So very fine! Steel also inherited his sire's trademark silky handle. As he matured, Steel's uniformity and retained fineness brought him to the very top of his extremely competitive classes in the ring. The judges consistently commented on his extreme fineness and soft handle and now his histogram numbers fully support this. Steel is a handsome male with an excellent breeding background and has matured into an elite macho, who has produced champion offspring of his own! Steel's dam, Crescent Moon's Starbright is a lovely Rayo Del Sol daughter who was a blue ribbon winner and a reserve champion in the ring herself. She was a gentle female and proved to be a topnotch breeder and mother. At 6 yrs of age, Starbright's fleece was still 21 microns. Steel continued his show career just months before his 3rd birthday at the 2012 Futurity placing 1st in a competitive class under judge Peter Kennedy. At the 2012 GWAS he was 1st and Reserve Color and the oldest male in his class at 34.7 months and Judge Jude Anderson commented on his fineness, uniformity of color and beautiful fleece character that is still being retained at his age. This is truly remarkable for a male just shy of 36 months to be so competitive in a class of 48 grey males! The color champion was rose grey, so Steel was the best silver grey male at this show! Just for fun, we brought Steel out again in 2013 for a local show- The International Alpaca Odyssey where he was 1st in both Cottage and Commercial grey classes, and Color Champion in the IAO Cottage Division. Although winning and ribbons are fun and good, but the true test of a great herdsire is in his offspring. Once more Steel continues to shine both in the brightness, fineness and soft silky handle of his offspring's fleece as well as the beautiful look he stamps on each offspring. Steel is co-owned with June Aploks/Starshire Ranch

JANUS' BLUE CRYSTAL: "THE ULTIMATE IN GREY' Janus Alpacas Proclaims, "One of Our Best Crias Ever Born Here!" Our first Snowmass Sterling Legend Silver Grey Daughter out of Olana, our best producer of grey! Crystal has the ultimate fleece characteristics. Both parents had histograms at the 15 range at 1 year! EXTREMELY DENSE & FINE WELL DEFINED & ORGANIZED CRIMP BRIGHT CLEAR UNIFORM FLEECE LONG STAPLE LENGTH CONFORMATION: COMPACT SQUARE STRAIGHT FRONT & REAR CORRECT BITE Blue Crystal has impressed us from day one. Her 1/2 sister, Kitty Hawk did the same. It is a very consistent line of high-end quality greys! I never thought I would be selling this amazing silver foundation girl who is a great producer, extremely dense, yet has soft handle into the belly. Janus' Blue Crystal's blanket is clean without spots. She has a tight crimp with good coverage, and has a wonderful disposition. Yocom histogram at 7 1/2 years: 26.2. Her dam, Olana is a true matriarch, just ask Dr. Michelle Ing, and sire, Snowmass Sterling Legend is no secret to us. Snowmass Sterling Legend was the Black Color Champion at the World Fleece Show. Sterling Legend was sold to a breeder in Germany. His genetics are no longer available, making his offspring that much more valuable. Blue Crystal is ready to breed to a grey male of your choice. You have several grey males to select at Alpaca Country Estates. We have our newest male purchased in the fall of 2018, a Super Sonic son, Thunder. Also, Cheryl Gehly has selected Estates Silver Boreas as our newest breeding male to take your grey program to the next level. In addition, we have NS Magic Flight, that still has an amazing soft hand and many offspring with his superb genetics just to mention a few of our 7 grey breeding males. Offspring: On 8/29/13, Blue Crystal gave birth to Estates Sterling Crystal, a fantastic MSG female sired by Neversummer's US Steel. Steel is very fine and inherited his sire's trademark silky handle. On 10/9/2014, Blue Crystal had Premier Ace Midnight Magic Crystal, a lovely, true black female cria multi-generational silver, NS Magic Flight. On 10/3/2015, Blue Crystal had Estates Black Diamond, a beautiful true black female also sired by NS Magic Flight. Magic's sire is none other than Snowmass Enlightenment, star of Snowmass Alpacas' entire gray genetic program. His dam is Champion producer, Almost Paradise Farms Beatriz. On 5/17/18, Blue Crystal gave us a extremely long staple length true black cria out of Estates Avignon, our stunning DSG US Steel son. On 7/6/20, Blue Crystal presented us with a handsome LSG male sired by Estates Silver Boreas.

**UPDATE** CONGRATULATIONS TO NANCY CHAPEL AND ART ISER OF ALPACA COUNTRY ESTATES ON THEIR 50% OWNERSHIP OF EARL GREY! GORGEOUS PROVEN DARK SILVER GREY MALE! EARL GREY IS THE RESULT OF BREEDING HIS MULTI CHAMPION DAM, SILVER ROSE ELEGANCE AND HIS MULTI CHAMPION SIRE, APPLEWOODS SIRE. HIS OFFSPRING CARRY HIS GREAT LOOK AND FLEECE AND 90% OF THEM ARE EITHER GREY OR BLACK! EARL GREY NOW HAS 12 CRIA ON THE GROUND AND ALL BUT ONE ARE EITHER GREY OF BLACK WHEN BRED TO A VARIETY OF COLORS. HIS YOUNGEST CRIA, MED SILVER GREY, PLACED SECOND AT CABA HALTER UNDER WADE GEASE AT THE AGE OF 6 MO AND 5 DAYS! EARL GREY'S GENETICS ARE A LINE UP OF ALPACA ROYALTY INCLUDING 4PERUVIAN LEGACY, CHOCHITI, VICTOR & CALIGULA. BOTH HER PARENTS ARE COLOR CHAMPIONS. EARL GREY'S SIRE, APPLEWOODS PHANTOM, IS A THREE TIME BANNER WINNER AND A GORGEOUS GREY MALE EARL GREY IS THE COMPLETE PACKAGE OF EXCEPTIONAL FLEECE, TERRIFIC CONFORMATION AND VERY TYPEY. CONFORMATION: CORRECT STRAIGHT FRONT & REAR TYPEY, GORGEOUS WEDGED HEAD CORRECT BITE FLEECE: CRIMP WITH HIGH FREQUENCY ARCHITECTURE BRIGHTNESS EXCELLENT DENSITY EXCEPTIONAL COVERAGE SIRE: APPLEWOODS PHANTOM ELITE GENETICS: QUALTRAIN SON, HA SHADES OF GREY, PERUVIAN JEREMIAH DAM: SILVER ROSE ELEGANCE ELITE GENETICS: ASPEN RIDGE AUGUSTO'S COCHITI, PPERUVIAN VICTOR, 4P LEGACY, PPERUVIAN CALIGULA, PERUVIAN BUENO