Proven Herdsire
APS Lightning and Thunder
SuriHerdsire (Male)Light Silver Grey
AOA# 1358261DOB: 8/27/200717 yrs
Lightning and Thunder is a prime example of the perfect mix of national origins. He has strength and character of lock from his Peruvian ancestors and amazing luster from the Chilean and Bolivian. Thunder is a surprising silver grey with tight pencil locks out of a beige dam. He placed first in his first time out and has amazing presence. When first born, it was thought he was fawn, but very soon the silver lining appeared. The grey might have been expected, as he has true black on both sides of his pedigree as well as both white and fawn. He echoes the grey freckles of his dam, and he has some brown spots. LT has remarkable lock definition and density, a gift from his sire.
Sire Coming Tornado, 50% Chilean and 50% Peruvian, is the Medium Brown Color Champion son of the great Diablo R809924. Diablo, True Black, is a striking and gorgeous male with huge presence. He catches everyone's attention. It is hard to beat his luster, density, and handle on any alpaca let alone a black! And he is a True Black, not tipped brown. His cria look amazing: maroons, greys, blacks and browns! Coming Tornado's grandsire is the famous Peruvian Aureo G236 (Alianza). Aureo is famous for his gorgeous high-selling cria that set price records.
Coming Tornado lives up to his name. He had shine and locks as soon as he was dry. He started slow in the show ring, but finished strongly with a Color Championship. His third fleece is even stronger and, if possible, more lustrous than his second, which topped his cria coat. Underneath it all, Tornado has strong legs, beautiful proportions and correct bite: the complete package. Tornado's Micron count in 2005: 23.2 at 2 years; comfort factor 92%. His shearing weight in 2005 for his first shearing was 7.4 lbs.
Lightning and Thunder's dam MSR Calipso is 50% Peruvian and 50% Bolivian. Calipso really delivers the goods. Her first two crias capture the spirit of their sires. She has sweeping pencil locks, a trait her offspring show. The comfort factor of her fleece is 99.3%. Her first cria had a 17.8 micron count at 19 months. Calipso's micron count was 18.3 at 4 years old in 2005. Lightning and Thunder himself had a micron count of 18.81 in 2008.
Calipso's sire is the Dark Silver Grey, Full Peruvian 4Peruvian Olajuwon 6076. He was not used much by his prior owners, but he has produced outstanding silver/grey and appaloosa colored cria with a soft silky "hand" and consistent suri lock structure. OJ was the first suri male picked in the 1996 4P Peruvian importation for a reason. He's sire and grandsire to many greats, such as Champion Herdsire Maserati.
Calipso's dam is GCSA Provence out of Acero Marka's Pedesou & Duracell. Sisters Provence and Silky both placed at AOBA and sister Ruby is a beautiful maroon that sold at the 2003 AOBA Auction for $21,500 with color champions before she was a year old.
We are very excited to have LT as our suri herdsire for the Fall 2012.