So very fine! Steel also inherited his sire's trademark silky handle. As he matured, Steel's uniformity and retained fineness brought him to the very top of his extremely competitive classes in the ring. The judges consistently commented on his extreme fineness and soft handle and now his histogram numbers fully support this. Steel is a handsome male with an excellent breeding background and has matured into an elite macho, who has produced champion offspring of his own! Steel's dam, Crescent Moon's Starbright is a lovely Rayo Del Sol daughter who was a blue ribbon winner and a reserve champion in the ring herself. She was a gentle female and proved to be a topnotch breeder and mother. At 6 yrs of age, Starbright's fleece was still 21 microns. Steel continued his show career just months before his 3rd birthday at the 2012 Futurity placing 1st in a competitive class under judge Peter Kennedy. At the 2012 GWAS he was 1st and Reserve Color and the oldest male in his class at 34.7 months and Judge Jude Anderson commented on his fineness, uniformity of color and beautiful fleece character that is still being retained at his age. This is truly remarkable for a male just shy of 36 months to be so competitive in a class of 48 grey males! The color champion was rose grey, so Steel was the best silver grey male at this show! Just for fun, we brought Steel out again in 2013 for a local show- The International Alpaca Odyssey where he was 1st in both Cottage and Commercial grey classes, and Color Champion in the IAO Cottage Division. Although winning and ribbons are fun and good, but the true test of a great herdsire is in his offspring. Once more Steel continues to shine both in the brightness, fineness and soft silky handle of his offspring's fleece as well as the beautiful look he stamps on each offspring. Steel is co-owned with June Aploks/Starshire Ranch

Congratulations and thank you to Kat Bouzos for her purchase of CPA's Sequoia! CPA's SEQUOIA Sequoia is a typey, deep maroon with black points, female out of a silver grey sire and grand-sire. She has very consistent, soft fiber with high frequency crimp. Check out Sequoia's 2010 fiber stats (@ 7 years of age). Sequoia is also an excellent breeder, birther and mother. Sequoia's sire Neversummers Merlin, and grandsire NWA LTD Ike, are both quality grey herdsires. Offspring: NEVERSUMMER'S BAREFOOT CONTESSA, is a striking Lanark's Silver Charm daughter born on 6/29/2006. Barefoot Contessa was the Grey Female Champion and Blue ribbon winner at TXOLAN Alpaca Spectacular 2007. NEVERSUMMER'S LADYSMITH, Sequoia's second offspring with Silver Charm was born 7/10/2007. Ladysmith is a fine, dense maroon, and also has Tess' beautiful balance. NEVERSUMMER'S BEAU BLACK, a true black male out of Strider of the Shire, was born on 9/6/2008. NEVERSUMMER'S WOODSTOCK, a medium brown male out of Neversummer's Moondoggie, was born on 8/28/2009. ICE'S GUY NOIR NS, a handsome Black Ice son was born on 6/17/2011. Black Ice was a Futurity Color Champion and International "Supreme Champion" (comparable to AOBA's "Judges' Choice")! Guy Noir is a multiple blue ribbon winner that exhibits his sire's compact, typey build. NEVERSUMMER'S CORNELIA, a lovely medium brown female sired by multi-color champion winner, Neversummer's US Steel, was born on 8/17/2012. Steel is an Aussie .38 Special son who continues to shine both in the brightness, fineness and soft silky handle of his offspring's fleece as well as the beautiful look he stamps on each offspring. In 2017, Sequoia had a handsome brown male.