Fiber/Scientific Data
| 2012 | Micron Count: 24.4/ 4.9/ 20.4/ CF 88.2% |
| 2011 | Micron Count: 23.7/ 4/8/ 20.1/ CF 90.1% |
| 2010 | Micron Count: 20.0/ 4.1/ 20.7/ CF 97.4% |
| 2009 | Micron Count: 18.5/4.0/21.6/ CF 99.0%/ curv 57 |
| 2008 | Micron Count: 16.37/ 3.46/ 21.11/ CF100% |
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Snowmass RRoyal Stars
Huacaya, Herdsire (Male), Proven | White
ARI# 30820456, D.O.B. 10/23/2007,
Sire: Snowmass Royal Rose ARI#
807337 Medium Fawn
Outstanding superstar stud and champion maker. Unquestionably one of Hemingway's best sons with Bueno as maternal grandsire.
Sire to 2X herdsire of the year, Snowmass XXXtreme, Snowmass Royal Challanger and countless other stud luminaries!
Dam: Snowmass Gold Starz ARI#
841156 Dark Fawn Full Peruvian
Here are lines that represent Snowmaster and 4P Legacy. Starz has produced consistanly produced superfine, less tha 17 micron, cria. She is fine, dense, uniform with outstanding definition in her fiber at age 7, and put into a conformationally perfect package. Her sire, Legacy Gold, sold for $500K at the Snowmass 2006 auction and when we came across her as lot #18 in 2007, we knew that we had to have her.
Her 2007 cria, out of Snowmass Royal Rose, i.e. Snowmass RRoyal Stars, is on our herdsire row and has been tested by Ian Watt:
His follicle density of 79.51 and S/P of 13.0/1 place him as the 4th densest alpaca they've tested in the US, 5th in the world.
Description
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Quality breeds quality, at least most of the time! A quick look at RRoyal Stars ARI certificate will illustrate just how painstakingly the Skinners, at Snowmass Alpacas, constructed their breeding decisions to arrive at this offspring. We purchased mom as the second highest selling female at their 2007 auction.
Roy has quietly ascended to the top of our breeding program and undeniably will be a major contributor. He is out of 2 outstanding Snowmass fawns. We believe that he is a "switch hitter" and expect that he will produce both great whites and more importantly color. Mom is one of our strongest foundation females and has produced champions repeatedly. Dad is one of the best Hemingway sons with an outstanding production record, including Herdsire of the Year, Snowmass XXXtreme (brown).
He is incredibly dense, very fine, and his fleece "glows". It is extremely uniform with a baby soft hand. It breaks into long,silky, draping, opalescent locks belying his incredible fineness/density.
2009 was a breakout season for Roy. He brought raves from every judge who saw him and acquitted himself well against some of the best in the country.
Follicle density testing (Ian Watt)
Follicle density: 79.51 /mm2
S/P: 13.0:1
Dp:Ds ratio 1.42
" This is the 4th densest alpaca that we have tested in the US and the 5th in the world" (as of 6/30/09)
(For comparison, El Nino was higher at 89.5 in follicle density, but had an S/P 12.5 compared to Roy's 13.0/1.)
We have used RRoy across our herd now for three years with remarkable results in increased density and fineness. We are now using his best son RR Arturo (see his biopsy results) to replace his father in our colored program. RRoy's light fawn son, RR Bacchus just won FIRST PLACE and COLOR CHAMPION at his first show under Diana Timmerman. This is an opportunity to have one of the densest alpacas in this country working for you and improving your entire herd. Please feel free to call us to ask any questions or to discuss!
Awards
Alpacamania, 2008: Reserve Color Champion, Judge David Barbosa
TxOLAN, 2009: Second Place of 15, Judge Tim Lavan
SWRAS, 2009: First Place of 13, Judge Amy Bliss Miller
Alpacapalooza, 2009; First Place of 11, Judge Ruth Elvestad
California Classic, 2009; First Place and Color Champion, Judge Cathy Merkeley
Alpacamania, 2009; First Place and Color Champion, Judge Dianna Timmerman
TxOLAN, 2010; First Place of 12, Judge Ken Hibbet
MOPACA, 2010; Second Place of 15, Judge Amanda Vanden Bosch
GWAS, 2010; Second Place of 15, Judge Jill McLeod
ABR Fall Festival, 2010: Second Place of 9 mature males, Judge Jude Anderson