Adhara - March 2023

Man in the Moon’s Peruvian Adhara

LOVE this Girl! Out of Best of the Best

Alpaca , Huacaya , Bred (Female) |Proven |White

AOA# 35379133 | DOB: 10/16/2020 (5 yrs) | Due Date: 10/15/2026

Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede

AOA Supreme CH w/ CH & JC Offspring!

Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede

Huacaya Herdsire (Male) White

AOA# 35230793 DOB: 6/8/201511 yrs

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Time is running out to purchase a breeding to Ganymede, the 2017 AOA Nat’l Supreme Champion. Color genotype: ee Aa. Can produce black! He's making Champions & Judges Choice offspring!! Extraordinary Offspring: CNTRL Ganymede's Hannah B, has 22 Championships and 4 Judges Choice awards competing as a fawn female -AND- she is the 2021/22 #5 female in the Nation!! AMAF Islamadora, has 22 Championships, including the 2024 AOA National Championship, and received her first Judges Choice award as a yearling in Fall of 2023! StrongShepherd Juno, is a 16x Champion & JC male, and CCNF (arguably the top breeding farm in the country) purchased half-interest in this incredible male to bring different genetics into their herd! …and there are many more!! "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 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. 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 — at 30 months old!! According to Dr. Evans 30 months is the recommended age for skin biopsies and gives the most accurate values. Full report available upon request. While Ganymede’s breeding fee is firm, we can offer attractive discounts on any solely owned herdsire in a multiple breeding package. We also have females available that have already been bred to Ganymede or can be purchased with a future breeding to him. Please give us a call to discuss. Ganymede is Co-Owned with Rancho Inca Alpacas located in Navasota TX

Dam: MMFA Venus Rising

Top 5% EPD! Excellent Offspring!

MMFA Venus Rising

Huacaya Open (Female) White

AOA# 35157700 DOB: 10/16/20178 yrs

Venus Rising - Empire '18 - yeah, we did trim her head right before the show...

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Phenomenal girl...All we can say is Wow! She is better than we could have dreamed! And this cria on board is a repeat breeding, as its full sister is an absolute stunner. UPDATE: Venus spring 2026 cria arrived on 6/18, and this is the first time I’ve been genuinely excited about a male cria in quite some time. He’s so nice, that we’ve decided to breed Venus back to Rigel yet another time, even though I had planned to breed her to a different boy. This time, I need a girl, though! MMFA Venus Rising started her show career at the 2018 Showtacular/ NEAOBA/ Empire, and she walked away with two Reserve Color Championships--one of them in front of a Snowmass female and the other right behind a CCNF female! At the 2019 Heart of Virginia, she walked away with a full Color Championship in front of a beautiful Stillmeadow Farm female. Kevin O'Leary said she is the "total package." Venus is out of one of our top stud females, WP Elite Delilah, who is out of The Elite Maximus. Delilah is maintaining an 18 micron AFD at 5 years old! and while we haven't gotten a recent histogram, her fleece is amazing for her age and the number of crias she's had -- definitely one of the best fleeces on the farm. Venus' sire is none other than Snowmass Legend Rising, a multi-champion white male who garnered 4X Judges Choice awards. The sad news is that he unexpectedly passed in the Fall of 2018--much, much too soon. We had hoped to repeat her breeding. Every single one of Venus' offspring have been extremely nice foundation quality alpacas. We've sold several of them, only to have seller's remorse. We purchased one of them back when we had the opportunity. Her Spring 2025 cria out of Man in the Moon’s Rigel arrived on 6/4/25, and she’s an absolute stunner! We decided to breed her back to Rigel for a 2026 offspring, and have made the tough decision to list Venus on our sales list, as we’ve retained two of her daughters. Note: MMFA offers its best pricing on packages of three or more alpacas. Let us know what you're looking for and we can help you find the right package within your budget.

Service Sire: Irish Meadows' Corteva

9X CH & JC - Reputation Son! Ee Aa

Irish Meadows' Corteva

Huacaya Herdsire (Male) Dark Fawn

AOA# 36121403 DOB: 8/31/20215 yrs

Color Genotype: Ee Aa. He can produce white to black! His first offspring will be arriving this Spring! Corteva has gorgeous crimp, amazing density, marvelous brightness and a luxurious handle with uniformity throughout the blanket. We have great respect for his pedigree. His sire, Irish Meadows' Reputation, is just wow, wow, WOW! Truly an extraordinary male with 26 banners, eight of those were won as a juvenile! As a yearling he went on to win 18 more banners, three of those being Judge's ...

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So...Adhara will be staying in our foundation herd. We sold her as a yearling and we were able to purchase her back as a 2-year-old. We love her fiber qualities and spot-on conformation. Her fleece has developed nicely, and that spot doesn't bother us at all. With that fleece, we have a plan for Adhara! In looking at Adhara's fleece, it's a strong combination of everything good from her parents -- it has beautiful crimp and bundling with an extremely fine micron and wonderful handle. Adhara was shown as a yearling at the 2022 CAC/CAP Show, and she garnered first place in a Halter class of whites, even though she has that rather obvious fawn spot in her blanket, and she took third in a tough Walking Fleece class! I think the Judge was considering Adhara for a RC banner in the halter class, but he just couldn't bring himself to do it because of that spot...it was obvious he liked both her fleece and conformation.

Adhara's very promising as a step towards creating a highly evolved fleece character in a darker fleeced offspring! She'll be able to push color through. She's been bred to Man in the Moon's Rigel, a 5x Champion — see his webpage for more information, and we expect a high probability for a fawn cria of solid color with an absolutely phenomenal fleece! Can’t wait for this cria! UPDATE: Adhara’s cria finally arrived after a 379 day gestation! She didn’t deliver on the color, but she graced us with a beige female cria that looks extremely promising! Stay tuned!

Adhara also showed at the 2021 MAPACA as a Juvie and she definitely got dinged for having the spot in her blanket, but Judge Wade Gease said he kept her in at 4th because of her bright fleece, fineness and her uniformity across the blanket—while mentioning that spot. Despite the spot, we repeated this breeding with hope for another little girl just like Adhara...minus the spot would be a bonus, but we'll take it either way with this high quality fleece! Adhara's full sibling arrived and her name is Carina! We bred their dam, Venus, back to their sire, Ganymede, for yet another full sibling. Can't wait to see him or her in Spring of 2023!…And wow!!! Adhara has a full brother, Centaurus, and he’s just amazing — perhaps the best yet from this pairing of Adhara’s dam and sire! Looking forward to the 2024 full sibling, and she arrived: Astra is her name and she’s stunning!

P.S. Adhara is a star in the constellation Canus Majora

Scientific Data

Date	Details/Notes
06/06/2021	AFD 15.4/SD 3.1/CV 20.0/ CF 100.0%

Awards

2022 Carolina Alpaca Celebration Halter Full Fleece Huacaya White Female Yearling Small Breeder - Judge Arturo Pena

2022 Carolina Alpaca Celebration Walking Fleece Huacaya White Yearling - Judge Beverly Brehm

2021 MAPACA Jubilee Halter Full Fleece Huacaya White Female Juvenile - Judge Wade Gease

Adhara’s Herdsire's Awards - Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede:

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 2019 fleece stats!

Purchase Terms

Standard industry contracts are used. Breeding quality alpacas come with reproductive and live birth guarantees. You may take possession of your alpacas once the down payment is received and the “contract for purchase” signed by both parties. Transfer of ownership with ARI will not occur until full payment is received. Financing is available with 25 - 33% down, with up to 24 monthly payments. Buyer must purchase full mortality insurance for alpaca and offspring, if any, naming Man in the Moon Farm LLC as beneficiary on balance due until paid in full. Breedings include 60 day agistment unless otherwise noted. Special pricing often available for multiple alpaca purchases or multiple breeding purchase. Transportation responsibility of buyer. AUCTION & PACKAGED DEAL OFFERS: These are cash only unless different arrangements are made up front. No other discounts apply unless negotiated otherwise.

Updated 4/18/2026

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