This is 14x CHAMPION and 3x JUDGE’S CHOICE WINNER-ESTATES PASSIONATE FEVER! SOPRIS Alpaca Farm purchased 1/3 interest in him at The Futurity Sale in 2022. We proudly co-own him with Crescent Moon Ranch and Red Granite Ranch.
The following was gleaned from Fever's page published by Alpaca Country Estates.
Fever is the son of Snowmass Pure Passion, an outstanding champion producing stud with 5 GET-OF-SIRE Blue Ribbons, . Snowmass Alpacas said, “Snowmass Pure Passion is the most magnificent Light Fawn Matrix son Snowmass Alpacas has ever produced.” That's a strong statement!
Passionate Fever was a formidable opponent in the show ring. As a juvenile, he won Light Male Color Champion & the Judge's Choice award at the 2019 California Classic. Jude Anderson awarded Fever the Color Championship at the 2019 CABA Classic (out of 17).
In 2019, Passionate Fever was evaluated as an A+ by senior AOA Judge Amanda VandenBosch. "He has excellent substance of bone, balance to frame, fiber coverage, good organization within staple, maintains consistency across fleece, moves to the extremities to neck, good density relative to fineness." Jill Marcellus said, "He’s a very refined looking male, He’s moderately sized, right in the middle there, & that can be very useful in a breeding program. He’s got good balance & proportion, excellent substance of bone, a very typey male with a good strong phenotype. I really like his head style as well. His fleece is very fine & exceptionally uniform in all the fleece traits. I pulled samples from all over the place on him & really there is virtually no difference from mid-side to right into the front shoulder area to over to the hip. That also carried through with the staple type and also the expression of character through the fleece. It’s very uniform right across his body and underneath his belly."
SOPRIS Alpaca Farm was shopping for an impact male, capable of throwing color. Passionate Fever was ultimately our selection. We bred him to a hand full of females in the short time we had him in Western Colorado, and have 6 confirmed pregnancies for 2023.

2021 AOA NATIONALS - HALTER, LIGHT MALE INV

2019 AOA NATIONALS - HALTER, LIGHT FAWN JUVENILE MALE (CLASS OF 7) (JUDGE: AMANDA VANDENBOSCH)

2019 CALIFORNIA CLASSIC - BREEDER'S BEST 3 (JUDGES: KRISTIN BUHRMANN & SARAH JANE MACLENNAN)

2019 CALIFORNIA CLASSIC - HALTER, LIGHT MALE JUVENILE (CLASS OF 4) (JUDGE: KRISTIN BUHRMANN)

2019 ALPACAPALOOZA - HALTER, LIGHT MALE JUVENILE (CLASS OF 9) (JUDGE: JILL MARCELLUS)

2019 THE FUTURITY - HALTER, LIGHT FAWN MALE JUVENILE (CLASS OF 7) (JUDGE: HELEN TESTA)

2019 CABA CLASSIC - HALTER, LIGHT MALE JUVENILE (CLASS OF 7) (JUDGE: JUDE ANDERSON)

2019 GOLD COUNTRY GATHERING - BREEDER'S BEST 3 (JUDGE: AMANDA VANDENBOSCH)

2019 GOLD COUNTRY GATHERING - HALTER, FULL FLEECE LIGHT YEARLING MALE (CLASS OF 6) (JUDGE: AMANDA VANDENBOSCH)

2019 A-OK BLAST OFF - HALTER, FULL FLEECE LIGHT FAWN MALE YEARLING (CLASS OF 3) (JUDGE: KEN HIBBITS)

2020 A-OK BLAST-OFF - BREEDER'S BEST 3 (CLASS OF 3) (JUDGE: KEN HIBBITS)

2020 A-OK BLAST-OFF - HALTER, LIGHT 2-YEAR-OLD MALE (JUDGE: KEN HIBBITS)

2021 TXOLAN BLUEBONNET STAKES - HALTER, LIGHT 2-YEAR-OLD MALE (CLASS OF 2) (JUDGE: WADE GEASE)

2021 TXOLAN SPECTACULAR - HALTER, LIGHT 2-YEAR-OLD MALE (CLASS OF 2) (JUDGE: ARTURO PEÑA)

2021 BUCKEYE - HALTER, BREEDER'S BEST THREE (CLASS OF 2) (JUDGES: AMANDA VANDENBOSCH & SHARON LONER)

2021 BUCKEYE - HALTER, LIGHT 2-YEAR-OLD MALE (CLASS OF 2) (JUDGE: AMANDA VANDENBOSCH)

2021 CABA CLASSIC - HALTER, LIGHT 2-YEAR-OLD MALE (JUDGE: ARTURO PEÑA)

2021 GOLD COUNTRY GATHERING - BREEDERS BEST 3 (CLASS OF 5) (JUDGES: WADE GEASE)

2021GOLD COUNTRY GATHERING - HALTER, LIGHT FAWN MATURE MALE (JUDGE: WADE GEASE) *NO LIGHT MALE COLOR CHAMP CLASS

2021 AWE - HALTER, FULL FLEECE LIGHT FAWN MALE 2-YEAR-OLD (JUDGE: KEVIN O'LEARY)

2022 TXOLAN BLUE BONNET STAKES - HALTER, LIGHT MATURE MALE (JUDGE: DIANA TIMMERMAN)

2022 TXOLAN SPECTACULAR - WALKING FLEECE, LIGHT ADULT (JUDGE: STEPHANIE GLYPTIS)

2022 TXOLAN SPECTACULAR - HALTER, LIGHT MATURE MALE (JUDGE: AMANDA VANDENBOSCH)

2022 CALIFORNIA CLASSIC - WALKING FLEECE (JUDGES: DAVID BARBOZA & KEN HIBBITS)

2022 CALIFORNIA CLASSIC - HALTER, LIGHT FAWN MALE MATURE (JUDGE: LAUREL SHOUVLIN)

2019 ALPACAPALOOZA - HALTER, LIGHT MALE COLOR CHAMPION (CLASS OF 15) (JUDGE: JILL MARCELLUS)

2020 CABO - HALTER, LIGHT MALE COLOR CHAMPION (JUDGE: JILL MARCELLUS)

2020 AOA NATIONALS - HALTER, LIGHT MALE CHAMPION (CLASS OF 21) (JUDGE: JUDE ANDERSON)
2021 TXOLAN SPECTACULAR - HALTER, LIGHT MALE CHAMPION (CLASS OF 25) (JUDGE: ARTURO PEÑA)

2021 AOA NATIONALS - HALTER, LIGHT MALE INVITED CHAMPION (CLASS OF 3) (JUDGE: WADE GEASE)

2022 CALIFORNIA CLASSIC - HALTER, LIGHT MALE COLOR CHAMPION (CLASS OF 14) (JUDGE: LAUREL SHOUVLIN)

2019 CALIFORNIA CLASSIC - HALTER, LIGHT MALE COLOR CHAMPION *AS A JUVIE (CLASS OF 14) (JUDGE: KRISTIN BUHRMANN)

2019 CABA CLASSIC - HALTER, LIGHT MALE COLOR CHAMPION (CLASS OF 17) (JUDGE: JUDE ANDERSON)

2019 GOLD COUNTRY GATHERING - HALTER, LIGHT MALE COLOR CHAMPION (CLASS OF 11) (JUDGE: AMANDA VANDENBOSCH)

2020 A-OK ALPACA BLAST-OFF - HALTER, LIGHT MALE CHAMPION (CLASS OF 8) (JUDGE: KEN HIBBITS)

2021 BUCKEYE - HALTER, LIGHT MALE CHAMPION (CLASS OF 26) (JUDGE: AMANDA VANDENBOSCH)

2021 CABA CLASSIC - HALTER, LIGHT MALE CHAMPION (CLASS OF 9) (JUDGE: ARTURO PEÑA)

2021 AWE - HALTER, LIGHT MALE COLOR CHAMPION (CLASS OF 9) (JUDGE: KEVIN O'LEARY)

2022 TXOLAN SPECTACULAR - HALTER, LIGHT MALE CHAMPION (CLASS OF 22) (JUDGE: AMANDA VANDENBOSCH)

2019 CALIFORNIA CLASSIC - HALTER, MALE JUDGE'S CHOICE (CLASS OF 7) (JUDGES: KRISTIN BUHRMANN & SARAH JANE MACLENNAN)

2019 GOLD COUNTRY GATHERING - HALTER, MALE JUDGE'S CHOICE (CLASS OF 6) (JUDGE: AMANDA VANDENBOSCH)

2020 A-OK BLAST-OFF - HALTER, MALE JUDGE'S CHOICE CHAMPIONSHIP (CLASS OF 12) (JUDGE: KEN HIBBITS)