Apocalypse

Victor's Hemiaccoyo™ Apocalypse (Deceased)

Reference Sire -- Timberland Alpacas

Alpaca , Huacaya , Herdsire (Male) |Proven |Beige

AOA# 839518 | DOB: 9/8/2002

Sire: PPeruvian Victor G4563 (Deceased)

Reference Sire -- Timberland Alpacas

PPeruvian Victor G4563 (Deceased)

Huacaya Herdsire (Male) Medium Fawn

AOA# 123059 Deceased

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| AOA# 123059 | Medium Fawn

Dr. Jeri Booher writes: A tremendous impact was made on the breeding program of TIMBERLAND ALPACAS in 1994 with their acquisition of Pperuvian Accoyo Victor. Victor was the youngest male that arrived in the Peruvian importation of 1994, and in the words of the late Dr. Jim Vickers, had the “most beautiful” fleece and was the only alpaca in tht importation that he ranked as a 4+ in fleece. Victor’s fleece swept the awards in the 1995 AOBA National Fleece Show, garnering awards for Best Growth Huacaya, Most Uniform Huacaya, Best Crimp Huacaya, Spinner’s Choice, and Cottage Industries’ Choice. At the 1997 AOBA National Fleece Show, Victor’s fleece took first place for Adult Fawn Huacaya, and overall Knitter’s Choice Huacaya. In his prime,Victor sheared an incredible 14 ½ pounds per year with over 8 pounds of blanket, and a staple length of over 6 inches. Victor’s offspring, and each subsequent generation, have won innumerable awards in the show ring and in fleece shows, and include many first place and championship awards in colors ranging from white, fawn, brown, to black. The hallmarks of Victor fleece genetics are superior crimp, density, luster, fineness, and excellent staple length along with his ability to transmit all of these qualities in a wide range of colors. Although Victor is no longer with us, the trademark style of the “Victor crimp” continues to be widely known in the North American alpaca industry. Many of his sons are now premier herd sires in their own right. Residing on our ranch and now inheriting the title of “Premier Herd Sires of TIMBERLAND ALPACAS are Victor’s direct sons, Victor’s Hemiaccoyo Apocalypse and Victor’s Hemiaccoyo Grand Finale. Still co-owned by us, but residing at Clayfarm Alpacas is Victor’s Valedar. Other outstanding Victor sons who have also made their mark in North America are Victor’s Hemiaccoyo Americano, Victor’s Vaccoyo, Victor’s Hemiaccoyo Casanova, and Victor’s Hemiaccoyo Aristocrat. In 2012, Victor’s grandsons are also part of the TIMBERLAND ALPACAS Foundation Herd Sires list – Apocalypse’s Hemiaccoyo Coppertop and Ferrari’s Hemiaccoyo Kashmir each have their first 2011 offspring on the ground.

Dam: Hemingway's Maya

| 839518 | White

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Dr. Jeri Booher writes:

Victor’s Hemiaccoyo Apocalypse is a true treasure, which was evident from the day that he hit the ground in 2002. He comes from a line of first place winners at the AOBA National Show. Both of his older siblings have taken home the blue ribbon from AOBA as did Apocalypse at the 2003 National Show. In 2004, his younger brother began his show career by taking first place at the 2004 AWE Regional Show with Julio Sumar giving him a score of 50 out of 50 points for his fleece. At the same show, Apocalypse took a first place in the Beige yearling male class, then a Reserve Championship in the Light Male category. This win gave him back- to-back first place awards at the same show in 2003 and 2004. In 2005, Apocalypse repeated his winning ways at two shows that he entered, with two first places in the mature light male category and a Light Championship and Reserve Light Championship. All of Apocalypse's sister and brothers (Americano, Argonaut, Aristocrat, Mele, Ambassador) have won multiple firsts and championships throughout the years.

Apocalypse was the heaviest shearing yearling male on the ranch in 2004. In a period covering an 11-month growth interval from age nine months to twenty months, his total fleece weight was ten pounds with an average micron count of 17. Upon shearing him in 2003, our shearer dubbed him "Mr Merino" for his amazing fleece. At age six, his total fleece weight was 14.2 pounds. Apocalypse‘s fleece characteristics still holds after many, many shearings.

We retired him from the show ring after 2005 as he was too valuable an asset for the future of our breeding program to continue to take him on the road. As has always been said, “The proof is in the progeny”, and his outstanding offspring have done extraordinarily well in the show ring. The first year of showing his offspring was in 2007. At Level V AWE, three of the five offspring shown won three first places, and one Reserve Championship. In 2008, also at the AWE show, five of seven offspring shown won first places, then two Reserve Championships. A month later, at Level IV CABA, five of five shown won first places, then two Championships (Grey and White) and one Reserve Championship (Brown). He also took a second place in the Get of Sire at this show (second to El Nino whose Get was comprised of three white progeny, while the Apocalypse Get had one white, one beige and one rose grey). In 2009, a medium fawn Apocalypse son, Apocalypse’s Hemiaccoyo Coppertop, won Judges’ Choice in halter. Apocalypse has proven himself as the male that has surpassed both his sire and grandsire in his production of show winning progeny and the quality of fleece on those progeny. Two Apocalypse sons, Coppertop and Sensei, are currently foundation sires at TIMBERLAND.

Updated 9/14/2021