The BOMB!
Black Hills Capone
Alpaca, Huacaya, Herdsire (Male) | Light Silver Grey
AOA #35262213 | DOB: 9/28/2014 (10 yrs)
Sire: SNOWMASS SILVER SIGNATURE
SNOWMASS SILVER SIGNATURE
HuacayaHerdsire (Male)Light Silver Grey, Medium Silver Grey
AOA# 1217438DOB: 8/17/200420 yrs
SNOWMASS SILVER:
Co-owned with our friends Jim and Arlene Parker
Lakeside Alpacas
360-426-3412 -
[email protected]
6352 SE Arcadia Rd. Shelton, WA 98584
"If you are serious about breeding Greys & Blacks, you will want to add Signature to your herd!". Ready to add long term fineness, density & beautiful blue grey fleeces? "ADD THE ELITE SILVER GREY STUD FROM SNOWMASS".
CHAMPION JANUS' SANTINA (TB) BRED TO SNOWMASS SILVER SIGNATURE & 3D ALPACAS HAD A NICE SILVER GREY GIRL, 3Ds SILVER BELLINA. SHE WON 1ST PLACE OUT OF 14 FROM THE JUVENILE CLASS & THEN ONTO RES. GREY COLOR CHAMPION AT THE 2011 ALPACAPALOOZA SHOW. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
~2011 NOMINATED FUTURITY HERDSIRE~
SNOWMASS STATES, "SNOWMASS SWEET DREAMS TWO GREY SON'S (SNOWMASS SILVER SIGNATURE & SNOWMASS ROYAL DREAMS) ARE THE MOST SUPERIOR GREY GENETIC BREEDING MALES WE HAVE EVER PRODUCED ON OUR FARM.
YOU CAN SEE HIM IN THE "MAKING OF CHAMPIONS, PART 2, PAGE 11". SILVER SIGNATURE HAS ALWAYS BEEN USED AS THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE IN THEIR SILVER GREY BREEDING PROGRAM. HIS HISTOGRAMS, AWESOME PHENOTYPE & INCREDIBLE CONFORMATION ATTEST TO THIS! THE CLARITY OF SILVER SIGNATURE'S GREY FLEECE IS SO TRUE & CLEAR! IT'S REALLY AMAZING!
ROYAL LINEAGE:
SIRE: SNOWMASS ROYAL FLUSH (DRG) & FULL BROTHER TO ROYAL BRONZE
SNOWMASS ANDEAN BRONZE
6PERUVIAN ROSA ROYAL
4PERUVIAN ANDEAN GOLD
PPERUVIAN CROIXEN
DAM: SNOWMASS SWEET DREAMS
SNOWMASS PERUVIAN CASANOVA (SIRE TO SNOWMASS NOVA)
PERUVIAN BUENO
PERUVIAN ANGELIQUE
PAN AM CHILEAN ROSE (FROM PERU PER SNOWMASS)
SNOWMASS SILVER SIGNATURE BREEDINGS SOLD OUT FOR 2008 & 2009! HE WAS RESTRICTED FOR 2010.
OUR FRIENDS AT JANUS ALPACA AND FIBER CO. KEPT THE NUMBERS OF BREEDINGS DOWN, IN ORDER NOT TO FLOOD THE LOCAL MARKET WITH GENETICS ALL COMING FROM A FEW FAMOUS HERDSIRES. WE PLAN TO DO THE SAME!
SIGNATURE HAS 4 SILVER GREY SONS, 2 SILVER GREY DAUGHTERS & 1 TRUE BLACK DA
AOA# 1217438 Light Silver Grey, Medium Silver Grey
Dam: Crescent Moon's Constance
Wow, what a beautiful black female Constance is! Ideal conformation is witnessed by her straight legs, symmetrical proportions, flush top line, large bones and very pleasing head. Her fleece retains outstanding brightness and handle. Those attributes are aided by her very uniformed fleece design of moderate amplitude and moderate frequency crimp.
CONSTANCE HAS PRODUCED THREE SHOW QUALITY CRIA SO FAR
HER FIRST DAUGHTER TIANNA WAS A NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON WINNING FEMALE AS A JUVENILE.
CONSTANCE BIRTHED AN AMAZING SILVER GREY MALE CRIA OUT OF .38 SPECIAL. THIS LITTLE GUY HAS AMAZING FLEECE AND GREAT BONE AND SOLD AT THE 2013 FURURITY.
CONSTANCE NOW HAS A 2013 MALE CRIA AT SIDE OUT OF SNOWMASS GOLDEN VICTORY, WHO IS PRODUCING ASTOUNDING SHOW QUALITY CRIA IN ALL COLORS. THIS CRIA I CALL SHARK IS A BEAUTIFUL DARK BROWN WITH ABOVE AVERAGE DENSITY AND VERY NICE CONSISTANT CRIMP. SHARK HAS PERFECT CONFORMATION, ALONG WITH A VERY SOFT HANDLE. BECAUSE OF WHAT I SEE AT HIS YOUNG AGE, I HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THIS CRIA WILL SHOW WELL.
CONSTANCE IS THE KIND OF FEMALE THAT CAN BENEFIT ANY BREEDING PROGRAM AND THIS QULAITY AT THIS PRICE DOES NOT COME ALONG OFTEN AND USUALLY SELL FOR TWICE HER ASKING PRICE.
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Description
This is Capone. Oh my goodness, Capone is awesome.
Capone is sired by Snowmass Silver Signature. I didn't know much about Signature, but I have come to believe that he is one of the most under-appreciated gray sires out there. I acquired Capone after looking at two other completely awesome Signature sons -- and missing out on both of them. It didn't even occur to me until after I brought this guy home that both of the other gray boys that had so knocked me out were sired by Signature. Signature himself is a beautiful, compact, typey male with a family of elite animals behind him (Snowmass Royal Flush, full brother to Royal Bronze, with Snowmass Peruvian Casanova as his dam sire), so it's no small wonder he is able to reliably produce excellence.
Then, Capone's dam is a producer of excellence as well. She has produced multiple-blue ribbon winners by multiple other sires -- all dark, even when bred to light, and all grey when bred to grey. Her lineage provides an interesting blend of elite light impact sires (namely Peruvian Legacy, whose blood features heavily in our herd, and, further back, Peruvian Hemingway), and dark sires (Danko, another standby of our herd, and the true black Caballero Andante, foundation sire for Patagonia and Crescent Moon).
So, we have Capone. Simply put, in so many ways, this male exemplifies what we are breeding for. Capone is sweet, calm, and confident. He is extremely compact -- one might say ultra-compact -- yet his substance of bone is that of an extra-large alpaca. His bone circumference relative to height is the best I have ever seen. His conformation and proportions are excellent. His head is beautiful, and his coverage, like his sire's, is extensive.
... All of which is great, but if you've read this far, you probably know what you're looking at, and what you're looking at is the fleece. Yes, it really looks like that in real life. Not only does Capone have the high-frequency, high-amplitude crimp style of an elite white, he has the density of an elite white. Yes, this solid silver tux alpaca is as dense as an elite white one. He's also extremely fine. Last but most assuredly not least, he has an absolutely awesome staple length. This is a trait that we value very highly and feel is often under-appreciated in alpacas. Also stunning is his uniformity of color: Capone's fleece is solid silver gray. Period.
This male, along with his good buddy, .38 Harmony, is to be one of the backbones of our program. His reproductive development is most excellent, so we hope to begin his breeding career in 2016.
Awards
[1st] AOA National Fleece Conference - 2016 (2nd shearing)
Updated 7/28/2016