Bolero will be standing in New Hampshire for the summer and fall. Contact us today. White or color, you do not want to miss out! Stud fee is Private Treaty. Special consideration to farms participating in the EPD program! Priceless genetics - available for less than you think. Maple Brook Bolero is one of the very finest mature males you will find: 11th fleece: AFD-22.3 SD-4.1 CV-18.3 CF-94.5 (%>30 5.5) Curve 52.0 14th fleece: AFD-22.6 SD-4.1 CV-18.3 CF-94.9 (%>30 5.1) Curve 45.9 Histograms performed by Ian Watt, Alpaca Consulting, Inc OFDA 2000 That's 'LASTING FINENESS'! - Fineness: Graded 'baby' at 13! Certified Sorted(TM) by Carrie Hull - Uniformity: indicated by the exceptionally low SD and CV - Lack of guard hair: shown by the amazing CF - Curve (crimp): 52.0, 11th fleece (!) - Pedigree: full Alianza - Color: >50% when bred to color - DENSITY! EPDs - Top 1% for SD of AFD and SD of MC - outstanding uniformity of Micron and Crimp! With only a few of his offspring participating, we expect his EPD rankings to improve as more samples of his get's fibe are submitted to the EPD program. What the experts say: - Mike Safely: AOBA Senior Judge, author, & internationally known alpaca expert. When Bolero was shown for the first time ever at the NAAS in 2008, Safely said, “You don't see males this age in the showring, and you don't see males this age with fleece like this!" Praising his fineness, crimp, and DENSITY, over a class of exceptional males from 3-7 years of age - including Champions - Safely awarded Bolero the Blue at 12! - Carrie Hull, Certified Sorter/fiber grader, graded Bolero's 13th fleece on shearing day at Sixth Day Farm May 12, 2009: Grade 2 (Baby') secondaries AND primaries (!) with high scores for crimp, density, brightness, and handle. After more than a decade of managing & showing for a major farm, Carrie became a sorter. She grades thousands of fleeces each year, examining every handful. "Primaries nearly identical to the secondaries in micron and crimp..." - Jim Cocking, Low Stress Alpaca Transport & Kentucky Criations, a nationally respected breeder and alpaca transporter. When he saw Bolero in his 12th fleece on May 11th, 2008, he said, "I've hauled some of the best older males in the business all over the country, and none of them had a fleece anywhere near as nice as this!" - Carol Karsten, Hidden Hill Farm, (breeder of 2009 White Male Futurity Champion ’Dually’), asked when she saw Bolero’s 11th fleece, “What cria is this from?” She refers to Bolero as ‘unique’, and booked four females to him. Offspring: Among the HANDFUL that have been shown: - Status Symbol SSRMT: 6X Champion. - Timbuck2: 3X Reserve Champion, each time behind his brother! - Rhonda: winning blue ribbons at fleece shows at 5 years of age, including the 2008 AOBA Nat'l Fleece Show! - Inti B My Girl: 6X Champion or Reserve,

Autumn is a beautiful brown full Peruvian female. Her fleece is dense, well crimped, and has a long staple length. Her mother is a true black half sister to Silver Legend who produced our 3X champion black male Incognito. Her sire is Adirondack, and 8X champion, taking his last championship at almost 5 years of age! Autumn is currently bred to Aussie .38 Special for a fall 2013 cria!