female| Light Fawn, Full Peruvian Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: TWF Peruvian Sarafina Thank you, Meadowgate Alpacas! Woot Woot! Love this Little Girl! We had consigned Ayla to the Parade of Champions Auction, but COVID interrupted that ... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Sold

Consigned to POC Auction - Lot 24 Man in the Moon's Peruvian Cosmos ARI# 35379102   D.O.B. 5/11/2020 (1 yr) Huacaya, Jr. Herdsire (Male)| White, Full Peruvian, Unproven Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: Stillmeadow Farm Bella's Dream Yeah, so he's not really for sale right now (the reserve on this guy is extremely high) because this superlative male is consigned to the 2021 Parade ... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Consigned to POC Auction!

Beautiful Cria out of Best of the Best! Man in the Moon’s Peruvian Adhara ARI#    D.O.B. 10/16/2020 (Under 1 yr) Huacaya, Female| White, Full Peruvian Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: MMFA Venus Rising Oh, my! This girl's going to be amazing!...All one must do is look at her dam and her sire to know she'll be something special too. In looking at Adha... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Price: $5,000 Both Parents Multi-Champs

Pretty Juvie Female! TY Sarah Morgan! MMFA Cassiopeia ARI# 35379195   D.O.B. 5/15/2019 (2 yrs) Huacaya, Female| White, 7/8 Peruvian, 1/8 Chilean Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: Estates Keltic Lass Pretty little girl! We can tell already that she'll inherit the perfect and strong conformation of her parents, and we doubt she'll be a little girl a... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Sold

Loro Piana g'dtr x GANYMEDE! 2X Blue MMFA Celestial Moonlight ARI# 35379119   D.O.B. 5/19/2020 (Under 1 yr) Huacaya, Female| White Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: Snowmass Loro Lilly "Celeste" brought home 2X Blue Ribbons at the 2020 VAOBA Expo and the 2020 VAOBA Fall Derby halter classes at just over 6 months old. She has a very n... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Price: $5,000 Blue Ribbon Winner!

7 months old - Look at Her Fleece! MMFA Ganymede's Arielle ARI# 35379171   D.O.B. 6/1/2020 (Under 1 yr) Huacaya, Female| White, Full Peruvian Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: WP Elite Delilah Congratulations to Gia and Jim Barger for their purchase of our beautiful Arielle! Gosh, I hated to part with her...already had plans for her 2022 bre... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Sold

Out of Clash's Dixie Girl & GANYMEDE MMFA Ganymede's Astra ARI# 35379164   D.O.B. 5/31/2020 (Under 1 yr) Huacaya, Female| Medium Brown, 7/8 Peruvian, 1/8 Chilean Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: ELK Clash's Dixie Girl Thank You, Heidi & Joshua of Ever After Alpaca Farm!! Beautiful cria that was nursing before she could even stand! Strong & healthy with a fine, curl... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Sold

SALE PENDING! MMFA Ganymede's Elara ARI# 35379027   D.O.B. 10/13/2018 (2 yrs) Huacaya, Female| Medium Fawn, Full Peruvian Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: TWF Peruvian Sarafina From day 1; we called Elara a "keeper!" We thought long and hard about listing her for sale. Elara's full sister, Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ayla (SOL... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA SALE PENDING

One to Watch for Sure! SOLD MMFA Ganymede's Summer Moon ARI# 35157663   D.O.B. 9/6/2018 (2 yrs) Huacaya, Female| White, Full Peruvian, Unproven Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: SA Peruvian Alivia Congrats to Amanda, Trae & Ady! What a sweet and lovely girl! First impressions are that this little white female is going to be amazing! Strong bone,... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Sold

Stillmeadow Zahra Bella X GANYMEDE MMFA Ganymede’s Cyllene ARI# 35379096   D.O.B. 6/3/2020 (Under 1 yr) Huacaya, Female| Beige, Full Peruvian Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: Stillmeadow Farm Zahra Bella Beautiful girl, incredible genetics! Cyllene has extreme fineness with density, and a very nice crimp style that's bundling into little matchsticks. S... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Keeper! NFS at this time

Just Beautiful! MMFA Ganymede’s Peruvian Maia ARI# 35379089   D.O.B. 10/28/2020 (Under 1 yr) Huacaya, Female| White, Full Peruvian Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: Heather's Acre White Diamond Maia is the first offspring of her dam, Diamond, and her sire is the 15X Banner winning, AOA National Supreme Champion, Man in the Moon's Peruvian Gan... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Price: $5,000

SM XXXtreme dam X Ganymede MMFA Halley's Comet ARI# 35379065   D.O.B. 11/1/2019 (1 yr) Huacaya, Female| White, Full Peruvian Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: XXXtreme's Daphne Thank you, Shelley & Ken Devault! This is a great selection for your foundation herd! Can already feel the density and curls on this sweet little g... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Sold

Looking for Extreme Fineness? This Girl. MMFA Peruvian Calypso ARI# 35379058   D.O.B. 10/16/2019 (1 yr) Huacaya, Female| Medium Brown, Full Peruvian Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: ELK Royal Caramela Thank you, Shelley & Ken! She's a beautiful girl! Yep. Fine, fine, fine. In medium brown with black points! Oh, wow does her fleece feel good! This li... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Sold

Modern Rose Grey out of GANYMEDE! MMFA Proxima Centauri ARI# 35379072   D.O.B. 4/6/2020 (1 yr) Huacaya, Female| Medium Rose Grey, 3/4 Peruvian, 1/4 Chilean Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede Dam: Lennox's Mira Ceti of MMFA Thank you, Shelley & Ken DeVault! I'm glad we get to keep her until she's weaned. So excited that Ganymede has produced grey! This is not just any gre... Man in the Moon Farm LLC - NEW CASTLE, VA Sold