EIGHT TIME CHAMPION--all in halter in full fleece! Marathon has ended his show career on the top as one of the best colored full Accoyos in this country. He exhibits incredible fleece with high amplitude, well-bundled, long staple length fiber.
Marathon truly has fiber-to-be-seen...and felt. His extremely bright, soft fleece has an outstanding hand that has impressed people across the nation! To describe his fleece as "new generation" or "elite" is definitely in keeping with its qualities.
Marathon has proven himself to be a great breeding male. As his cria start to arrive and be shown (with good success), we are amazed at the variety of colors he is producing from a wide range in maternal colors.
Marathon's variety of colors includes true black and grey. We now have three grey cria, including a grey male (full Peruvian, 1/2 Accoyo)born 3/21/2010 (from a Nic Nac daughter), a grey female born 5/16/2010 (from a Patagonia Kaspa daughter), and a rose grey female born 5/14/2010 (from a Snowmass Casanova daughter)--all three have grey dams! Those three grey dams are the first greys Marathon has bred giving him 100% grey cria from grey dams! Marathon has now produced 12 out of 13 grey cria born to grey moms on our farm as of May, 2013.
Marathon is co-owned by Irish Meadow Alpacas and The Alpaca Group, NW.
Awards Received
1st Place Medium Fawn Juvenile Male--The Futurity, 2007.
Reserve Color Champion--The Futurity, 2007
1st Place Medium Fawn Juvenile Male--Alpaca Western Extravaganza, 2007
Fawn Color Champion--Alpaca Western Extravaganza, 2007
1st Place Fawn Juvenile Male--International Alpaca Odyssey, 2007
Reserve Color Champion--International Alpaca Odyssey, 2007
1st Place Medium Fawn Juvenile Male--MAPACA, 2007
Reserve Champion Fawn Male--MAPACA, 2007
Reserve Champion Fawn Male--OABA, 2007
1st Place Medium Fawn Yearling Male--Spring Bling, 2008
Color Champion Fawn Male--Spring Bling, 2008
1st Place Medium Fawn Yearling Male--Minnesota Alpaca