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Stonewall's
Apocalypse Now ++*S |
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In 2008 Paco became one of
the few ++*S bucks! Thanks to all of the owners of his progeny that
contributed to this accomplishment!!
Paco sired the first kids
born here. When Judy Veale offered him to me I jumped at the chance
to give him a home. Paco produces beautiful general appearance,
improved capacity and attachments, excellent feet and legs, and
sweet, gentle, milkable temperments. His offspring all have a characteristic
elegant, uphill profile with very high withers. He has two MCH daughters:
MCH Old Mountain
Farm Dubonnet, bred by Cheryle Moore-Smith, and our own MCH
Dragonfly Calliope *D E. A third daughter, the beautiful Fairlea
Ariel, has three GCH legs but only received two, because of
missing tattoos. Paco is also the sire of the stunning ARMCH
Rosasharn's Tiger L *S E (4xRGCH, 3xGCH Buck). Paco had three
daughters earn their stars in a one-day milk test in 2004; two of
them had scores that put them in the top ten of one-day test scores
for the breed that year. As a result, not only did Paco earn his
+S, but his famous sire, Raising Arizona, now has his second plus
as well. His daughter Fairlea
Troy was GCH Junior Doe under judge Jeff Klein at the ANDDA
Nigerian Dwarf Specialty at the 2005 AGS National Convention, and
Paco also won his fourth Best
Get of Sire award at the same show. After yet another Get of
Sire win at our last show of the 2005 season, we were pleased to
learn that Paco had won the 2005 Tom Thumb award, sponsored by Has
It All Farm, for the most Get of Sire wins in a show season. He
had yet another daughter, Fairlea Florence, win her junior leg at
that same show.
It is fairly plain at this
point that Paco is firing blanks, as it were, and barring a miracle,
there will be no more naturally sired tots about. We
do have some semen frozen and at some point in the future, he may
yet sire some more kids. For now, he lives with the does, and goes
around all day with a very satisfied expression on his face.
Show record: 10 x
1st, 3 x 2nd place Get of Sire, 2005 Tom Thumb Award Winner, 1 x
RJrCH Buck
extended
pedigree
photo courtesy
of Cheryle Moore-Smith
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PromisedLand
Incredible Hunk *S |
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Hunk
is a perfect gentleman, and has a certain aromatic savoir faire.
. .though he stays cleaner than any buck I have ever had--I don't
know how he does it. While he is no substitute for our favorite
but sadly infertile guy, Paco, he is both a Raising Arizona grandson,
and a Luck of the Draw son, which is very nice indeed--in fact,
he has four of the most illustrious names in the breed as his grandparents.
He has already proven that he can produce lovely
daughters, one of whom, Cloverdale's
IH Cafe Latte, owned by Diane Davis-George of Mini
Inspirations Farm, has already won an ADGA GCH and an AGS Best
Udder in show as a first freshener. And I know everyone always
says this, but--he really is much more level than he looks in this
photo! Hunk is oversized (24") but he did receive an excellent
score in an unofficial classification session. His kids here have
universally had notable length of body, neck and bone pattern, levelness
of topline, tight shoulders and elbows, and wide open escutcheons.
We have retained his daughters Merlin,
Electra, Celestial,
and Echo, as well as Best Junior
Doe in Show winner Peregrine.
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MCH
Twin Creeks BW Giacomo Puccini *S 'E' 90.4 |
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12/14/03 |
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23
1/4" at 2 years |
Born
12/14/03; pictured 8/05. Giacomo represents a close linebreeding
on Twink's Pixie: he is by a grandson and out of a daughter. He
himself is lovely to look at and a joy to handle; he is the only
goat I have ever had who actually seems to enjoy being clipped
for shows, and happily struts his stuff once he gets in the ring.
His kids consistently inherit his long, uphill profile, beautiful
feet and legs, amazing width between the hocks, wide open escutcheons,
and nice hind end angulation--we have retained his daughters Deirdre
(1 x GCH Jr, 4 x RGCH Jr), and Intaglio,
and a grandaughter, Merlin (1 x GCH Jr, 3 x BOB). His daughter
Fairlea
Tosca, out of MCH Fairlea Heidi *D, was also a junior champion,
and her littermate Fairlea
Hamlet *S classified E as a two year old. Giacomo won his
first MCH leg as a yearling over more than 30 other bucks, and
Best of Breed over a two-time Reserve National Champion. Thank
you, Kellye!
Show
record: 12 x 1st place, 6 x Jr Ch Buck, 3 x GCH Buck, 3 x Best
of Breed, 6 x RGCH Buck
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Flat
Rocks Diamond Rio 'E' 90.2 |
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Flat Rocks Holy Terror (Flat Rocks Ziggy x Willow Creek Holy Smoke) |
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3/19/04 |
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21"
at 2 years |
(Left
photo by Declan Dean.) Rio is our oldest polled buck, and we are
very lucky to have him. His dam has a waiting list that she is
unlikely to ever completely fill, and his sire is the late, incomparable
Gem. He is a tiny fellow, but extremely well put together (check
out that escutcheon) with especially tight shoulders and elbows,
terrific skin and ribs, and strong feet with tight toes. It was
immediately evident that he would consistently improve feet and
legs, producing unusually short, strong, upright pasterns on long,
level elegant daughters. What we now know is that all of his daughters
to date have nearly identical beautifully shaped and attached
udders--in that respect, I would say he is our most consistent
buck.
We
have retained his daughters Harlequin,
Atalanta (Jr GCH at less
than 3 months), Danu, Gaia,
and Yuki, and we are also very impressed with Ocean
Spray Sea Breeze, bred by Lisa O'Connor and owned by Mandi
Babcock, and Fairlea
Christie (Rio x ARMCH Fairlea
Heidi *D E), bred and owned by Bonnie Chandler. I was so impressed
with Christie that I begged Bonnie to sell me her younger full
sister, coming soon.
Show
record: 1 x 1st place, 1 x GCH Buck, 1 x Sire and Son (with Fairlea
Fletcher Christian)
Reserve
All-American Buck, 2 years to under 3, 2006
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MCH/CH
Dawnland Tabby's Halifax 'E' 90.0 |
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6/29/04 |
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21
1/8 at 3 years |
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2007, 2009 VEE 88 |
I am
thrilled to have this beautiful buck standing here. Halifax scored
an amazing 2.9 out of 3 in the Style/Upstandingness category in
his AGS Classification; one look at his photo and you can understand
why. He is a beautiful balance of elegance and power. He already
has several fresh daughters with lovely mammary systems, and most
of his offspring have improved general appearance and dairy character
over their dams. Hal is now a permanent champion in both AGS and
ADGA, having gone 3 times Best of Breed from
the AOP class over standard breed bucks, including a multiple
Best Buck in Show-winning Toggenburg.
Show
record: 1 x Jr CH Buck, 3 x RGCH Buck, 2 x GCH Buck (one leg lost),
1 x Sire and Son (with sire Water Tabby); 3 x GCH buck, 3 x BOB
(ADGA, judges Pete Snyder, Lynn Fleming, and Lynn Benedict, May,
2009)
Reserve
All-American Buck, 2 years to under 3, 2006
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(Photo
by D. Gotthardt.)The birth of this buck really was a miracle--his
14 year old sire was supposed to be sterile, and his elderly dam
had been retired from breeding. However, grandma and grampa had
other ideas. Both parents are a tribute to longevity in the breed.
I really like the elegance of this buck, though he does persist
in adopting the typical butt-tucked, stubborn buck position in
the show ring.
Show
Record : 1 x RGCH (ADGA, judge Pete Snyder, May 2009)
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Flat
Rocks Pirate Treasure |
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Well,
we love Rio so much that when the opportunity came to buy a second
polled Gem son, I could not say no. It was even harder to resist
given that the gorgeous dam of this buck is littermate sister
of Buried Treasure, the sire of our beautiful Here For The Party.
Pirate's breeder, Sunni, has this to say about him: "This
boy is has perfect feet and legs, lots of dairy character. He
also represents an extrememly successful cross for us, that of
two of our Surprise sons, Flash and Gem. This cross has consistantly
produced our top udders. I really can't say enough about this
buck. He really has it all, genetics, structure, and personality."
To this I would add that he has a nice temperment, but does not
like to pose. Nope. He actually corrugated his entire hide in
his pique--those ripples are not a photo artifact. Pirate is currently
on lease at Kyeema Ridge Farm.
Show
Record :
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Dragonfly
TA Lancelot du Lac |
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(Photo
by Declan, 9/07) Well, we made the horrible mistake of never keeping
a son of Apocalypse Now, and we do not intend to repeat that error
with another Raising Arizona son. This son of Turner Ashby has
a lot of presence and is a love besides. Although he is an outcross,
we hope it is a synergistic combination, and we have been crossing
him back to both our Flat Rocks and Raising Arizona bred girls
with great success. We have retained a beautiful
daughter out of our lovely Pacifica. As a yearling, he already
shows a very strong resemblance to his sire,
who held up well into his later years, classifying E and receiving
a GCH leg at the age of 8. Like his sire he is a big boy, having
gone at least slightly overheight at the age of 3 years.
Show
Record : 5 x 1st, 1 x RGCH Jr Buck
Reserve
All-American Junior Buck, 2006
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Doe-Sy-Doe
TA L'il Turner LT |
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I
am so thrilled to have this beautiful buck here--many thanks to
Heather Marciello for parting with him! He is a gorgeous red,
with a pedigree that anyone would love. LT, full brother to our
Appomattox, is tightly linebred on Raising Arizona (his pedigree
consists mainly of Arizona's littermate sister and three of his
sons), with all of his immediate ancestors being outstanding individuals
as well--I just could not ask for more.
LT's littermate, Appomattox
(Photo by Bonnie Chandler), whom we also own, is currently
on lease with Beth and John Allen at Top Hat Farm in New Jersey.
Show
Record : not yet shown
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(Photo
courtesy of Karen Elliot) Loki is our back-up Turner Ashby son--he
has a lot of presence, almost pure old Stonewall breeding, and
as his co-owner says, a very swishy striped beard! His dam earned
her E classification score and her first GCh Senior doe award
as a 2 year old 2nd freshener, and several more awards as a 3rd
freshener. His littermate sister won GCH and RGCH junior doe as
a yearling. Loki is co-owned and currently residing with my good
friend Karen Elliot at Black
Duck Farm.
Show
Record : not yet shown
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(Photo by Dennis
Whitlock) I was so pleased with this lovely polled buck when I
got all the hair off him--he is strong in several areas that our
breed really needs, particularly his wide, flat, level rump, tight
shoulders and elbows, nice rear angulation, great length of body,
and general openness. What's even more remarkable about him is
his pedigree, which largely consists of the great Flat Rocks Gem
(75%)--pretty near as close as we could get to having the grand
old man standing here himself. Tuan's dam, My Shadow (who is also
the dam of our Flat Rocks Penumbra) has the highest, most open
escutcheon I have ever personally seen on a goat. Looking forward
to a nice collection of kids from Tuan in 2010.
Show
Record :
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Caesar's
Villa BB Rebel Yell *S |
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DOB
5/2/07 |
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by Lorene Toth) |
Well,
I really did not need another buck, but I could not pass this
boy up. I have really wanted to bring in someone who embodies
the Stonewall's Midnight Cowboy/Goodwood Mindy cross, but I felt
that I was at my limit--so when my good friend Lorene Toth at
Sunnydale Farm asked
me where she should look for a great buck, I told her to buy what
I thought I had the willpower not to--something linebred on Stetson.
She contacted Sharon McCarty, and the result was twin bucklings--both
of whom ended up with Lorene. The fact that one of them is now
here is a gift beyond price. Rebel can trace his descent from
royal dam lines, being the son of a Reserve AGS National Champion
Stetson daughter (Suthrn, 2003; she was also 8 x BU and 8 x BOB)
and the grandson of a National Champion Stetson daughter(Bridget,
2004) Both Suthrn and Bridget have prodigious milk records as
well: in 2004 Suthrn milked 2.11 21 1/8 305 1057 67 6.3 45 4.3,
and Bridget milked 5.0 21 1/8 302 1049 73 7.0 43 4.6, for
an average of 3.5 lbs of milk per day over a 305 day lactation
for each. Those records earned them both spots on the AGS Top
Ten list for 305 day test that year--Suthrn in 5th place for milk,
6th for protein and 7th for butterfat, and Bridget in 6th place
for milk, and 4th for both protein and butterfat. And for icing
on the cake, yes, that is a big lovely moonspot in the middle
of his back. Thank you so much, Sharon McCarty, for breeding this
beautiful boy and his brother Southern Comfort, and words cannot
express my thanks to Lorene for offering me the "other brother"!!
Show
Record : not yet shown
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I
have been wanting to bring some of Paco's genes back into the
herd through his son Tiger L, and so in the fall of 2007 I bred
Calliope to the lovely Rosasharn TL U'gene. I was so impressed
with the kids from that breeding that I could not resist when
Anne offered me this full brother. He
is just lovely in every way, and has the nice bonus of being related
to yet another doe I admire, Rosasharn's Baby Usa 2*D, one of
the few Alamo Messenger daughters who ever lived outside of the
Goodwood herd, along with such other notables as Goodwood Mindy,
matriarch of the Caesar's Villa herd, and Flat Rocks Surprise,
who is the cornerstone of the Flat Rocks breeding program, and
upon whom a large part of our herd is based.Thanks
to Anne and Margiana for this opportunity!! His dam, ARMCH
R. Uni 3*D E (LA 90 EEEV) held the number one spot on the
AGS Top Ten list for Nigerian milk production from 2003-2006,
and still holds the record for the highest lifetime production.
His female full siblings (Unagi, Ulani, and Uridice (at Rosasharn
Farm)), and Ukelele
(at Little Tot's Estate) are beautiful and accomplished in the
show ring and the milk parlor. Also, check out his gorgeous nieces,
Beeauty and Witch
Hazel, sired by his brother Unreggretable. He has almost more
credentials than I can list. We have retained 2009 daughters from
several of our best does (Tiger's L'ily, SheezAllThat, Pacifica,
and THREE from Ariadne) and hope to see at least one of them in
milk in 2010.
Show
Record : not yet shown
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Dragonfly
USH Dante's Inferno |
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In
a continuation of my efforts to bring Paco's genes back into the
herd, I chose to retain this kid heavily linebred on Paco's well
known son Tiger L. He is a little pistol, and I really need to
get a new photo--he is a very impressive young buck, who should
have kids on the ground in the sunner of 2010, if all goes well.
Dante has a full brother standing at J-Nels in North Carolina,
and a sister in our herd as well as one at Sunnydale Farm.
Show
Record : not yet shown
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