Sutton Farm & Amy's Pride ~ Bucks

BUCKS

+*B Willow Run Ahren Rhett
Purebred French Alpine (A1194777)
2007 LA @ 6 yrs. FS-90 (VEE)
May 2, 2001 ~ August 26, 2008

*B Willow Run Ahren Rhett @ 5 Yrs.
Rhett pictured at 5 years!

SGCH Willow Run Armand Rishona 3*M
Four-Time National Champion
Photo courtesy of Patti Dean

CH Sutton's AR Sabre
(+*B Rhett x GCH Stardust)
Photo courtesy of Corey Peacock

S: +*B Willow Run Caesar Ahren
SS: +*B Willow Run Caesar
SD: GCH Maple-Glen Classic's Ariel 4*M ~ FS-91 (EEEE)

D: SGCH Willow Run Armand Rishona 3*M ~ FS-92 (EEEE)
DS: ++*B Willow Run LA Armand
DD: Hidenvaley-Acres Richelle 2*M

We can't say enough about the tremendous change Rhett has made in our herd in such a short time. His kids are consistently longer, taller, have greater angulation, dairy character, and improved general appearance. His daughters have been phenominal milkers, having smooth fores and high, well-rounded rear attachments. All Rhett's daughters in our herd have gained their stars on one-day tests with the exception of Sunrise, who only missed her star by one tenth of a point. His offspring have done extremely well in the show ring as well. Two of his daughters in our herd, Apache & Dixie Belle, have already finished their championships in the small number of shows we are able to attend each year. All of his milking daughters in our herd have at least one leg toward their championships, including Best in Show wins. A promising Rhett son, CH Sutton's AR Sabre, had attained Best Buck in Show over 80+ bucks at Rutfest for the Autry/Peacock family.

Rhett had the sweetest disposition of any buck we have ever owned, yet being a real character! He loved people and he loved attention. Rhett was tall, upstanding (50 Stature), and long. He had open ribbing, a flat level rump, excellent topline, and a beautiful head and neck that he is passing on to his offspring. We especially like the sharp withers, smooth shoulder assemblies, toplines, and length we are seeing in his offspring. So far, we have seen improvement in udders, particularly in smoothness of fore udder. We realize that we had something very special in this buck and we are very appreciative to Patti Dean and her staff at Willow Run for allowing us to have this buck for our breeding program.

Rhett has been used extensively throughout our herd and we used him heavily again in 2007. Unfortunately, we lost Rhett due to stones in August, however his influence will be felt and remain strong in our herd for many years to come. He is also being used in several top herds through the use of AI.

2008 National Show Winners Sired by Rhett:
2nd Place Senior Yearling - Amy's Pride AR Kassie
9th Place 5&6 Year Old - GCH Amy's Pride AR Dixie Belle 1*M

2008 Young Sire Development Program
Amy's Pride AR Drummer Boy (owned by Angie Peevy)
Amy's Pride Southern Gentleman (owned by Tracy Stampke)

*B Alpine-Valleys Golden Oats
American Alpine (AA1404563)
2007 Young Stock @ 6 mths. Ec (VEcEc)
DOB: March 24, 2007

*B Alpine-Valleys Golden Oats
Oatey pictured at 2 years

Oatey pictured at 3 months

SGCH Alpine-Valleys Honey Oats 1*M
2006 Reserve National Champion
Photo Courtesy of Lloyd & Nora Allen

S: CH *B Pearl Valley Golden Ace ~ FS-92 (EEE)
SS: GCH ++B Mello-Acres Goldenrod ~ FS-91 (EEE)
SD: SGCH Pearl Valley Jayhawk Aroura 7*M ~ FS-93 (EEEE)

D: SGCH Alpine-Valleys Honey Oats 1*M ~ FS-92 (EEEE)
DS: SGCH +*B Alpine-Valleys RHA Ioakim ~ FS-88 (VEE)
DD: Alpine-Valleys Cocoa Puffs

Golden Oats, "Oatey" as he is known in the barn, is the son of the 2006 Reserve National Champion, Honey Oats. Oatey is upstanding, long, level, and has a wide, level rump. We think he will work extremely well on our does and we used him on CH Rebel in 2007 and will repeat that breeding in 2008. Thanks to Lloyd & Nora Allen for sending us this fine, young buck.

2008 National Show Winners Sired by Golden Oats:
12th Place Junior Kid - Amy's Pride GO Kadi
13th Place Intermediate Kid - Amy's Pride GO Cinnamon

The story of how we came to own Oatey.

Maxine and Amy traveled to Indianapolis to watch the Alpine Show and shop for a buck. We arrived the day before the show and walked through the barns, looking at all the beautiful does from all over the country. We stopped by Lloyd & Nora Allen's pens and a beautiful, chamoisee doe caught our eye--it was Honey Oats. We continued our search but nothing impressed us quite the way Honey did. To our amazement, no one had put a deposit on a buck kid for the next spring, so we promptly wrote a check to reserve Honey's first buck. Mr. Allen joked that she probably wouldn't cooperate. but I assured him that she would have a buck for us and a doe for him. As we turned to leave I asked, "You're not going to go up on the price when she's the National Champion, are you?" Mr. Allen replied, "Of course not!" And then, "Do you really think she's that good?" Our reply was, "She's really that good!" The rest is history. Honey Oats went on to be Reserve National Champion the next day and in the spring, she presented him with a doe and a buck for us, *B Alpine-Valleys Golden Oats.

Iron-Rod Rhett Stetson
Purebred French Alpine (A1415338)
2007 Young Stock @ 5 mths. V (VEcV)
DOB: April 27, 2007

Stetson pictured at 2 years

Stetson pictured at 2 months

CH Iron-Rod Sonic Shemise
Photo courtesy of Leslie Sidwell

S: +*B Willow Run Ahren Rhett ~ FS-90 (VEE)
SS: +*B Willow Run Caesar Ahren
SD: SGCH Willow Run Armand Rishona 2*M ~ FS-92 (EEEE)

D: CH Iron-Rod Sonic Shemise ~ FS-91 (EEEE)
DS: ++*B GCH Iron-Rod Supersonic ~ FS-91 (EEE)
DD: CH Sanstorms Super Shyne ~ FS-89 (VEVE)

Thanks to Leslie Sidwell of Iron Rod Alpines, we were able to get this Rhett son out of Shemise, one of the best does on her farm. Stetson looks incredibly similiar to his sire at the same age and when ADGA Planned Pedigrees are run using Stetson, the results are almost identical to those using Rhett. Hopefully, Stetson is the buck who will carry on the Rhett line in our herd for many years to come.

+B GCH Iron-Rod Supersonic

++*B GCH Iron-Rod Supersonic
Photo courtesy of Leslie Sidwell

Iron-Rod Sullivan Advance
Purebred French Alpine (A1415337)
2007 Young Stock @ 6 mths. Ec (EcEcV)
DOB: April 17, 2007

Advance pictured at 2 years

Advance pictured at 2 months

Iron-Rod Tartan's Angelique
Photo courtesy of Leslie Sidwell

S: Iron-Rod JLS Sullivan ~ FS-91 (EEE)
SS: Iron-Rod John L. Sullivan
SD: CH The Iron Rod TH Sigourney ~ FS-91 (VEEE)

D: Iron-Rod Tartan's Angelique ~ FS-90 (EEEV)
DS: CH Iron-Rod The Bold Tartan ~ FS-90 (EEE)
DD: Sanstorms Symphony Amanda

We absolutely love The Bold Tartan line and think he may be the best kept secret in the Alpine world! We plan to use Advance on our Rhett daughters and to intensify The Bold Tartan influence in our herd. Vance is really getting tall and long and should be a BIG boy. We used Vance on most of our 2007 purebred kids and a special mating to GCH Apache and in 2008 he will be used on almost all of our purebred does. Thanks, Leslie for making this fine buck available to us.


                      CH Iron-Rod The Bold Tartan
                                    Photo courtesy of Leslie Sidwell

*B Montage Radical HI Lawman
American Alpine (AA1438522)
DOB: March 1, 2008
**FOR SALE**

S: +*B GCH Cherry Glen Radical Highlight ~ FS-91 (EEE)
SS: ++*B GCH Tempo Aquila Free Radical ~ Sire of Gesture ~ 2006 National Champion
SD: SGCH Cherry Glen T. Holly's Hope 2*M ~ FS-92 (EEEE) ~ 2001 National Champion

D: GCH Pearl Valley Prodig Lovely 5*M ~ FS-93 (EEEE)
DS: +*B Sand Dance SDT Prodigious
DD: SGCH Pearl Valley's Em's Lilac ~ FS-93 (EEEE)

We leased Lawman this fall and will be using him on the majority of our 2008 kids. Lawman is exceptionally correct overall but especially in feet and legs. His front legs are arrow straight with absolutely no turn-out. Toes are tight and he is showing substantial bone. We especially like his depth of body that is carried all the way back into his flank. We anxiously await the arrival of his 2009 kids. They should be something special! Thanks to Angie Peevy for allowing us to use this fine buck.

*REFERENCE BUCKS*

The following bucks are no longer at our farm but have been used for spring kids.

Amy's Pride AR Smokey's Chico
Purebred French Alpine (A1313848)
DOB: March 14, 2004

Amy's Pride AR Smokey's Chico
Chico pictured at 2 years

S: +*B Willow Run Ahren Rhett ~ FS-90 (VEE)
SS: +*B Willow Run Caesar Ahren
SD: SGCH Willow Run Armand Rishona 2*M ~ FS-92 (EEEE)

D: CH Sutton's SD Silver Smoke ~ FS-91 (VEEE)
DS: +*B Sand Dance SS Sun Dancer
DD: CH Sutton's BTS Stardust ~ FS-91 (EEEE)

Chico is wide through the chest and deep-bodied. He is uphill and long with a rump that is level from thurl to thurl with good length. We love the color he passes on to his offspring. Chico also carries Rhett's gentle personality. We used Chico to intensify the Stardust line in our herd and are keeping several of his doe kids. He was bred to Fritzi and Finale before going to the herd of Michael & Stacy Atkinson in South Carolina.

2008 National Show Winner Sired by Chico:
17th Senior Yearling - Amy's Pride SC Emily

Amy's Pride AR Tempe's Magnum
American Alpine (AA1333916)
DOB: March 6, 2004

Amy's Pride AR Tempe's Magnum
Magnum pictured at 1 year

S: +*B Willow Run Ahren Rhett ~ FS-90(VEE)
SS: *B Willow Run Caesar Ahren
SD: SGCH Willow Run Armand Rishona 2*M ~ FS-92 (EEEE)

D: Sutton's CF Tam's Tempe ~ FS-91 (VEEE)
DS: *B Cherry Glen TRI Faith's Fantom
DD: SGCH Sutton's WRA Teriko's Tamara ~ FS-91 (EEEE)

Magnum is a very correct buck with a beautiful head and neck that flows into a strong and level back and rump. His daughters have mammaries with large areas of attachment and high well-rounded escutcheons. He was bred to several does this fall and we are keeping his son, Titan, to use in the herd.

2008 National Show Winner Sired by Magnum:
10th Place 2 Year Old Milker - GCH Amy's Pride MAG Kizi 2*M

*B Cherry Glen Gabriel Maverick
American Alpine (AA1377940)
DOB: March 12, 2006

*B Cherry Glen Gabriel Maverick
Maverick pictured at 1 year

S: CH *B Cherry Glen WRAL Gest Gabriel
SS: GCH ++*B Willow Run Armand Lothario
SD: SGCH Cherry Glen Radical Gesture 3*M ~ FS-92 (EEEE) ~ 2006 National Champion

D: SGCH Cherry Glen Inman Monika 4*M
DS: SGCH *B Cherry Glen Tierro Inman
DD: GCH Cherry Glen Eugene Mallory 3*M ~ FS-92 (EEEE)

Maverick is a Cherry Glen buck with an impressive pedigree! We especially like his correct front end and tight toes. His dam, SGCH Monika, is one of our all-time favorite Cherry Glen doe and having SGCH Gesture (2006 National Champion w/Best Udder) in his immediate pedigree is definately a big plus! Thanks to Diane and Wayne for making this buck available to us.

Amy's Pride MAG Titan
American Alpine (AA1384883)
DOB: March 25, 2006

Titan pictured at 1 year

S: Amy's Pride AR Tempe's Magnum
SS: +*B Willow Run Ahren Rhett ~ FS-90 (VEE)
SD: Sutton's CF Tam's Tempe ~ FS-91 (VEEE)

D: Sutton's STN Tam's Tip 1*M ~ FS-89 (VEEE)
DS: *B Sutton's BTS Saturn
DD: SGCH Sutton's WRA Teriko's Tamara ~ FS-91 (EEEE)

This home-bred buck has the highest percentage of inbreeding on SGCH Tamara of any buck we've raised. Since Tamara is now retired, we decided we needed to keep Titan to use in our herd. We love his long bone pattern with tremendous substance of bone, strong pasterns, angulation, and width between the hocks. He has the levelness and width of rump that we so admire in Tamara. He will be used in our herd much more in the future.

For more information on any of our animals, please feel free to CONTACT US!!

Frank, Maxine & John Sutton
Amy Sutton
P.O. Box 21 ~ 125 Sewell Rd.
Taylorsville, GA 30178
Ph. 770 684-5600
suttonalpines@yahoo.com

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