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Sixth Day Bravado's Velocity

Alpaca, Huacaya, Open (Female) | White

AOA #31747301 | DOB: 8/2/2009 (15 yrs)

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Maple Brook Bravado

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)White

AOA# 833417DOB: 9/4/200123 yrs

An impressive pure Alianza Peruvian, Bravado is our foundation herdsire - in the true sense of the word: the male we built our breeding program on. This guy is fineness personified, with flawless conformation. Just look at the beautiful bundling in his fleece. His micron count at his ninth shearing was 21.8! That's LASTING fineness. Bravado is the result of combining the finest and most proven Peruvian alpaca genetics in North America: Bueno and Hemingway. Bueno is owned by Mike & Robin Tierney of MapleBrook Farm. His stud fee was $10,000, until he stopped breeding about a year ago. Bueno has sired over 100 winning offspring, and we believe Bravado is one of his best. Bravado's dam, NWA,Ltd Marcie contributes another line of proven superior genetics: the world famous Hemingway. Marcie's dam is Macarena, making her a full sister to well known sires Predictor, Hektor and Handsome. Bravado's crias have fantastic fleeces! Don't take my word for it, come see for yourself. Bravado is proudly co-owned with Ben and Gina Morgan of Morgan's Fortunato Farm. Breedings can be arranged at either farm. Call or email today to reserve yours. Bravado had skin biopsies evaluated by both Dr. Norm Evans and Dr. Jim Watts; call to see a copy! Siring CHAMPIONS, including: AlpacaPalace Houdini OutbackAlpacas Ezekiel - brown! FPA Scarlet Bravado's Alianza Sailor For more information about our full herd of outstanding alpacas please visit us at: www.sixthdayfarm.com

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Dam: Bravado's Alianza Velvet

Ever feel silk velvet? A lovely cria, come see how she has grown! Pure Peruvian, 7/8 Alianza, 1/8 Accoyo. The result of crossing a Hemingway grandson to a Hemingway granddaughter, Venus is 25% Hemingway by pedigree, the same as a direct Hemingway granddaughter. Doubling up on Hemingway through two of his top offspring - NWA Macrie,(dam of Bravado) & Studmaster(TM) El Bello - increases the odds of getting the BEST of the Hemingway genes, not a 'random assortment'. For more details on genetics & the art of selective breeding, please call Wayne at Sixth Day, or Gordon Hadyk & Linda Marie at Inti Alpacas. Sire - Maple Brook Bravado. Whether you want a show ring winner, or high-value fleeces, Bravado is doing the job! Dam - Venus de Noche by El Bello, chosen by Mike Safely to carry on the Hemingway tradition in the Studmaster (TM) program. Hemingway, along with Bueno, was imported from the Rural Alianza, and became one of the most influential alpaca males ever. El Bello's dam was imported from Accoyo. Fleece - Velvet has the 'trademark' Bravado fleece: bright, crimpy (Curve 42.7), well organized, good uniformity of micron. The high percentage of sebaceous glands noted in Bravado's skin biopsy shows in the buttery feel of his offsprings' fleeces. Cria in utero - Those who study how great breeders of the past achieved their goals will be interested in the pedigree of Velvet's Prophecy cria: Prophecy is a Hemingway grandson, and his sire is a full brother to Bravado's dam! This is one of the crosses long noted as by master breeders of the past, and may explain why Prophecy is 'nicking' with the Bravado daughters. (A 'nick' is a cross that consistently yields significantly better than average results.) This cria will have 3 crosses to Hemingway, 25% Hemingway 'blood' by pedigree. Wow! If you are interested in genetics & bloodlines, check out these pedigrees, then come get your hands on Velvet.<--description-->

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Aptly named, the Sixth Day breeding program is picking up speed with this one! Another typey daughter of Bravado with a dense, bright fleece that feels like heaven. Pure Peruvian lineage, 15/16 Alianza, 1/16 Accoyo. After writing and speaking to alpaca breeders around the world about animal genetics and various tools breeders can use to increase their chances of acheiving their goals - from genetic indexes (EPDs) to the use of breeding systems like linebreeding - I have 'put my money where my mouth is' and made a number of close crosses within the Sixth Day breeding program. This is one of the closest, a sire to daughter mating. No accident, this breeding was done to: 1) test the genetic purity of Maple Brook Bravado, and 2) concentrate his excellent genetic influence. I think the 'experiment' was a success. NOTE: Only a small percentage of the alpacas at Sixth Day Farm are linebred or inbred. I think that is a shame, but you may not! *Deceased*

Updated 8/31/2011