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Arica and 2018 cria by Prime Starrr, MRN Morro de Arica

Suggested Service Sire, MRN Matrix Lord of Sipan

Nice EPDs, great mom, outstanding crias!

MRN Arica

Alpaca, Huacaya, Open (Female) | Beige

AOA #31823784 | DOB: 10/5/2009 (15 yrs) (Due Date: 12/8/2018)

Sire: EC Sun Tzu

Dam: SORPRESSA

Bred to Accoyo America Hawkeye!

SORPRESSA

HuacayaOpen (Female)Dark Brown

AOA# 1144048DOB: 10/16/200420 yrs

Sorpressa is a lovely, solid, good-natured female with a strong maternal instinct. The product of the Studmaster/Ideal Alpaca Community program affiliated with North West Alpacas, she has the benefit of generations of improvement with the famous Studmaster sires. Her first cria, Peggy Sue, has started her own breeding career. Her second cria, Arica, will be breeding this spring. Sorpressa is bred for an outstanding cria to a Champion light fawn Accoyo (who just happens to be an EL NINO SON), Accoyo America Hawkeye! Now, won't THAT be special?! Why are we selling her? Well...look at the name of our ranch! We have decided to limit our herd to Suri alpacas, only. Sorpressa agists at Derwydd Alpacas with Jan and Dale Davis.

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AOA# 1144048 Dark Brown

Service Sire: MRN Prime Starrr

Pedigree! Fiber Stats--Multi-Champ!

MRN Prime Starrr

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)White

DOB: 11/29/201410 yrs

Prime Starrr, aka "Rocky", is a compact male with a correct, sturdy, proud conformation, and knock-out fleece. Take a look at his 2017 histogram: at 2 1/2 years of age his AFD is 20, spin fineness 19.3, >30 is only 1.3%, and STAPLE LENGTH is 102.6! The AOA fleece judge commented on this being a BIG fleece--Jude didn't know that he's actually a compact guy. Prime Starrr has beautiful definition of bundles with long staple length, tight and uniform crimp, and a bright fine fleece rounds out the picture. He also has an excellent bite. Even his leg and neck fleece get sent to the mill for yarn--they are better than most others' prime fleeces! (Note that because of his heavy fleece, he would need precautions taken if he goes to a farm where summers are hot and/or humid. At minimum, he might need to have his belly shorn or perhaps be shorn twice a year.) None of this should surprise--his dam, Accoyo America Morning Star is a full-Accoyo Ullysses daughter. When I bought her at the 2009 Parade of Champions, Greg Mecklum pointed out to me that Morning Star had the best uniformity scores on histogram of any alpaca in their catalogue! Rocky's sire, Gem State's Optimus Prime, is a son of the acclaimed PC Running Late--a fawn Accoyo Titan son known for long staple length, fineness, and bright fleece. Despite his compact size, Rocky likes to take the lead in a group of males. I don't think I've ever seen another male try to dominate him. He is calm and easy to handle, with a proud presence wherever he goes. Rocky would make an excellent herdsire for a high quality huacaya breeding program--he can definitely improve the quality of most females. We have bred him to our top huacaya girl--a Matrix daughter. They both have fineness, uniformity of micron, density, and great crimp, but Prime Starrr adds his fantastic staple length--and his perfect bite is a great asset. Way to go, Rocky! He has his first ultrasound-proven pregnancy!! Due in December, 2018.

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White

Price:

$4,250

Excellent color genetics

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Arica has grown up to be a lovely girl with fine, consistent fleece characteristics that the judges have admired. Check out her EPDs! She brings good potential for color genetics from her fawn sire, an Alpamayo Studmaster son, and from her brown dam from the Studmaster program. She comes with a breeding to any of our males, or you can use the breeding for another female. For her first breeding we took advantage of her excellent consistency of fleece and bred her to our outstanding herdsire, Accoyo America Hawkeye. This daughter. Lauca, is now one of our foundation females and she is fantastic! A white female with outstanding fine bundling, brightness, and her conformation is perfect. We followed up with a breeding to Derwydd El Nino's Accoyo Manchu, and she produced a Knock-Out champion beige male, Sun Tzu (named for his maternal grandfather). Next bred to Snowmass Best N Grace, a large male with long, draping staples and perfect conformation, and produced our MRN El Maximo (sold). Arica's 2018 cria by multi-champ MRN Prime Starrr arrived Dec. 5. This boy has show ring possibilities--medium fawn with popcorn fleece, excellent crimp and brightness! One of the things I love about Prime Starrr is his long staple length--I think he has passed this on to his son. Until the cria is weaned in the spring, Arica will sell with her cria. For her next breeding, we'd suggest our Snowmass Matrix son, MRN Matrix Lord of Sipan. He is a compact fawn male with loads of long, crimpy, fine staples. This year he sheared nearly 12% of his body weight! Arica has a pleasing personality and she is a dedicated mother with lots of milk. She is a perfect foundation female. We always said that she was the prettiest cria on the farm where she was born, and even after 4 crias she looks like a lovely young maiden. Arica has made the move to Alpacas of Marin, in the north San Francisco Bay area.