We knew that Arturo was going to be extraordinary as soon as his fleece was dry. His namesake, Ken's father (Arthur), would have been 100 years old the day Arturo was born. We also knew that dad, our own Snowmass RRoyal Stars was a "dilution" white, with fleece density in the top 1% of alpacas biopsied by Ian Watt, as was his mom RR Rose Encantada and waited with confident expectations until the results came in. Skin biopsy report: (Ian Watt) Density: 76.7/mm2 S/P ratio: 14.2:1 In-skin mean primary fiber diameter: 21.7 SD 2.9 In-skin mean secondary fiber diameter: 18.5 SD 2.4 Comments: " An elite alpaca in all fleece respects! There is nothing to add to what the numbers clearly say..." Want fineness...look at his histograms. His histogram at 36 months--> AFD 17.5/ SD 3.6/ CV 20.8/ CF 100% and curve 55.0 Dg/mm is one that would make any cria proud! He is a stunning male and of all the ribbons and banners that he has racked up, the one that we're most proud of is "Best Hand" at MAPACA, under Jude Anderson...that says it all! PLUS...HE MAKES SOLID GREY... Arturo has established his genetics indelibly in our herd and made many Champions and banners. He can do the same for yours...

There are some outstanding genetics at work here with a pedigree that goes both long and deep. On the top side, her sire, RR Gun's A'Blazin' is notorious for producing very dense, and fine fibered progeny with outstanding uniformity. When Miranda's follicle biopsy results are done at age 2, we are confident that they will reinforce the impression that is found in the hand, eye and histogram measurements on this upright, beautifully conformed, maiden- hembra to be! She has been shown twice this year, taking blue both time and a Reserve Color Championship... We have bred her to RR Arturo. Check him out and look at his fiber, histogram and skin follicle testing to find out why. 2013: 16.6/ 3.3/ 20.1/ 100% 2014: 18.18/ 3.89/ 21.4/ 99.27