1150070<--ari-->Dark Silver Gre<--color--> Dark Silver Grey, 814613 We bought Patagonia's Neruda at the 2007 Futurity Show and Sale and he is now part of our group of elite Herdsires. His previous owners at Alpacas de la Patagonia considered him one of their top three herdsires. Patagonia reserved those herdsires for client use only and as a result, outside breedings to Neruda have ALWAYS been restricted. He was "a cornerstone of their black and grey breeding program" giving them their "FINEST black and grey fleeces that are virtually free of medullated fiber". At 8 years of age his histogram is 23.1m/5.3sd/22.9cv/9.2%>30. Neruda's crias are easily identifiable by their extremely fine fleeces, beautiful heads, substantially thick bone and extensive fiber coverage. With more than 120 crias on the ground, Neruda has proven that when bred to black or grey females, 96% of the resulting offspring have been black or grey in color. Neruda's sire Shackleton, a black male brought from Chile, was for many years one of the finest fleeced males found in<--description-->

1150070<--ari-->Light Silver Gr<--color--> Mystia is a light silver gray, Danko daughter with huge dark eyes. Her fiber is soft as silk with a consistent crimp. She is a wonderful mother, even taking on an orphan along with her own cria. Her first cria, by Neruda, is a lovely light silver grey female with no spots who has been retained in the Quarry Ridge foundation herd. Since 2005 she has had 3 beautiful black boys and a silver. She had gorgeous black GIRL this summer 2009 from Saga!<--description-->

1150070<--ari-->Beige<--color-->Before he even hit the ground, we knew that this little guy was special. His beautiful head was obvious from the moment it appeared, still in the sac. His sire is the undefeated AML El Duro's Principio and his dam is a lovely light fawn Jericho daugher. What genetics! Grand Slam is extremely dense and fine with a silky handle which carries zipper crimp right to the tips. Check out his amazing fiber stats below. His square body type and strong bone are striking and he carries himself upright with great pride and attitude. In his first show, the NorthEast Alpaca Expo, Grand Slam placed 2nd in a class of 14 light fawn juvies. Amanda VandenBosch commented that it was a very difficult class to judge due to the amazing quality of the entries. Grand Slam also brought home the 2nd Place in the Produce of Dam class for his mother , Carmela, showing with his dark brown yearling half sister, Quarry Ridge Marimba. Grand Slam was awarded the blue ribbon in another very large class at the Empire Extravaganza,Amanda VandenBosch judging.You can see his amazing record below. A little maturity should do him well in the show ring this Spring. We are offering limited outside breedings at $1500. Awards 2nd Place NorthEast Alpaca Exp 2009, Amanda VandenBosch 2nd Place Produce of Dam, NorthEast Alpaca Expo 2nd Place Big E 2009, Polly Michaelis RESERVE CHAMPION Big E 2009 1st Place Empire Extravaganza 2009, Amanda VandenBosch 1st Place Green Mountain Spectacular 2009, Jude Anderson RESERVE CHAMPION Green Mountain Spectacular 2009 2nd Place Fleece Green Mountain Spectacular, Cheryl Gehly 1st Place NECC 2009, Jill McCleod RESERVE CHAMPION NECC 2009 3rd Place Best Bred and owned NECC 2009, class of 18 2nd Place Fleece Empire Symposium 2010, Tim Lavan RESERVE CHAMPION Empire Symposium 2010 1st Place New Jersey Show 2010, Wade Gease RESERVE CHAMPION, New Jersey Show 2010 1st Place North American Alpaca Show 2010, Amanda VandenBosch 1st Place Produce of Dam, NA<--description-->