IN MEMORY OF A GREAT NORTH AMERICAN HERDSIRE: It saddens us to to announce the passing of Helios. In every breeder's journey there are milestones that mark each step forward. The addition of Helios to our farm was one of those monumental steps. In a joint partnership with Jerry & Deby French of Eagle Valley Alpacas, and Wayne and Susie Kunzman of Green Valley Alpacas we were thrilled at the arrival of Helios to our stud barn. and he lived up to his name, producing several awesome cria for us. This Futurity Champion, fawn Peruvian son of Bruxo, was the "king of locks" for fawn suris. He had been one of the cornerstone herdsires for the Pacific Crest suri breeding program, and closely held with fewer than 30 of his 63 offspring born off the Accoyo America farm in his nine year breeding history. When he was offered at the 2010 Parade of Champions Auction we knew we had to add his proven genetics to our breeding program. He is best known for his Championship Fawn offspring including: Accoyo America Cochise (six 1st places, 4 Championships), Pacific Crest Sonnetina (two 1st places), Accoyo America Encantada (three 1st places), Accoyo America Sonneteer (three 1st places), Accoyo America Helix (1st & Champion at AOBA National), Pacific Crest Honeysuckle (three 1st places, one Reserve & one Championship), Accoyo America Arwen (1st & Reserve Color Champion). He has also produced Bay Black & Silver Grey so we will definitely let him prove himself on our females with deep color pedigrees. With an admirable show record, impressive yearling histogram yet to be matched in the Pacific Crest program, proven progeny record, lustrous locking to the skin fleece still at 15 years old, Helios was definitely one of the "GREATS". Although Helios is not longer with us, his legacy lives on in the wonderful offspring that he produced for us. We will expect our first cria from his daugters in 2014. Stay tuned......

Maserati is the “Renaissance Man” for Suri Alpacas. He has is all! In the words of the wonderful Jill Bergman; Let’s start with his fleece. Open him up, anywhere on his body, including his legs, and you’ll find lustrous, ropey, dense, fine locks. His consistency is incredible. His density is incredible. His luster is incredible. The quality and the quantity of his fleece is exceptional. One thing that is very important to me is an alpaca’s temperament. Maserati not only is very obedient and very gentle, he is perhaps the most intelligent alpaca on my farm. I’ve been “clicker-training” him and he is the most receptive and the absolute fastest learner that I have. The only limiting factor in his training is the trainer, me. Let’s go to his pedigree. His sire is the Herdsire of Champions, Accoyo Torbio. He has all the positive, Accoyo traits that the pre-potent Torbio has been known to pass on. His dam is My Peruvian Capellini, a multiple blue ribbon dam of exceptional quality. She is by the rare and highly sought after Olajuwon, a true black known for throwing beautiful grey offspring. Capellini’s dam, 4Peruvian Marinera, is one of the The Alpaca Trading Company’s finest producing dams. Capellini has phenomenal fleece coming back, year after year, and is the one in Maserati’s pedigree passing on a keen intelligence and beautiful color genes. This production package of AccoyoTorbio and Capellini is rock-solid! In the Championship circle, Maserati competed against and won Champion over the male that won championships at both the AOBA Nationals and the All American Futurity. In the shows that Maserati participated, he always came home with top winnings. He’s a multiple champion in both halter and fleece shows. In his first year of production, Maserati produced 4 color champions on our small ranch, one of which took Judge's Choice at the AOBA National Conference! He has definitely proved to be an incredible, consistent herd sire. Thanks to Rod and Jill Berman for the privilege of owning this very incredible champion! Maserati is standing stud at Triple H Ranch in Colorado for the summer of 2018!