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 Tica is a dark brown incredibly dense and lustrous Shavano daughter, one of the first Shavano kids that we have ever shown. Her mother, Tambora of Peru was one of our favorite dams who we sold at our Great Lakes Classic II sale in 2009. We purposely kept Tambora's daughter Tica, as we were not willing to let go of her mama's genetics due to her track record. When we bought Tambora, it was because of her extreme density and high luster, and Tica has inherited both those traits and more from her papa. Shavano is extremely dense and lustrous as well. Tica was shown in 2009 as a juvenile and was Reserve Brown Female Color Champion at both the AAA Futurity and Mapaca, and she won her class at AOBA Nationals. In her final year of showing she was the 2010 Reserve Brown Female Champion at the AAA Futurity and Brown Female Color Champion and Judges Choice at the 2010 GWAS in Denver and the 2010 AOBA Brown Female Color Champion at Nationals. She was bred to our 5 time Color Champion, 3/4 Accoyo Young Felipe, and had a beautiful beige high luster female, GLR Tashi, who will did well in the show ring spring 2011 and is now a foundation female at the ranch. Tica had a very nice Young Felipe daughter, GLR Tessa who only showed two times in 2013 and was Color Champion at both the 2013 AOBA Nationals and MAPACA. Tica's 2015 male cria, GLR Tico, sired by Cinders, the 2016 Dark Herdsire of the Year is a true black solid male who did very well in the show ring as a juvenile. Tica is bred back to Cinders and expecting a summer 2016 cria.