At Autumn Sun Alpacas, we know that is no secret that this true black herdsire is an all-around package that you will want to cover any dam, light or dark colored! Secret is a black that had no fading at his tips or interspersed white fibers when he was showing (he's getting a few 'old man' white hairs now). This isn't surprising with a lineage that includes notable black sires like Othello, recently deceased, and Snowmass Nova's Dark Quest. With his distinctive head and leg coverage, along with his inky black fiber, many stopped and stared at Secret the ring. And worthy of that attention, his fiber has extreme density, bright shine, bundled crimp, and soft handle. These are traits that you want to add or amplify in your breeding program! This is obvious in the 10x champion true black son, AutumnSun's Black Maelstrom. We were fortunate to have had our program benefit from such an exceptional offspring, especially as he was just one of only a few we have performed to Secret! We have the fortune of several excellent herdsires, including grey and black, so Secret has had to be patient. And, Maelstrom is just as a precocious stud just as his sire, as both started breeding under 2 years old. Father and son both breed black well into our program. As our Secret is getting up there in years and we we don't want to overtax him (he is still breeding for us), we are closing him to outside breedings.

Roxanne was exactly what we were looking for when we found her. She began in the show ring soon after that and consistently placed in the top four at every show she attended. Since we moved her from the show ring to our foundation herd she has given us two beautiful healthy offspring. Roxanne gave birth to a true black daughter in 2014 out of Dundee’s the Lad. She has been named Dusty's Lady Adelaide and she is a very friendly curious youngster with a silky black fleece that just shines. In August 2015 Roxanne delivered a beautiful strong true black male out of Wolf Den's Dark Secret who was up and running within an hour. Roxanne's 2016 cria is the most beautiful light brown male out of Dusty's Sir Lionel. Lionel passed on his crimp and fineness and they both passed on their density resulting in the most beautiful bright soft dense fleece on an adorable little curious package. He is so nice we repeated the breeding of Roxanne back to Lionel for a fall 2017 cria. Roxanne and Lionel did it again with another beautiful boy who may be even better than his brother. Time will tell as he grows a little bigger. Roxanne is currently bred to "Dundee's The Lad" so we expect another True Black offspring for 2019.