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8/20/24 4/20/23 (Through the fence at dusk) Raku - Front - Gorgeous head! Topline October 2023 Shorn fleece 4/29/2020 1st 2022 PAOBA & 1st 2022 MABA (Handler Kevin didn't look happy, but we were! : ) First offspring, a beautiful female, Mercer, at 4.5 months. (Beige dam) Raku  - Right Side - Bright, Mostly Solid Blanket Raku - Left Side Raku - Rear View Dam & Futurity Grey Champion, Morning SKY's Paulina Dam, Paulina, the country's first grey JC banner in halter! Sire & Judges' Choice, Man of Steel Grandsire, Quixotic Granddam, Morning SKY's Royale Ainee Raku as a Juvenile Handsome - as a juvie, and still today Beautiful bundling! Raku - Day One - That fleece! Meeting half sister, Possum Raku as a Cria - Shorn Raku - Right Side

Man of Steel Son & Son of 2 JC Champs!

Morning SKY's Paulina's Raku

Alpaca, Huacaya, Herdsire (Male) | Medium Silver Grey

AOA #35567523 | DOB: 9/19/2019 (5 yrs)

Sire: MAN of STEEL

PRODUCING CHAMPIONS AND JUDGES CHOICE

MAN of STEEL

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)Medium Silver Grey
AOA# 32257724DOB: 6/4/20168 yrs
JUDGES CHOICE AND MULTI NATIONAL CHAMPION HERDSIRE NOW PRODUCING CHAMPIONS AND JUDGES CHOICE OFFSPRING. IF YOU BREED FOR GREY MOS IS YOUR MAN. PROVEN PRODUCER OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY OFFSPRING. If you've had the opportunity to see Phantasy Farm's Phorged Steel or Cloverleaf's MOS HELIOS both multi champions and Judges Choice winners you know what MOS can produce. MOS now has beautiful cria on the ground. First 5 are silver grey, even bred to fawn and brown. He is pushing his beautiful fleece characteristics along to his offspring, we and our customers have been very pleased with the results. Undefeated grey halter champion now with offspring on the ground. During MOS show career he was undefeated in the halter ring, including 2020 and 2018 National Grey champion and 2019 Futurity Grey Champion. Now the 2020 National Grey Champion at 46 months of age, with cria on the ground. We are so excited to see him retaining such beautiful fleece, and passing it to his offspring JUDGES CHOICE 2018 MAPACA JUBILEE Making history, to date this is only the 3rd time a grey has achieved this prestigious honor. Only the 2nd time for a grey male- we could not be more proud of this elite herdsire. IF YOU'VE SEEN HIM YOU KNOW----HE'S GOT IT UNDEFEATED GREY HALTER CHAMP- INCLUDING 2020 and 2018 NATIONALS, MAPACA JUBILEE JUDGES CHOICE and COLOR CHAMPION FUTURITY COMMENTS: Jude Anderson: ELITE GREY FLEECE, fine, consistent, great hand, bright with micro bundles- he's got it all The judges oooh and ahh when they get their hands on him and part his fleece
 AOA# 32257724 Medium Silver Grey
Dam: Morning SKY's Paulina

2x JUDGES CHOICE & 7x Color Champion!!!

Morning SKY's Paulina

HuacayaOpen (Female)Medium Silver Grey
AOA# 32014013DOB: 8/15/201014 yrs
Gorgeous, conformationally square, and with lovely fleece with a very soft handle and a solid grey blanket - a beauty and also a two time Judges' Choice winner - once in halter (the first grey awarded in the US), and once in fleece, and the 2012 Futurity Color Champion amid stiff competition! Paulina also garnered the Color Champion banner two years in a row at both the Best of the US show and the PAOBA Breeders Showcase! Being a champion as a juvenile is wonderful; continuing to retain those qualities as a yearling and into the second fleece is a bonus and something of which we are very proud! Named in honor of her late granddam, 6P Paulettha, who passed in February 2010, Paulina is a beautiful example of what this line produces. Most have been females, and all have had strong conformation, solid bone and very nice fleece. Paulina's dam, Ainee, won a blue ribbon at the 2009 World Fleece Show as well as halter awards; her sire is an award winning Dark Shaddow son. We've been excited about Paulina since she was born, and it was proved out at her first show, the 2011 Best of the US, where, as the youngest of all of the grey females, she took a blue ribbon and then the Color Champion banner! In her first show of 2012 and as a yearling, Paulina took the blue, Color Champion banner, and the Judges Choice banner in halter! At her first show in 2011, Judge Babs Manion seemed very impressed from the minute that she began inspecting Paulina's fleece, and mentioned Paulina's extraordinary fineness, density, conformation, softness of handle, the similarity between her dark and light fibers - something that is not always easy to achieve in greys, and categorized her as having an elite fleece. Judge Wade Gease was left momentarily speechless and stuttering the first time that he opened Paulina's fleece to judge her as part of the Breeder's Best Three, and said that it was too bad that she wasn't a male! In 2012, judge Peter Kennedy and apprentice judge, Robin Nasemann, noted her extreme fineness, balance, softness and uniformity. Judge Wade Gease thanked us for giving them the opportunity to experience an alpaca of her quality - a compliment that we truly appreciated. Judge Amanda VandenBosch was heard to say "I just love her!"; judge Helen Humphreys called her "unbelievable". Judge Jude Anderson said that when it came to uniformity, Paulina "has it in spades!" Judge Ken Hibbits wanted to figure out how to fit her into his suitcase on the flight back home. Paulina was also awarded the Judges' Choice award for Best Hand at the 2013 MAPACA Jubilee Fleece Show. Her 2nd cria, Morning SKY's Spectacular, is a many time MRG CC and RC in halter and fleece. 2018 cria, Morning SKY's Midnight Possum, has great phenotype and lovely fleece. 2019 cria, Morning SKY's Raku is our MSG herdsire with soft handling fleece. 2021 MSG female cria, DanZe PPParty, is a lovely Reserve Champion.
 AOA# 32014013 Medium Silver Grey

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Description

I've never tried the process of raku, but admire the unexpected possibilities and beauty of the resulting markings and colors. This was one of those breeding outcomes where you rather hoped for a boy - with the same possibilities and beauty of desired color and markings, and we got one - a very nice one in the color for which we'd also hoped - grey! And, the gorgeous fleece and conformation qualities of both sire and dam have combined beautifully. Morning SKY's Paulina's Raku is the offspring of two of only nine greys in the country to win a Judges' Choice banner in halter competition. Both parents are Futurity Color Champions, too! Raku's first offspring, Morning SKY's Raku's Mercer, is a strong, healthy brown female with bright, crimpy fleece. 2024 Buckeye Judge Amanda VandenBosch loved Mercer's fleece, praising her soft handle and uniformity from shoulder to rump and down to her extremities. Raku's dam, Morning SKY's Paulina is the first grey in the US (in 2012) to be awarded a Judges' Choice banner in halter competition, and the only grey female in the US for ten years running. She also received a Judge's Choice banner for Best Hand at the large MAPACA fleece show. Paulina began her show career at 6 months of age with Color Champion banners that continued through her second year of showing. Among many other awards, her dam, Morning SKY's Royale Ainee (also grey), took a first place at the World Fleece Conference in 2009. Raku's sire, Quixotic's Man of Steel, is the third grey to win a Judge's Choice banner in halter and also had a stellar show career over multiple years. His grandsire, Quixotic, won numerous awards over his career as evidenced by his photo. At the 2020 Buckeye Fall Fest, Raku placed second in a yearling class. (Covid prevented him from showing as a juvenile.) Judge Laurel Shouvlin commented that Raku was well grown for his age, very well put together, demonstrated good proportion and had a fine, very soft handling fleece with a good degree of brightness. Judge Amanda VandenBosch also spoke of his softness of hand at the 2020 Buckeye Alpaca Show. As a 2 year old at the 2022 MABA Alpaca Celebration, judge Robin Nasemann complimented his very fluid conformation and uniform staple from skin to tip as he awarded Raku a first place blue ribbon. Raku also earned a first place ribbon under judge Diana Timmerman at the 2022 PAOBA Breeder's Showcase, at the 2022 MA & PA Alpaca Pronk. Contact us at [email protected] to book a breeding to your beautiful female!

Awards

4th Place - 2020 Buckeye Alpaca Show - Amanda Vandenbosch
2nd Place - 2020 Buckeye Alpaca Fall Fest - Laurel Shouvlin
1st Place - 2022 MABA Alpaca Celebration - Robin Nasemann
1st Place - 2022 PAOBA Breeders Showcase - Diana Timmerman

Updated 8/21/2024

Offspring

Man of Steel Granddaughter & Raku's 1st!
Morning SKY's Raku's Mercer
Cria Female1 yrMedium Brown 
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