Sunny has been very effective as a herdsire in our breeding program. He has brought the fleece characteristics one would expect in a light fawn multi champion and he has consistantly put those charactistics into clors from fawn through black...producing banners in his offspring. Sure he can produce at least 505 black when bred to black (he has exceeded that), but look at the fiber analytics on our webpage, in both micron and density...especially in black. He not only has improved micron all the dams that he has been bred to but has consistantly produced densities over 50, even in balck and his offspring are all in the top percentages of all blacks sampled through Alpaca Consulting USA, Ian Watt and includes RR Belleza Nera, the densest female alpaca in ANY color that he has biopsied as of 9/17/13..a striking blue black female. Sunny's density is not too shabby: Follicle testing (Ian Watt)(6/30/09) Follicle density:63.17/mm2 S/P 11.2:1 Dp:Ds ratio: 1.51 He is a utility breeder who will fit into any color breeding program and raise across herd statistics across the color spectrum. We are trying to keep a relatively small herdire row and Sunny's genetics have been well represented in our herd, so he is also being offered for sale. He's young and has a strong libido. He settled his first female at 17 months.

Guns n Roses has had an uncanny ability to improve virtually every female that he has been brought to, but the breeding to Sakura, was a match "made in heaven". We didn't know how good Godiva was until she turned 2 years of age. Sure, she always had extreme brightness, handle and "eye popping" length but we would have liked to bring a crimpier fleece to the show ring. Well it's crimpier at age 2 as she nurses her baby, now that it's growing a tad slower. Not to worry...it's still looong. It should come as no surprise, given Godiva's pedigree and the outstanding cria that we are seeing out of our own Snowmass Midnight Sun for 2011, RR Venezia, has us shaking our heads (in a good way!) Needless to say, this breeding has been repeated for 2012. We biopsied Godiva through Ian Watt and her results are outstanding! @ age 24 months Density: 52.6/mm2 S/P ratio: 10.8:1 In-skin mean primary fiber diameter: 19.0 microns, SD 2.3 In-skin mean secondary fiber diameter: 13.8 microns, SD 2.4 Comments: "An excellent rose grey female exhibiting very high density (for any color female huacaya female alpaca), very good S:P ratio and an excellent fiber population differential. The micrograph...shows orderly and regular follicle groups which contribute to these elite fleece traits expressed in the biopsy."

Donnatello has been a treasure in our program. He is a Kit Carson son out of the revered and now deceased Snowmass Silver Star who gave us Snowmass Star Matrix, mom to RR Touchstone, the national brown fleece champ in 2015. She is also mom to Snowmass Enlightenment, who is well recognized in grey breeding circles. Donnatello carries the strong conformation of both his parents and we fully suspect that he will deliver the goods on sustained fineness which was seen in both his parents. Sire, Kit Carson has a histogram of 22.5/ 4.0/ 17.6 and a comfort factor of 96.1% at age 6. Dam, Silver Star was still 23 micron at age 10! He has a very superior handle and uniformity to his fleece which would be commendable in any color, but is particularly notable for grey. We are focused on breeding for solid greys and as a result are putting both he and his ouitstanding sire up for sale. The grey genes that they carry have been deeply entwined in our herd and the backbone of our breeding program in a line that started with grandsire Aussie Gun's n Roses, RR Guns Kit Carson and now Donnatello. We expect that he will have a commendable breeding career ahead of him, but don't have enough work for him to fully realize his potential. If you're breeding for grey he's your man...and we have drastically reduced his price. Follicle Biopsy 55.1 (watt) http://www.renaissanceridgealpacas.com/BIOPSIES/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20RR%20Donatella.doc.pdf 2014 OFDA Histogram: 17.0/ 3.2/ 18.84/ 100 2015 OFDA Histogram: 20.07/3.98/18.87/98.05/90.0