Top 10 Black Male For AFD/FW Index
Stargazer's Antares
Huacaya, Herdsire (Male), Proven | True Black
ARI# 32304817, D.O.B. 7/19/2011,
Sire: 6P Royal Gold Imp98 ARI#
808058 Medium Fawn Royal Gold passed in 2013 at about 17 yo. He was one of the nations finest imports. It was quite an eye opener in the 1990's when his first cria started testing at 14 and 15 micron. Many also sustained that fineness until well into adult years. He also produced many black and grey offspring even when bred to lighter colors. Antares is a solid black herdsire with a great disposition that we are still using today. He is among the top 10 Black herdsires in the EPD program for improving both fineness and fleece weight.
Consistent, Persistence, Fineness.... A product of the Antacalla/Allianza breeding program, Royal Gold was originally held as the importer's personal herdsire selection in the last Peruvian importation (1998). His reproducibility is undeniable! He has proven to improve density, fineness and crimp.
Royal Gold has sired numerous Champion, blue ribbon offspring that will always get comments from the judge remarking about their fineness and presence. He was capable of producing all colors, including black and grey.
One of his greatest gifts to his offspring was passing on his strong presence and attitude which is noticeable from birth.
Stargazer's Antares (black) and Royal Rumble are taking over his duties with a new defined purpose. We can now offer his genetics in a greater depth of color and fineness. Rumble has been 15 micron for two years in a row.
Dam: Nightsky Arwen ARI# 31015394 Dark Brown
Description
Antares places in the top 10 of true black males that provides a significant improvement of AFD along with increasing fleece weight to his offspring
We wish we had more males like him. He has a great disposition and is very easy to handle.
Antares looks so much like his sire he could be his twin. Beautiful head, tremendous coverage, strong bone and very proportional. Delightful conformation along with full and dense coverage. He is a beautiful true black male producing Royal Baby fineness and the density that his multi champion producer 6P Royal Gold was known for.
His EPD trait values are better than most white and fawns and is one of the few true black males That rank among the finest while increasing staple and fleece weight in his offspring.