Animal Details

Service Sire: Apache Gentleman's Alchesay

Bred to 3X appaloosa champion, Apache's Alchesay for a June 2023 offspring

2018 Offspring: Rare Gem Giggles (Harlequin Appaloosa)

2018 Harlequin Offspring Ready for 1st Shearing

Sire: US Steel 3X Futurity Herdsire of the Year

Auntie Lizzy is always the favorite with the cria.

Scientific Data

4/21/2021	AFD 22.1, SD 4.8, %>30=5.2% CF 94.8%, MSL 71 mm (Age 7 yrs)
4/21/2020	AFD 23.9, SD 4.8, CV 20.0, %>30 8.7
4/21/2020	AFD 21.3, SD 4.6, CV 21.5%, %>30 3.8
1/1/2015	AFD 21.1, SD 4.1, CV 19.4, >30 2.5
1/1/2018	AFD 20.7, SD 4.2, CV 20.5, >30 2.3

Bred to 3X appy champion! (Sale Pending)

Granite Bay National Velvet (US Steel daughter)

Alpaca, Huacaya, Bred (Female) | True Black

AOA #32305869 | DOB: 7/12/2014 (10 yrs) (Due Date: 6/14/2023)

Sire: Neversummer's US Steel

Sale pending

Neversummer's US Steel

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)Medium Silver Grey

AOA# 31720076DOB: 6/12/200915 yrs

September 1, 2021 Neversummer's US Steel is for sale and is now available. We have kept back several of his offspring and it's now time for him to focus on another herd. SERIOUS INQUIRES ONLY! Gold Country Gathering 2019 Silver Spice, a Neversummer's US Steel daughter wins both Judge's Choice and Spirit of the Industry Award! Neversummer’s US Steel! 2018, 2017 and 2016 Herdsire of the Year! As of January 2018 Neversummer's US Steel will be permanently residing full time at Starshire Ranch! Love, love, love this guy, his stats, his offspring... Love everything about him! Steel is so very fine! He has 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! 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!

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AOA# 31720076 Medium Silver Grey

Dam: Granite Bay Satin Silhouette

Service Sire: Apache Gentlemen's Alchesay

Alchesay Our Apache Warrior

Apache Gentlemen's Alchesay

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)White, Beige, Medium Fawn

AOA# 36102471DOB: 5/12/20204 yrs

Alchesay was sired by Apache Gentlemen's, who has produced many stunning appaloosa cria. Alchesay's dam is Alpaca Rainbow Ranch's Valentine, and she has won a Banner and blue ribbons at shows. The combination of these two alpacas, gave us Alchesay and he had proven to be a Champion himself. Alchesay has turned out to be our lead herdsire, here at Alpaca Rainbow Ranch, and had 4 cria in 2023, and has had 4 cria this year with one more on its way. Next year we are hoping for 9 cria from Alchesay, with several ranches that have brought in dams to breed with him. We are proud of the quality of the fiber on these offspring, thanks to Alchesay's quality throughout his fiber. Alchesay's phenotype stands out from the others, his fleece has crimp throughout with a strong consistency of the fiber in his blanket. Alchesay bred 4 dams in 2023. and so far 5 will be bred this year, and if you would like to add His bloodline to your herd, lets us know. He has proven his fiber and confirmation by winning Banners and Blue ribbons at every show he has attended. This exceptional male is well mannered and knows how to present himself to prospective females.

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AOA# 36102471 White, Beige, Medium Fawn

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Description

National Velvet "Lizzy" is a true black silky soft female with a short face, broad muzzle and fuzzy ears. She has excellent bone substance and is a fantastic and protective mother. She has a perfect bite with dark eyes. Her sire is none other than Neversummer's US Steel 3 time Futurity Herdsire of the year for the Small Breeder Division and proven producer of beautiful grey color champions. National Velvet's dam is Granite Bay Satin Silhouette, a beautiful Snowmass Satin ReserveXX daughter with excellent bone substance on a stout frame (which is so characteristic of her sire). National Velvet comes from a great line of beautiful animals with excellent milk production and great mothering instincts. On 12/7/17 Lizzy delivered a beautiful fawn boy sired by 2015 Futurity Color Champion-- FTAF Blackbeard. Lizzy’s cria has no fuzzy cria tips... just beautiful bundles of shiny curls! He was born 14 pounds and has doubled his weight in his first two weeks. Even as a newborn, his fleece is something out of the ordinary... and he has been named Silky Sam, I am! 2018 - Lizzy throws a Harlequin female with black spots! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. This pairing has been repeated for a December 2019 offspring! 11/29/19 - Lizzy delivered a stunning dark silver grey female— dense, silky soft fleece and beautiful coloration. Just charmed! 12/18/20 - Lizzy delivered a 323 day gestation true black! He is very handsome and, as always, Lizzy is being a stellar mom. 3/28/21 - Lizzy was bred to harlequin appaloosa herdsire Apache Gentleman. She is behavior testing "positive" for pregnancy after just one breeding. This girl is oh, so easy when it comes to breeding. Lizzy has now been bred just 3 times since her arrival in December 2017. These 3 breedings have resulted in 2 offspring and its lookin' good that she is pregnant now as well for an early March 2022 offspring. Just love it when the foundation girls are this fertile and reproductively healthy. Go Lizzy!! 7/9/22 - Lizzy is currently in Colorado for her breeding to 3X appaloosa champion Apache Gentlemen's Alchesay. She has behavior tested positive and will return to California in September 2022. Lizzy is available as a 3-in-1 package with her male cria at side. This is a limited time offer while Lizzy is in Colorado.