We looked at Adelante a little while back and were impressed with his density and beautiful, bright, fleece. At the time we didn't have a lot of light-colored females to utilize him but recently we decided to head in that direction. His pedigree shows some classics; El Nino, Pperuvian Legacy & Caligula. His dam won a championship in fawn at the California Classic. His sire is top 5% EPDs most every category. Read about his sire, Rembrandt by El Nino, who was awarded championships three times along with a reserve championship in his show career. His skin biopsy was referred to as a high density animal, to quote "This view is supported by the high level of secondary follicle development that has occurred - a secondary follicle to primary follicle ratio of 13.5 to 1 is exceptional for an alpaca." write up from Jim Watts, MV. Sc, Ph.D. Considering that Rembrandt's owners are both well-respected alpaca judges, we feel we may have something special here. His histogram at almost one year was 16.8 and 3.7 SD and following at almost 3 years old was 18.4 and 5.1 SD. Adelante sheared over 9 pounds at 9 years old. His staple length is still over 3" with over an inch of clean. We feel this is an indicator of his fleece density considering our herd tends to get dusty & dirty here in the rain-less state of sunny California that equates to limited grass on pastures. His first cria landed and we can't wait to see how he develops. Adelante is such a macho guy. We wish we had more nice girls to breed him to!