Donato represents spectacular genetics no matter what color, but as a Grey, he is amazing. I sold his mother to Crescent Moon in 2005, perhaps a mistake! When Coco Chanel produced Donato, I knew I would like to get her genetics back on my farm. We all realized Donato had star power early on. Sleek and macho good looks, meant all that remained was the growing up. Well grown-up he did, into a beautiful specimen of handsome style, off the chart density, and fineness and crimp to covet. The Crescent Moon family and I collectively have great hopes for this Futurity Champion. Donato’s excellent density is a starting point when talking about his glossy and silvery gray fleece. Part that density and you will find advanced staple development, good fineness and abundant definition within the staple. Donato means gift and we have seen enough alpacas to know that he is just that!

Skyline’s Franchesca is one of our outstanding females that we’ve kept in our breeding program as she has an amazing pedigree. Her Sire is Snowmass Invincible, one of the famous herdsires sold by Snowmass in recent years. He carries Legacy, Hemingway and Caligula in his background. Her Dam, Francine, has Leon and Felix in her background. Now you can hardly beat that lineup. With all that behind her, we weren’t surprised by Franchesca’s style, conformation and soft handle fleece. She was impressive in the show ring as well winning a 2nd at the very competitive CABA Classic show as a yearling. For Franchesca’s first cria we bred her to our Champion herdsire MFI Peruvian Magistrate. Magistrate, a Jericho son, is a phenotypically gorgeous stud with a bright, fawn fleece displaying outstanding fleece character and exceptional density. We were not disappointed by the outcome, a fabulously bright white male. We don’t breed for white, but his guy was really amazing and we sold him to the owners of Spring Harvest Fiber Mill. For Franchesca’s 2013 cria we bred her to Crescent Moon’s Donato hoping to bring out the grey in her background. We got another fabulous boy, this time in Dark Brown and you can see by the photos, he is the complete package; great bone density, fabulous head and spectacular fleece. Franchesca is currently bred to ATV Silver Elation another one of our spectacular herdsires that has produced multiple champions. We keep hoping to tap into Franchesca’s grey background, but either way, you will end up with a fabulous cria given what we have seen from Franchesca so far.