26x champ, incl. '16, '17, '18 AOA Nationals AOA Color Champion in 2016 fleece and in 2017 Halter and Fleece! He has more wins that can be counted, but check his show results below to see his consistency! We had been looking for quite a while for that one special black male to add to our herd in complement to our Dark Secret / Black Maestrom line. Fate smiled on us when we saw Stradivaruius as a juvenile to add to our program. Even in his tui tips, we knew he was the one and acted immediately. Even with our experience and confidence, we could not help be pleased with the confirmation of our opinion by his exceptional show results. A true black herdsire, Stradivarius is a 26x fleece and halter black champion with champion bloodlines in his pedigree which hails back to both Snowmass and Patagonia, through his sire Snowmass Andean Midnight and dam Patagonia's Simone (pivotal farms that were pioneers in the industry). His show wins include AOA National Show Halter Champion, AOA National Show Invited Champion Champion, and 3x AOA National Fleece Show Champion. We have been very selective with breedings to him, closed to outside breedings, to ensure the best case scenarios in most situations for black offspring. From this, 83% of the time he produced black (TB & BB) and 100% of the time, when bred to black dams. When bred to dams of other colors he produced black 43% of the time but darkened the cria 100% of the time. His spectacular offspring include AutumnSun's Aislyn, who won banners at the AOA National Fleece show both as a Juvenile in 2021 for us and as a 2yr old in 2023 for her new owners, Carol and Christian Howard of Cinco C Alpacas and Lynn Edens of Little Creek Alpacas. His son, AutumnSun's Peacekeeper, took a champion placing as a 3 year old breeding stud for his new owners in Austria, Oberstein Alpacas! Both Aislyn and Peacekeeper are making their own beautiful black crias for their new herds. Stradivarius is closed to outside breedings and us only available as service sire for sold ASA alpacas.

This girl looks just like her mom -- but in brown. Though not the true black or appy that we 'ordered' we are happy with NJAG's fine, crimpy, shiny, long stapled fiber. She is a compact girl that is well proportioned and conformed with a quiet, sweet personality. Like her mom, she is well covered with a teddy bear face. She is sweetheart in every way but one, she really hates to walk on a lead and will cush instead. Not sure why, but in general that is not a concern for us since we tend to influence movement and sometimes cradle hold to walk more often than we walk them on a lead. NJAG produced a beautiful dark brown girl from her breeding to Stradivarius, Enessa whom we have recruited to our black program! This girl is so very fine that her 'perceived density' took a hit in the show ring. She still placed at the Nationals show we took her to whereas others walked but we decided to focus on her benefits in our breeding program rather than in the ring. Enessa was bred to Secret for her first cria and produced a lovely, strong TB boy! Unfortunately NJAG lost her 2024 dark girl cria at birth, as a stillborn, perfectly formed but still in the sack which could mean that somehow the placenta detached too early in the delivery. NJAG has given us our Enessa, her replacement daughter, so we know that she can carry to term. However, since we have her daughter, she is still on our sales list. She is still considered a proven dam and will sale with her breeding rights, but we are dropping her price (just $1500 in our current sale) simply because we are reducing our numbers and is is for sale as a single. This extreme price reduction is for a limited time only. Catch this steal of a deal for a dam that has produced dark, who hails from a pedigree that made Avalon's Jacob Black -- a pivotal black herdsire in the industry!

At Autumn Sun Alpacas, we know that is no secret that this true black herdsire is an all-around package that you will want to cover any dam, light or dark colored! Secret is a black that had no fading at his tips or interspersed white fibers when he was showing (he's getting a few 'old man' white hairs now). This isn't surprising with a lineage that includes notable black sires like Othello, recently deceased, and Snowmass Nova's Dark Quest. With his distinctive head and leg coverage, along with his inky black fiber, many stopped and stared at Secret the ring. And worthy of that attention, his fiber has extreme density, bright shine, bundled crimp, and soft handle. These are traits that you want to add or amplify in your breeding program! This is obvious in the 10x champion true black son, AutumnSun's Black Maelstrom. We were fortunate to have had our program benefit from such an exceptional offspring, especially as he was just one of only a few we have performed to Secret! We have the fortune of several excellent herdsires, including grey and black, so Secret has had to be patient. And, Maelstrom is just as a precocious stud just as his sire, as both started breeding under 2 years old. Father and son both breed black well into our program. As our Secret is getting up there in years and we we don't want to overtax him (he is still breeding for us), we are closing him to outside breedings.