Cinders was just the male we had been looking for the quite a few years, to breed to our Shavano and Rastamon daughters. We purchased this beautiful male from Beth Roy of Suri Peak. Cinders had his first offspring on the ground in the spring of 2012 and his kids showed at the 2013 GWAS in Denver coming out of the ring with blue ribbons and much acclaim. Of the four entered all four won blue ribbons with Mystique going on the win the Reserve Color Championship. With a biopsy density of 67.5 at four years old, this guy has some impressive fiber stats. His first Great Lakes Ranch offspring certainly did not disappoint in 2015 nor in 2016. Cinders is the 2016 AAA Futurity Dark Herd Sire of the Year! Needless to say Cinders is a welcome addition to our herd sire line up. Cinders is closed to outside breedings.

GLR Ali is a full sister to GLR Arappaho, now owned by Pines Edge Suri Alpacas and the 2009 MAPACA and AOBA Black Male Color Champion. She is a beautiful true black Shavano daughter from one of our favorite dams, GLR Allelujah, one of the only Synergy daughters we have ever kept. Her first dance in the show ring was at the 2010 AAA Futurity where she awarded Black Female Reserve Champion as a juvenile. She took first place and Black Female Color Champion at GWAS in Denver, the largest alpaca show in the nation and went on to earn the 2010 Reserve Black Female Color Champion at the AOBA Nationals in Ft. Wayne Indiana. She won Black Female Color Champion, and 2nd in Bred and Owned Female at the 2011 Mapaca Jubilee and she was Black Female Reserve Color Champion at the 2011 AAA Futurity and Black Reserve Color Champion at the 2011 GWAS show. She also won the Black Female Color Championship at the 2011 Suri Network Fleece Show. She is a beautiful girl with great bone, excellent conformation, a lustrous greasy fleece, that desirable wedge shaped head and a sweet, mellow disposition to boot. Ali's 2014 cria is a gorgeous true black daughter GLR Ongeleigh, sired by CInders, who Karl and Jan Heinrich, of Long Hollow Suri Alpacas purchased this fall. Ongeleigh is every bit as beautiful as her mother with incredible fleece, excellent luster, coverage and fineness, a great suri head , straight conformation and that sweet personality she inherited from her mom. We are honored by Karl and Jan's support of our breeding program with their purchase as they both are experts in evaluating and understanding suri fleece. We wish them luck in the show ring and can't wait to see Ongeleigh's cria when she retires to become a mom. Ali's 2015 female cria is yet another true black girl, GLR Alleycat who is just as promising as Ongelleigh and sired once again by Cinders who did well on the show circuit in 2016 in the top of the black juvenile classes and the 2016 Reserve Black Female at the 2016 Mapaca Jubilee. Alleycat ought to be a serious contender as a yearling in the show ring. Ali gave birth 2016 to yet another jet black male cria, GLR Alix.

GLR Taj was the last cria born on the GLR ranch in 2013. And what a way for him to end up our birthing season. This little guy, at the time they thought to be one of their very best cria born on the ranch that year. He is an absolute clone of his sire, GLR Kolaqua, who was a two time AOBA Grey Color Champion. He has the tell tale wrinkled skin that comes with density which doesn't surprise us, as his dad's first shearing weight was almost 12 pounds. He had more wrinkles in fact than any other grey they have ever produced on their ranch. His mother GLR Tashi, is the daughter of GLR Tica who was a Color Champion and one of the very first colored Judges Choices.He has a pedigree packed with colored genetics, excellent fiber characteristics and conformation and we have high hopes that this young boy will be as successful as his papa both in the show ring and as a breeder of champion offspring. His full sister, GLR Tashina was the Reserve Grey Female Color Champion as a juvenile at the 2013 AAA Futurity and MAPACA and Grey Color Champion at the 2014 AOA Nationals. GLR Tashina ended her show careers by being named the very first grey Judges Choice, male or female. Taj at 25 months old, had a micron of 19.3. His regrowth is impressive and he has matured superbly. He has taken his place in our stud row and we are actively using him in our breeding program this year. We look forward to seeing what he produces in 2017.