EPD Dream Pairing- pay attention

Gem State's Morning Bell

Alpaca, Huacaya, Open (Female) | White

Sire: Snowmass Matrix Liberation

Snowmass Matrix son in Beige

Snowmass Matrix Liberation

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)Beige

AOA# 31140386DOB: 5/25/200915 yrs

Snowmass Matrix Liberation represents the elite qualities found within his pedigree. His sire is Snowmass Matrix, one of the best Snowmass Quechua sons ever produced. Matrix has consistently passed on the select qualities breeders are looking for: lingering fineness, density, bright well organized fleece on a pleasing frame. Liberation's dam, Snowmass Lady Liberty, is a beige Royal Reserve daughter adding the lines of Hemingway, Bueno, and Snowmaster. Her offspring have all placed high in the showring, demonstrating her ability to pass on her select traits and that of the stud. Combine all of this and you have a herdsire in Snowmass Matrix Liberation that carries the most desirable genetics in the industry. When we took possession of Liberation as a juvenile, he had a 6 inch staple with incredible consistency across the entire fleece. In the word's of Wade Gease at AWE 2010 "WOW, I was not expecting to see that when I opened up this fleece!". Liberation's second fleece has maintained that beautiful character and consistency across the body. Judge Mike Safley agreed with his comments at the 2011 AOBA National Show "This alpaca demonstrates great character throughout the fleece, a very long staple, and lingering fineness. The coverage on this alpaca is also very impressive". Liberation's strengths are found within his fleece- incredible shine, character, and long staple length. Add in a solid frame as well as his prepotent genetics and you have a herdsire that adds tremendous value to a breeding program. His show career was very consistent, much like his fleece. He was entered in 5 shows through 2010-2011, and placed 3rd in every show. He definitely held his own against some of the top farms in our industry! Liberation sired 5 cria in 2012; 4 female and 1 male ranging in color from bay black to white. He is consistently adding beautiful fleece character, superior staple length, consistency across the fleece and a brightness that literally makes the fleece shine. A beige daughter here on the farm may be the densest cria we have produced over the last 6 years.

More Details

 AOA# 31140386 Beige

Dam: Accoyo America Morning Star

Full Accoyo, Incredible Fiber Stats/EPDs

Accoyo America Morning Star

HuacayaOpen (Female)White

AOA# 31097314DOB: 6/24/200717 yrs

Morning Star is a Full Accoyo daughter of Accoyo America Ulysses. Through her dam, 6P Accoyo Sophia, she has inherited an incredible fleece profile with a standard deviation of 2.6 microns, and exqusite bundling that parts cleanly on inspection. She has bright, fine-crimped fleece with a spinning fineness of 15.2 microns, typical of the acclaimed B-line Accoyos. Morning Star is a proven gal, with a good maternal instinct. She had 2 excellent crias for Gem State Alpacas. She produced a multi-champion male for us, and we plan to breed her this fall to Accoyo America Hawkeye. Morning Star is at our Marin County farm, in the North San Francisco Bay area.

More Details

 AOA# 31097314 White

Service Sire: Gem State Starquest's Rocketman

Stamping excellence/EPD Royalty

Gem State Starquest's Rocketman

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)White

AOA# 31419277DOB: 7/24/201014 yrs

Starquest's Rocketman ("Rocky" as we call him) was one of 6 white males born here on the farm in 2010. We knew within the first week he was going to be special, and it feels good to be right! Rocky represents Excellence in every category. Take a look below- - Pedigree. Rocky's sire is Snowmass Starquest- 2003 AOBA Champion and Futurity Reserve Champion. Starquest brings Augusto, Vengador, Navidad, and Isabella. Rocky's dam is our own Blossom of Snow. This Snowmass Perfection daughter has been a consistent producer of elite fleeced offspring that maintain fineness into adulthood. - Progeny- Rocky's first offspring, a female out of an Accoyo America Ulysses daughter born 10/2013, is DENSE, DENSE. As she has grown we are seeing excellent organization in a fleece that is extremely bright and fine. ******She just won the Reserve Color Championship in the white class at CABA 2015!********* Rocky's cria from 2014 are nothing short of spectacular- excellent density levels, high curvature character, and a very high degree of fineness. If you are looking to infuse lasting fineness with consistency and bring density as well as a high frequency/low amplitude (think zipper crimp) crimp style, then strongly consider introducing Rocketman to your girls and see the results and improvement first hand. Fleece samples available upon request. Combine his 5 year histogram, EPD stature, consistency seen across his first group of offspring from a variance of dams, and his genetic depth- a move from our farm to yours is a solid and worthwhile investment. With our move to sell the herd, we can easily say Rocky has all the superior qualities in a stud- he has routinely stamped superior and sustained fineness in his offspring, along with stamping his head that he inherited from his sire, Snowmass Starquest. An astute breeder will recognize his potency and investment. Rocky's EPD- Top 1% in 3 out of 6 categories SDAFD- Top 1% (.009) MC- Top 1% (.009) SDMC- Top 1% (.009) AFD- Top 2% (.018) SF- Top 2% (.013) %>30- Top 5% (.052)

More Details

 AOA# 31419277 White

Description

What do you get when you cross the lines of two of the world's premier alpaca herds? You get Gem State's Morning Bell. It was not without a lot of discussion and debate that we decided to offer Bell for sale. Her fleece Championship at IAO this year was no fluke given her genetic lines and gorgeous fiber. On top of that, we have bred her to Starquest's Rocketman, our high ranking white stud in many EPD categories that's maintaining fineness/consistency and producing fantastic babies. If you're looking to start your herd off right or add to an existing elite fleeced breeding program, look no further than Bell. This girl is carrying a fine, consistent fleece, that exhibits a medium amplitude/frequency crimp and long staple - often seen in the Accoyo America herd. Her sire is our own Snowmass Matrix Liberation who no doubt infused his long staple, superb fineness, and immense brightness. Her dam also made significant contributions- a Ulysses daughter that at 5 years of age had these amazing histogram numbers- AFD 17.8 microns SD 3.2 CV 18.0 %>30=0.4. Bell is in the Top 2% (.012) for SDAFD has been bred to our EPD super star, Starquest's Rocketman. With the focus of elite breeders on consistency, this breeding combination offers maximum potential for elite fineness, density, and consistency - we cannot wait to get this baby on the ground! Two years ago we bred Bells dam, Morning Star, to Rocketman and the results were amazing - see Morning Nova's page for details. We are hoping for even better results out of Bell and Rocky. UPDATE: Bell delivered a female cria that is the spitting image of her champion half-sister Morning Nova (Now owned by Cas Cad Nac). We have every reason to believe she will mirror Nova's success! Morning Bell's EPD: SDAFD- Top 2% (.012) AFD- Top 12% (.12) SF- Top 11% (.11) Rocky (Service Sire) EPD- Top 1% in 3 out of 6 categories SDAFD- Top 1% (.009) MC- Top 1% (.009) SDMC- Top 1% (.009) AFD- Top 2% (.018) SF- Top 2% (.013) %>30- Top 5% (.052)

Awards

[CC] Color champion, IAO 2014 fleece

[1st] First place, IAO 2014 fleece

Updated 7/5/2017