It's no wonder Sebastian is throwing grey, he's 6th generation grey with tons of grey genetics! Sebastian's cria have started hitting the ground running! In Spring 2015 he has been 3-for-3 in throwing tux greys out of brown, black and grey. They are all amazing cria so far. The product of a well planned out breeding from one of FTAF’s best grey girls, Pretty Lady, to their True Black 13X Champion herdsire, SHVN The Buccaneer. The outcome was spectacular. Sebastian has buttery soft fleece with a consistent crimp throughout his blanket, neck and legs. And oh what beautiful coverage! Pretty Lady and Buccaneer both are holding low microns for their age and have passed that on to their offspring. We expect that to hold true for Sebastian, too. His sire, SHVN The Buccaneer is the top herdsire at Full Tilt Alpacas and consistently produces high quality offspring. Buccaneer is a very true black male that has retained his fineness as even at 6 years old he was able to win his 13th championship. Every time he has won in the ring it has been due to his strong frame and the fact that he was finer than the other animals in the class, even those much younger than him. His dam, Pretty Lady, consistently produces exquisite offspring. Although she was never shown, her fleece was entered into many spinoffs and she has always gotten 1st place. Her fleece spun into yarn is absolutely stunning. Sebastian attended his first 2 shows, National Champions 2011 and OABA Alpacafest 2011, and took first place at both shows. The judges loved his look, the fineness of his fleece and his well balanced conformation! This guy is something special and everything you could hope to add to your offspring! Sebastian went on to win more 1st place ribbons and 2 banners in 2012! Judges comments were that is fleece was as fine as the juvies in the grey class when he was pushing 2 years of age! Then, in 2013 he went on to win 2 more banners – again the judge loved his looks and was amazed at the fineness he is retaining! NEWS UPDATE - Sebastian's paternal brother just won Black Male Color Champion at the 2015 Futurity! Quality runs in the blood!

Perpetual Motion, or Peppi as we call her, describes her perfectly - she is a very happy, energetic alpaca, and an easy keeper. Peppi's sire is grey, and even though Peppi's coloring is solid mahogany red, her background is filled with color including all shades of grey. Peppi is a beautiful mahogany red with black tips. She has the fiber luster and fineness of her sire with bold crimp. Her fiber is wonderful to work with and the color is in demand with the spinners. On November 18, 2015, Peppi had a gorgeous tux grey girl, Periwinkle, from our 4x champion grey herdsire, Sebastian! Peppi is a great mom with lots of milk.

Ringo needs little introduction - with 23 Championships and 2 Judges' Choice Awards his quality is indisputable! At 8 months old, Ringo wowed the judge at his first show, the Southern Select in Tennessee. He came in 1st in his class of 14, and went on to win Reserve Championship. That trend continued on for 3 years, winning championships in 2011, 2012 and 2013 before finally retiring to a full-time breeding career. When we selected Ringo to add to our herdsire lineup, we were looking for: -- Superior fleece                             -- Great EPDs -- Great conformation                       -- Grey genetics -- Proven, champion offspring           -- Great personality Ringo brings every one of those aspects to the table. Ringo has shiny, crimpy, dense fleece from nose to toes, and he has the "look at me" presence that sets him apart. Along with his fine, dense fleece, you get great staple length and architecture with high frequency, high amplitude crimp. Then to top it off he has a beautiful head and great proportion and style...and he has a great personality to match! A strong breeder with plenty of "macho" yet he can be put in with young boys and gets along with the other older guys as well. An early histogram for Ringo gave the following in 2009: 16.9 AFD, 4.1 SD, 100% CF. Six plus years later, he posted the following in 2016: 22.9 AFD, 4.9 SD, 91.4% CF and a curvature of 70! Great numbers for a male who already had ~65 cria on the ground! During his show career, he was instrumental in helping his silver grey sire, Orlando Cloud (one of the elite grey males with enormous impact on the grey huacaya breeding world), win Herdsire of the Year at MAPACA in 2013 & 2014 with his back-to-back championships in fawn at those shows. However, none of his accomplishments matter unless he can pass on his excellence! Not only does he post great numbers himself, have a look at his 2017 EPDs! He is solid across the board in expected progeny improvement. To say that Championships run in his blood is an understatement. Check out his relatives: Ringo has produced multiple Champion offspring (24 banners so far) and ribbon winners galore (175+ ribbons so far, including 72 blues) in a variety of colors! Epic Alpacas proudly co-owns Ringo Cloud with Asgard Acres and Alpacas of the Alleghenies.