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NL Tink's Pepper

Alpaca, Huacaya, Open (Female) | Bay Black

AOA #1157277 | DOB: 7/16/2005 (19 yrs)

Sire: Black Sunshine GE29
 
Dam: Tink
 
Service Sire: Troubadour's Riddler

He will be an impact male.

Troubadour's Riddler

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)Medium Fawn
AOA# 32404265DOB: 5/1/201410 yrs
The best way to introduce Riddler is to state that he is the embodiment of our ideal alpaca in terms of structure, conformation and breed type. He will be used as a representative to illustrate our breed standard. Riddler's sire, Troubadour, ranks among the most prepotent alpacas that I am aware of today. This is due, I believe, to the awesome fusion of his incredibly powerful dam line with his highly unusual sire line. Troubadour's dam, El Nino's Precious Gem-Stone, is, as her name suggests, a daughter of the great El Nino. A 7x CH, 3x JC winner in her own right, she is also full sister to BHA Peruvian White Thunder, a herdsire who has become known for stamping his get with ideal bone and breed type. Thus, Troubadour's dam line is massively prepotent for build, breed type and coverage -- not to mention the density and crimp. His sire line seals the deal. Lilly's Accoyo Dupioni is a son of (Accoyo) PPPeruvian Lilly 4605, a true impact dam whose offspring include Peruvian Snowmaster. Dupioni's sire is Elitus, a little-used in-utero Alianza import. That renowned Accoyo/Alianza worked, as it often does, and, blended with the Accoyo/Alianza/Anticalla cross of Gem Stone, gave Troubadour locked-in excellence in just about every category. ... Of course, it takes two, and Riddler's modern grey dam -- a granddaughter of impact black sire, 4P Black Magic -- is, herself, an outstanding animal, beautifully built, with lasting fineness. It's a cross that worked, and here he is: Riddler, a living example of our phenotypic ideal. His bone is awesome. His conformation is really, truly faultless; not only is he truly straight all around, but his proportions are perfect, the 3/3/3 division that is one of the key traits of our ideal alpaca. So, too, is the head, and Riddler has it. His head is perfect -- yes, perfect. His bone and coverage are fantastic. He began his breeding career at age two, settling females easily – no great surprise, given his outstanding reproductive development – another key trait in our ideal. Alpacas are fleece animals, though, so, as ideal as he is in all other regards, if the fleece didn't stack up, he wouldn't be here – so good thing it does. Riddler is fine … Yes, ideally fine. His 1st fleece AFD was 13.7 microns. His 2nd fleece is still making the show rounds, so it hasn't been tested yet, but his 3rd looks like it is holding steady at a good 19-20 AFD – and uniform, too. Then, there is his density. He has it: 74.3 sq/mm per Ian Watt (biopsy report under "Histogram"). Riddler's cria have started to arrive, on our farm and in PA. They are. *All.* Awesome. This male is unbelievable. Stay tuned.
 AOA# 32404265 Medium Fawn

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Description

Pepper is an alpha female who has more than earned her status. She is our eldest foundation female -- acquired at age nine (two years older than my cutoff for foundation), she was a girl that I was willing to bend the rules for because of the harlequin cria at her side. So far, so thrilled with that snap decision! Pepper's lineage is pretty unique. She is a granddaughter of renowned import grey The Silversmith on her sire's side, and of NWD, Ltd. Abraham (son of Accoyo Felix) on her dam's side. This combination of Chilean color and Accoyo genetics resulted in a solidly built, squarely framed female with full fiber coverage -- even at age nine. She has an excellent spring of rib and great heartgirth, and great circumference of bone. Although clearly black, Pepper has the most excellent propensity to produce grey. This may simply be due to good luck (all of the sires have been grey, naturally), but two things intrigue me. One is that her latest cria, 2014 son Logan, is a harlequin grey, a particularly rare color that is not often associated with blacks (his sire is a "modern" who has produced no other harlequins or appaloosas). Two, Pepper's eyes are a beautiful shade of slate blue. I had yet to see a blue-eyed black of any species before bringing Pepper home, let alone a blue-eyed black alpaca! Pepper's production record of grey goes beyond color, however. Her first son, Pronto, is pictured -- solid and gorgeous. Her 2009 son, Prometheus, won multiple blue ribbons and two championships at Ohio alpaca shows, and is now standing stud (check out his daughter, Stone Mountain's Eos! Wow!). Her 2014 son, Logan, is a harlequin grey knockout who is looking as though he, too, will be herdsire material. Pepper is a knockout dam, with an abundant supply of milk and fantastic mothering abilities. Her crias grow ridiculously fast. She is wonderful with humans -- the best behaved alpaca I have ever encountered on a halter, hands down -- and understands that they mean only good for her cria, while continuing to nurture and protect him. She is the alpha of alphas, but she has most assuredly earned that right. In 2016, Pepper finally broke her 5-cria boy streak with a stunning, truly-true black GIRL. She has matured into a GORGEOUS yearling with massive bone substance and perfect conformation. Unfortunately, Pepper went back to boys in 2017 with a white (how did that happen?) male, sired by our rock star boy Riddler. He is very nice, but -- white?! What the heck? Pepper will be bred back to our Legacy's El Duro son, Vivanno, for 2018. She would make an AMAZING starter dam for a new farm.

Updated 10/9/2017

Offspring

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