16.5 m; 50.8 curve; 1st @ CABA 2016

KCAF Travelin' Man (aka Trekker)

Alpaca, Huacaya, Herdsire (Male) | Bay Black

Sire: Constantino

Two 1st place sons in 2016

Constantino

HuacayaMaleLight Fawn

AOA# 838030DOB: 8/25/200222 yrs

RIP 9/11/2019, due to complications from arthritis and pain medication. He was regal to his last day. Breeders describe their Constantino line as their very best...PRODUCERS!!! 15 years ago the judges called him the "future of the industry" and they were right. In 2016 two of his juvie sons, Bonafide (LB) and Travelin' Man (BB), earned 1st FFH in very competitive classes. Tino's show career lasted 5 years and he successfully competed with the best in the country. His fleece stats for fineness and weight from 12+ years ago are on par with today's show winners. Tino's fleece took four years to increase one point for Standard Deviation...on a hig plain of nutrition. Tino's 19m /17 CV super dense cria fleece never collected debris; 9 - 10 crimps per inch in '03 and '04. Shearing Tino's first two fleeces was difficult. They were so dense, fine and slick that his skin got pulled into the blades several times. JUDGE'S 2004 Halter Champion COMMENTS: "FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY", "consistently the finest of his competitors, outstanding fleece character & handle", "extremely fine and dense for his age" (AWE 05, Krieger, 33 mos.), "largest testicles, strength and structure, ability to move out freely, correct proportions and a well-conditioned fleece." Superb phenotype; even temperament; strong libido/early maturation; heavy lactation too! Tino placed in halter and fleece, above award-winning sons of both Accoyo Royal Fawn and Accoyo Legacy...two record high-selling herdsires, Running Late and others. OFFSPRING AWARDS (Not a complete list): Summer Ember (BB) - 4x champion, CC 7th fleece! Daughter by Deacon Grey- CC fleece. Gray daughter Elphi RC at The Futurity. Flint (MF) - Judge's Choice w/ 5th fleece! Constantina (LF) - Sold, Produce of dam winner; Champion BB son by Rincon, blue ribbon MRG daughter by Deacon Grey. NEVADO (W) - Sold, 7 Ribbons from 2 Shows; 6# prime @ 8 mo...not a typo. Chocolate Porter (Maroon) - Sold, Multi. Blue ribbon winner! Casimiro (TB) - Yearling Res. Champ: 18.0/3.0/16.7cv. Christina (Maroon) - 1st fleece, our top producer. Bonafide - 1st, 2016 (sold). Travelin' Man - 1st, 2016 Last crias... Mercy, born 2016 Merlot, born 2017 Rosetta, born 2017.

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 AOA# 838030 Light Fawn

Dam: Jakaila Black Epic's Journie

20.7m/3.5sd @ 2 yrs / 4.4# blanket @ 3

Jakaila Black Epic's Journie

HuacayaOpen (Female)Medium Silver Grey

AOA# 30958067DOB: 9/7/200717 yrs

Top producer. Journie ribboned in every show she was entered. A judge described her fleece as highly advanced for a grey and another commented on her brightness and long staple length. She is healthy with correct conformation, bite and proportions from her nose to her toes as well as a lovely, uniformly fine (low SD) and bright fleece. She has one of the most typey heads you'll find on a gray and a people friendly disposition. Her sire is 7x champion Peruvian Black Epic who is considered to be the best black sires in the country. He's out of a grey dam, yet only 5 of Epic's 89 registered offspring are grey at this writing. Epic is known for his uniformly fine and very dense fleece and his offspring have earned over 50 championships. Epic's fleece statistics: 2000: 20.5/3.3/16.1/1.8 (cria fleece) 2001: 22.8/4.0/17.3/4.2; 4.5 lb. blanket 2003: 5.5 lb. blanket 2005: 15 pounds total! Journie's fine-fleeced dam is a daughter of the famous Aussie Rockford and PLA's Silver Empress (dam of the famous black, Michelangelo). Coincidentally, I purchased by first alpacas from Pine Lake Alpacas.

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 AOA# 30958067 Medium Silver Grey

Description

Top 25% for SDAFD and SF, 2018 EPDs. Spring 2019 Update - I sheared the herd myself this year and this male's fleece is still fabulous...fine, dense, bright, very crimpy and long. I switched to a 20 tooth comb and...botched it...the fleece laid down and so there were second cuts all over the place...my mistake. So it won't be entered in any fleece shows. Black from Peruvian Black Epic and Hannaruh (famous gray dam) lines and our "Future of the Industry" Constantino. This male is prepotent, contains no Accoyo lines and is looking better every year. We're going to start his breeding career this year! His first show: 2016 CABA - 1st place, very competitive class of 8; judge Arturo Pena. Peers in the class were sired by: Snowmass Sizlin Rose, Crescent Moon's Propel, .38 Midnight Special, Patagonia's Antonio, TAG Peruvian Bellagio and Rumm Runner. The very humid weather of the Pacific northwest kept "Trekker" with his silky fine fleece from going to the shows earlier in the year. Fortunately the weather for the CABA '16 show was just right and his fleece was showing its true characteristics that weekend. Fleece was described as "exquisite" by our good friend Lona Frank of ATV. Trekker's sire is our 17 YEAR OLD home-bred "FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY" champion, CONSTANTINO. His 9 year old gray dam is our Black Epic's Journie. He hails from the bloodlines of P. Andrajo, Lanarks' Locota, 4P Black Magic, Aussie Rockford, Hannahruh. It was Tino and Journie's first mating and they nicked really well. Trekker's blanket fleece is very silky with high brightness, deep black color, highly crimped, very long and very uniformly fine with excellent drape and handle and has no medullation. It's the perfect fleece type needed for high quality worsted fabric. We'll be saving his first few fleeces to make into yarn. While he could be a little more dense that would likely shorten his amazing staple length. His unskirted cria blanket weighs 2 1/4 lbs., the same as his LF sire's cria fleece weight. He is unrelated to Hemingway and all Accoyo lines except Felix (Aussie Rockford). "Trekker" also has spot-on conformation and proportions, correct phenotype and presence with complete coverage. He has an agreeable disposition and a strong libido when it comes to the females. Halter training him took no effort. We will be making him available for limited outside breedings in 2017!

Awards

CABA 2018 - FFH, right behind Crescent Moon...competitive class.

Alpacapalooza 2018 - FFH

Alpacapalooza 2017 - FFH

CABA 2016, FFH; class of 8 (see sires of competition in write-up)

Updated 1/12/2022