Triumph is beautiful in conformation, type and color. He's a full Peruvian from two blue ribbon parents. His fleece character is uniform across his blanket and a crimpy, non-fading deep true black color all over his body. However, he's not the finest or most dense black male we have, so we will use him selectively for genetic diversity to further infuse non-fading, true black color, correct type and the wonderful 4P Black Magic line into our herd. Note: We do not practice nor do we promote breeding for extreme density because it creates increased health risks with heat stress in the spring prior to shearing, as well as mildew problems in the fleece from sweating. Clear, sunny spring days really heat up those full fleeces and the alpacas want to be out in the pastures munching up that new spring grass! Remember, quality alpaca fleece has exceptional heat retention. We have seen and heard of the detrimental effects of too many alpacas and fleeces from heat stress, including top-tier prize white males going sterile, so...that's our two cents. ;>) If sold, we will retain a few breedings. [Named after my late father's 1947 Triumph motorcycle.]

2023...Mellona still has an incredibly, uniformly fine fleece finer that some crias. Uniform fineness and character, greatly increased crimps per inch, sound conformation, correct phenotype and calm temperament. Her dam, Pakoa, was an extremely fine true black. 14 m tui fleece and the curve on her next histogram increased to 63 (16 m / 4 sd)! Mellona is a compact female and is co-owned with Sonshine Alpacas. We call her our "dryer lint" girl because of her fineness. She has a silly personality like her sire and an incredibly fine fleece...inherited from both parents. You'll be challenged to find a finer gray fleece with a high degree of curvature...lingering even at nine years old.