Rippin' is a champion, out of two champions, designed to make champions. The pedigree on this male is superlative not only for his "close-up" ancestors -- his 7x champion sire, Crescent Moon's Simtustus, and his 7x blue, champion dam, Aussie .38 Special daughter Zumbador's Rossi -- but because of how incredibly well-thought out the breeding to produce this male truly is. Any two champions can be bred together, but this is no guarantee that the progeny will be any good; some lines just don't cross well. In Rippin's case, it is evident that his breeders put very careful thought into his production. Rippin' has impact sire Peruvian Victor and impact sire Danko twice in his pedigree. This careful use of line-breeding is very commonly used in livestock breeding to "lock in" traits of interest, and in this case, it worked. Both Danko and Victor were known for imparting great density to their offspring, and guess what? Rippin' is dense ... Really, really, REALLY dense. He will be biopsied in 2017, but, judging solely by hand-feel versus fineness, it is likely that he is the densest grey alpaca on our farm and one of our densest males, period. This is true follicular density, mind you, not merely a coarse, heavy fleece, for Rippin's first fleece boasted a spectacular 15 micron AFD, and his 3rd does not look to be above a Grade 2. (His 2016 histogram is pending -- his fleece was sent to show the moment it arrived in NH.) He has excellent uniformity, great staple length, and, oh yeah, fantastic crimp -- that ultra-high-amplitude, medium-frequency that spins up beautifully. Rippin' is not a halter champion just because of his fleece, however. He carries this fleece around on a solid-boned frame with superlative, straight conformation. His coverage is very good and he has a beautiful topknot. He has some filling-out to do yet, but, given his excellent bone substance, he promises to mature into a nicely heavy-set, macho male. All of this with a marvelous, inquisitive, yet calm disposition -- a truly ideal temperament. Rippin' began his breeding career with great enthusiasm this summer, 2017. I am so eager to see his offspring! He has also been priced ... For which I must be going crazy. My rationale is that we now have two other .38 Special line males, and now two Simtustus daughters, and Rippin' is the tallest and lankiest of my .38 boys. This guy might have the best crimp on our farm, though, so ... Yes, I'm probably crazy.

Cinnaberry is a lovely Medium Rose Grey appaloosa whose sire is an 8x color champion. She took first place in every class she entered, doing her sire and her multi-champion dam proud. She was purchased for the sole purpose of breeding to Snowmass XXXtreme and we are anxiously awaiting the chance to let her cria, Ultimate's Maxxximus, show us what he can do in the show ring! Cinnaberry was bred to XXXtreme's fabulous mutli-champion son, Ultimate XXXtreme and gave birth to an awesome rose gray boy on 5/5/13!! This little guy (Ultimate's MaXXXimus) is nothing short of fabulous!! He has "popcorn curls" all over his blanket with curly fiber from his nose to his toes packed onto a solid bone structure. Cinnaberry was bred again to Ultimate Xxxtreme and gave birth to a beautiful light fawn boy on 12/26/17. What a great Christmas present! Cinnaberry was bred to Zumbador Rossi’s Rippin, a beautiful rose grey, and gave birth to amazing beautiful rose gray boy. This cria is so gorgeous that we repeated this same breeding, and Cinnaberry is now confirmed pregnant by ultrasound, due for a January 2020 cria! Cinnaberry comes with a breed back to one of our own herdsires.