Kumara is what we have been working for in our gray alpacas, she's the complete package! This girl has it all, the fleece, the conformation, and personality. 5th generation breeding on our farm, we're so excited to have Kumara in our foundation herd. Her calm disposition makes handling her and her crias easy! Kumara bred to Stoney, our silver male, produced an incredibly fleeced true black female, Taza, in 2018. We couldn't be more pleased with Taza, she's awesome! She was bred to none other than Annual's BEA-2 Bomber her 2020 cria and the result was a stunning silver female! Kumara proving once again to be an exceptional foundation female. For 2023 Kumara was bred to Wahoo from MaRS, our appaloosa male, and the resulting female cria is a beautiful rich brown with white markings that was genotyped as a classic gray. Kumara was leased to another farm for her 2024 Utopia cria. She delivered yet another female, and in gray! Kumara was left open and will be coming home to MaRS in February. Kumara has been an awesome foundation with many more years of production ahead!

UPDATE: Privateer's offspring made their first show appearance March 2019. RG Privateer's First Mate took two 1 firsts and Grey Color Champion in both Halter (out of 17) and Walking Fleece (out of 33). RG Harley's Davidson took first of 13 in his Walking Fleece class and then Reserve Color Champion Walking Fleece (25 total). We can now add "Producer of Champions" to Privateer's list of fine qualities. Privateer's Color Genotype is ee a2a2 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Privateer's 2017 skin biopsy at 5yrs old by Dr. Norm Evans shows a density of 71 follicles/sqmm. SP ratio is 12.1 to 1 with level 4 of 4 gland presence which correlates with what senior judges are referring to as “well-nourished fleeces”. Secondary fibers average 21.9 microns and primary fibers averaging 30.1 giving him a variation of only 8.2 microns. I greatly anticipated the arrival of this guy and he is all that I expected and more. He is out Crown Jewel of PVA and SHVN The Buccaneer (who passes on lingering fineness to his offspring), both of whom are multiple champion animals! What a powerhouse background this guy possesses, The Elite Maximus, Hemingway, Bobbie Ann on the dams side and Pot of Gold, Royal Inca Legend on his sire's side, no wonder he is such a gorgeous animal. Privateer is stunning. As you can see by his fleece, he possesses awesome structure and the brightness to his fleece is blinding. Take that with his gorgeous head and coverage everywhere and we are looking at a boy that will make an excellent herdsire! Privateer's fleece is that "elite" fleece with bundles everywhere and secondary bundles coming out of each bundle, even down to his knee and under his belly and on his chest. He also has dark skin which should allow him to pass color. He has placed well in the shows and has always been up against very tough competition. The animals that placed above him were always from very big farms. So that should tell you where this boys really stands in the line up of future herdsires. Privateer started his breeding career Fall 2016 and his first cria arrived September 24, 2017-- a beautiful grey boy— Privateer’s First Mate. As of 2020, he has 8 offspring. He tends to throw the color of the female— while significantly upgrading fleece characteristics. If you have a dam that you love the color of and want to look for improvements in AFD (fineness that lasts!), SD, density, crimp, brightness... this is a guy to give strong consideration. Privateer has the sweetest of dispositions. He is very easy to handle.