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

Gabriella is an easy birther with lots of milk. She passes on fineness, uniformity and staple length to her offspring. Take a look at her offspring below. She has been bred to our herdsire, Elation's Storm of ATV. We anticipate this cria to be grey just like their last cria together.

CHECK OUT THIS MACHO MAN! Top 1% EPDs A skin biopsy done by Norm Evans on May 14, 2015, reads: "NPA Peruvian Micro" grades a true density of 95.26 follicles SQ MM of skin based on the average of 2 squares. All squares could not be utilized as the punch went thru the skin at an angle or the animal jumped causing a skewed view. Observe the 12 fiber clusters in the S/P view that show an S/P of 13.0 to 1. Twenty five clusters show an average S/P of 13.4 to 1. Notice on the S/P view that the fibers show uniform placement within the connective tissue which is a trait likely passed from his dam. His 400X scan show level 3 of 4 glands and less than 3% of his secondary fibers show medullation as determined by the red spot in the center of the fibers. 100 secondary fibers averaged 12.4 microns while 50 primary fibers averaged 19.1 microns for a variation of only 6.7 microns. This male show very strong fiber stats. Fiber/Scientific Data 2017 AFD 16.7, SD 3.8, CV 22.8, %>30 0.6 2015 AFD 13.8, SD 3.2, CV 23.1, %>30 0.3 2014 AFD 13.6, SD 3.4, CV 24.7, %>30 0.2 *He has 3 cria on the ground running. All 3 are dense with the same head and body style. They are so bright they glow in the sun. We can't wait to see how they grow out.