19 Time Halter Champion in True Black! 2012 has been good to Jacob Black. Every show he went to, he was the Color Champion, and it didn't matter if it was the Futurity or Nationals. He finished 2012 with a stellar 19 halter champion banners! Jacob Black has great conformation, a beautiful fleece, and a handsome head. His true black fleece is extremely uniform with a very expressive crimp style found normally on white animals. His personality is laid back and gentle. Jacob Black started showing when he was 9 months old, and since that time, he bannered in every show he went to, with the exception of a blue ribbon at the Futurity when he was 10 months old. Jacob is not available to outside breedings. He will be an exclusive, restricted herdsire for our black program, and he will join 15 time champion Knight Rider in producting show winning blacks. Update: Jacob Black wins Reserve Dark Herdsire at the 2015 Futurity and the 2016 Futurity! That is a fabulous achievement! Update: Jacob Black's crias are outstanding, and many of them are already champions themselves!

Sometimes you find a hidden gem and boy did we ever! Justice was only shown once as a Juvi, and then got lost in the shuffle as her owners were not showing. We picked her up at 42 months of age and knew looking at her fleece she need to be shown a few times in the spring before she was to be bred. We knew going in that she would be showing in a single entry class but we believed that she should be competitive in the championship class also. In her debut weekend, Justice took Color Champion in both the Railsplitter Alpaca Show under Sharon Loner and the Illinois Alpaca and Fiber Fest under Robin Naseman. Sharon Loner was totally in love with Justice, saying she was the finest in the classes (even finer than the Juvi's!). A few weeks latter in Wisconsin, we experienced an encore performance with Justice taking the Color Championship, once again beating out previous Champions and wowing Judge Peter Kennedy. Justice has perfect phenotype, with a super fine, highly organized fleece. She carries excellent density and character throughout her entire blanket. This girl is our foundation for black in our program! Her crias are HFAR Midnight Serenade, HFAR Midnight Anthem, HFAR Diamante’s Midnight Melody, and HFAR Midnight Crescendo.

Since day one it was known this boy was going to be quite special. As he has grown, he has not disappointed. If you are looking for perfect phenotype with an excellent handling, in addition to dense fleece, you have found your male! Argento is a gray son of FTAF's Blackbeard and grandson of Grand River Columbo. He displays terrific conformation and a beautiful head. His dense fiber is very fine with excellent handle and architecture. As you look at his ARI, you can see his impressive bloodlines and grey ancestry stretching for generations. Check out a few of the names: Blackbeard, Buccaneer, Pot of Gold, Royal Inca Legend, Columbo, Rincon Cloud, and Rayo Del Sol. As Argento has matured, his fleece just keeps getting better, which is what exactly what we are looking for! The judges agree as his show record keeps improving. He has taken home the Reserve Championships from the Michigan Show (2018) in both Halter and Walking Fleece against some very tough competition. He also took Reserve Walking Fleece at the Buckeye Fall Fest (2018), where the Judge remarked that we have a very special alpaca with a true blue/gray fleece that is hard to find. As one walking fleece judge stated, "There really isn't much to improve on here. He is lovely." We agree! He really is a full package. Argento has settled females in 2019 and his first cris will hit the ground summer of 2020. Proudly co-owned with Alpacas of Indian Point Hills and Acadiana Alpacas