At Autumn Sun Alpacas, we know that is no secret that this true black herdsire is an all-around package that you will want to cover any dam, light or dark colored! Secret is a black that had no fading at his tips or interspersed white fibers when he was showing (he's getting a few 'old man' white hairs now). This isn't surprising with a lineage that includes notable black sires like Othello, recently deceased, and Snowmass Nova's Dark Quest. With his distinctive head and leg coverage, along with his inky black fiber, many stopped and stared at Secret the ring. And worthy of that attention, his fiber has extreme density, bright shine, bundled crimp, and soft handle. These are traits that you want to add or amplify in your breeding program! This is obvious in the 10x champion true black son, AutumnSun's Black Maelstrom. We were fortunate to have had our program benefit from such an exceptional offspring, especially as he was just one of only a few we have performed to Secret! We have the fortune of several excellent herdsires, including grey and black, so Secret has had to be patient. And, Maelstrom is just as a precocious stud just as his sire, as both started breeding under 2 years old. Father and son both breed black well into our program. As our Secret is getting up there in years and we we don't want to overtax him (he is still breeding for us), we are closing him to outside breedings.

Sold! Congratulations to Jason and Corinne Cain of Aurora Australis Alpacas for their purchase of Maggie! Maggie is sired by the multiple champion Magic's Copperfield -- son of multiple champion Blues Magic and the remarkable Almost Paradise Farms Beatriz -- who is also the dam of several other multiple champion alpacas, including the incomparable Bea-2 Bomber. Maggie also bears grey lineage from her maternal side in her grandsire Legacy de Bolivia, who was one of the cornerstone studs of the grey breeding history that were brought into the U.S. specifically to develop grey color here. These are impressive genetics and Maggie shows them off well. Among the group of 'woolies' on our farm, this 'blue toned' TB girl has an eye-catching head style that visitors immediately notice. She also has great leg coverage and overall solidity of frame. She has a medium amplitude crimp with high frequency, a long staple, great shine and handle, and good density. Maggie's first pairing was chosen to be to our multiple champion Wolf Den's Dark Secret, she produced a true black girl that already has her parents fantastic coverage and good looks! AutumnSun's Fascination is well grown up and still looks just like her dam! Maggie was bred to our rose grey Longbow, who hails from a lineage of multiple generations of grey champions, for her 2015 cria. We had fingers crossed for a rose grey girl that is just as cute as her sister Fascination ('Cina' for short). Well, it was not a girl, or grey, but this boy is NICE, really nice! Maggie's boy by Longbow has it all: the looks, great confirmation, coverage, fiber fineness, crimp, shine and density. In fact, we are already planning on showing him and he may be a 'keeper' for our black stud row. We think Maggie's next breeding, in the spring, should be back to Bow. "When it isn't broken, don't fix it."