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Stonyridge Arista

Alpaca, Huacaya, Bred (Female) | Dark Silver Grey

Dam: Peaceful Valley Grace

Champion Producing Foundation Dam

Peaceful Valley Grace

HuacayaBred (Female)True Black

AOA# 830051DOB: 6/22/200123 yrs

Grace is in a class of her own. This is the female that defined our breeding program. Her offspring are always the top of our show string. She is a spectacular true black female with solid bone, excellent balanced conformation, and a stunning classic head. Shiny black, broad crimp, and wonderful handle define her fleece, a tribute to the Accoyo line. Grandsires Ppperuvian Yupanqui, and Guellermo provide the solid foundation. Her dam is Peaceful Valley Celina, a ½ Accoyo true black out of a Maroon dam. Her sire, Michelangelo, is a phenomenal black male who passes on his conformation, fleece quality, incredible presence. Grace displays elegance in presence, movement, and attitude that are rare. Grace's 2003 cria, Steele Magnolia, sired by Aussie Rockford is a gorgeous medium grey female who gathered many blues, a reserve color champion and Color Champion at the level V AWE as a yearling. Grace's 2004 cria, Stonyridge Capella is also sired by Rockford, and followed her big sister's footsteps earning blues in the show ring. Grace delivered a true black female, Carina, in Sept. '05 sired by Patagonia's Compadre, a typey male with excellent conformation presence, and dense, crimpy true black fleece. Carina also earned her share of the limelight in her juvenile show year, and was sold as a weanling. Her repeat breeding to Aussie Rockford produced a stunning silver male, Perseus, in '06 who won two blues in fleece spin-offs. Grace produced a true black male in '07 from her breeding to Peruvian Black Epic, and her '08 After Hours cria is a lovely true black female. Given her successful Rockford kids, her '09 Rockford daughter, Arista is a happy addition. Grace & her kids possess an elusive slick hand to their fleeces that spinners absolutely love. Grace produced a striking mahogany male in '10 from her Vermeer (light fawn) breeding. Given the awesome '08 cria, Bellatrix, from her pairing with After Hours, we have bred her back to him for her 2011 cria. Can anyone say repeat performance?

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 AOA# 830051 True Black

Description

Arista's joining my foundation herd was one of those things that was clearly meant to be. I missed the boat on her the first time around, so when fate conspired to make her available the 2nd time, I didn't hesitate. Between her pedigree, fantastic coloration, and impeccable conformation, this was a female who was destined to join our foundation herd. Arista's dam, Peaceful Valley Grace, was the matriarch of Stonyridge Alpacas' renowned herd. Grace has produced multiple champions, including Arista's full sister, Steele Magnolia. A rock-solid dam line, all five of Grace's daughters have gone on to become powerful producers for their herds. Grace's descendents have been consistently kicking butt in the show ring. They have also been very consistently black and silver grey, with the only few lighter colors produced by much lighter sires. Grace's line appears to be very homozygous for all of the right black alleles! Then, there is her sire, Aussie Rockford. Rockford needs no introduction to grey alpaca breeders -- or to harlequin appaloosa alpaca breeders, for that matter, of which Howling Hill Farm is most assuredly both. Aussie Rockford is not only a legendary sire of correctly conformed, fine-fleeced grey alpacas; he is also a well-known carrier of the harlequin appaloosa gene. This gene is one of the reasons that I absolutely had to bring Arista into our program: although she is a phenotypic tuxedo grey, she has confirmed herself to be a harlequin carrier. All three of Arista's offspring to date have been smashing, but it was her first, Corvus, who really caught my eye. Corvus is a truly solid, gunmetal grey -- my ideal alpaca color. He started life, however, as a light fawn. This transformation is a hallmark of the harlequin gene, and the uniform silver phenotype is one of the rarest manifestations of this amazing coloration. Arista's second son, Milestone, is a gorgeous boy who is still pursuing his show career. Her third cria is a daughter, American Maid. American Maid is a typey, incredibly stout female with an amazing staple length, dramatic brightness, and incredibly soft handle. This is little surprise, given the wonderful handle of Arista's fleece! Her second fleece scored 98/100 points at the CABA Classic Spin-Off, with the suggestion that the yarn be used for next to the skin garments. Arista arrived here bred back to Neversummer's American Iron. She produced a stunning light fawn female with impeccable conformation and a beautiful head who sold the moment she was listed. Oh my goodness gracious. Cria #5 has arrived, and holy moley, Arista knocked it out of the ballpark this time with a STUNNING, big-boned, typey leopard appaloosa with awesome fleece. This one is so impressive that, for the first time EVER, we repeated that breeding!

Updated 9/9/2016

Offspring

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American Dream

Open (Female)9 yrsMedium Fawn

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Open (Female)10 yrsTrue Black

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