Congratulations to his new owner, Bari Padgett of Paragon Alpacas! Both his mom and his dad are National Banner Winners - each of them in both Halter and Fleece! How many alpacas can say that? Alpenglow Alpacas and Delphi Alpacas went in search of a silver male - that would complement our herds' fineness, brightness, and uniformity - that would maximize character and fleece weight - that would exhibit the typey style that the judges look for. Our goals were to improve fiber production in every capacity, while at the same time producing top show alpacas. Lofty goals - but we found him in Gray Enough. I had the joy (and challenge) of color checking him for show, when I first met this beautiful boy. GE is pale silver gray - that can best be appreciated against a white background. He has a distinct silver cap and silver legs as well. His first crias include a platinum gray female, just a tad darker than GE himself, from a fawn dam. And now his first crias have arrived at Delphi and we are over the moon with their quality. GE's pedigree cannot be topped. His sire is Annual's Bea-2 Bomber - Bomber is well known as the .38 Special son with his own wall of awards - now sire to an ever growing list of his own Champion crias. Now imagine matching Bomber up with an equally impressive dam! They did. GE's mom is 16 time Champion Orlando's Carly Cloud - full sister to Ringo Cloud. Carly's 16 Championships include: Color Champion AOA Nationals Fleece 2015 Color Champion AOA Nationals Fleece 2014 Color Champion AOBA Nationals Fleece 2012 Color Champion AOBA Nationals Halter 2012 Color Champion MAPACA Halter 2012 Reserve Champion The Futurity 2012 (Halter). Some of GE's renowned sire Bomber's show highlights: Color Champion AOBA Nationals Halter 2011- Mike Safely Color Champion AOBA Nationals Halter 2012 Color Champion MAPACA Fleece 2012 Reserve Champion AOBA Nationals Fleece 2012 GE's stats @ 18 months - AFD - 17.2 SD 2.86 CV 16.64 CF 100.0 Length 115.0 Curv 49.8 30 Months: AFD - 18.51 SD 3.41 CV 18.43 CF 99.77 Length 110.0 Curv 49.5 42 Months: AFD - 19.21 SD 3.77 CV 19.6 CF 99.2 Length 110.0 Curv 48.4 55 Months: AFD - 19.3; SD 4.3; CV 22.3; 1.4 % >30

~ Just freakin' adorable, a Fabulous Fleece Machine! ;^) ~ Typey typey typey - and personality plus. We Love Shiny. ~ Bred to GE for what could only be an Awesome cria, due in September. ~ Will be re-bred to one of our sires. ~~~ Update ~~~ 9/19/19 Delivered a fabulous classic silver gray boy - I know we all love our superlatives, so short version: We're Really glad he's a he. Big smiles! The judge loved Shiny - Reserve Champion Brown (class combined males and females) in GWAS walking fleece 2018 - class of 20; which included the Male who won the 2018 GWAS Brown Halter Color Champion the next day. She was only beaten by the male who won the Reserve Championship in halter. So yup it was a Very competitive group. Amazing Density, fineness, length, character - it's all there. And her second fleece is even better. And, the rest of her is wonderful too! We bred her to GE in October for what is a crazy exciting baby, due soon. The cria will surely be a Super Typey Fabulous Fleece Machine cria - like both of its parents. Update: Yup. :) Shiny's mom is a lovely fine classic silver gray, a daughter of an amazing Snowmass sire. Shiny's dad, Romeo, is an exceptional example of Renaissance Ridge Alpacas' superb breeding program. Romeo's mom is Full Sister to Guns A Blazin' - thought to be the very best offspring of Guns & Roses (who is full brother to 38 Special). Her Pedigree Power shows. She took after her sire in color, but Shiny does show hints of gray - such as an interesting bit of gray "smokey eye" eye shadow when she was young. Good bite and solid frame, oh the babies she will have.