Fiber/Scientific Data
2017 | 19.16/ 3.9/ 20.36/ 99.18%/ 75mm |
Gun's A'Blazin' son
RR DA VINCI
Huacaya, Male, Unproven | Dark Fawn
ARI# 32786552, D.O.B. 6/24/2016,
Sire: RR GUNS ABLAZIN' -15x banner winner ARI#
31332170 Dark Fawn Co-owned by Renaissance Ridge Alpacas and UINTA ALPACAS and residing in Utah right off of I-80 for easy transport access!
Gun's A'Blazin' did in fact come into our herd in a "blaze" and took us through an incredible ride as a youngster.
He was without question the best fleeced alpaca that we had seen in our herd. He went on to have a brilliant show career and start his breeding career at only 23 months of age.
He was biopsied and follicle tested by Ian Watt and as of July 2010, is the densest non white alpaca ever tested by or either through him or Jim Watt's lab in Australia, of any in the world.
Although we rely heavily on biopsies for density, we put equal importance on histograms and especially "hand and eye", none of which Blaze has disappointed us with.
More importantly, his production has been nothing less than outstanding having produced champions in grey, black, brown and fawn.
We have our own "in house" EPD system and unfortunately are unable to demonstrate the analytics on Blaze's offspring. All of the ones in our herd have been done to date (9/2015):
Have a look at the data on the his page on the Renaissance Ridge website...the remarkable thing in our breeding scheme is not only that he has consistently and dramatically improved fiber density over the dams, many of whose data can be linked to, but that density has been accompanied by an across the board improvement the differential in micron between primary and secondary fiber, and an excellent SD in each fiber population.
Likewise the progeny histograms support the improvement in fineness, and uniformity.
Blaze has been a powerful influence in our breeding program.
Density: 78.3/mm2
S:P ratio 11.2:1
in skin P 27.5 SD 3.6
in skin S 19.6 SD 3.3
Dam: RR ANASTASIA-SOLD- Phenomenal producer!! ARI#
31620291 Medium Fawn Anastasia is RRoyal Stars' firstborn. She has worked out just fine...
Within our herd she is the "goose that lays the golden egg". Mercutio and Verona are 2 dazzling offspring whose fleeces are as bright, organized and uniform as any that we have seen and it is very densely packed onto a perfect frame.
Anastasia acquitted herself well in competition. She carries top genetics both top and bottom.
She is the quintessential foundation female. Check out her progeny.
She has given us gold in the past, but we are trying for silver with our outstanding junior herdsire, RR Duke Ellington!
Description
Da Vinci is full brother to RR Mercutio a multi champ including National Fleece Championship 2014 in fawn., now serving as a herdsire in Virginia after a brilliant show career. RR Verona is also big sister who has championed and took a first in medium fawn female at the 2016 National Fleece Show.
He gives nothing up to his older siblings; he is a well grown out young male with a super dense and very fine well organized fleece that is very well distributed across an extensive blanket...very fine and very long staple.
His only showing as a juvie brought in a blue ribbon that we believe was well earned. We can't wait to see his second fleece...this breeding has been a winning combination.
Gun's A'Blazin' did himself proud in producing this youngster. His offspring attest one of the most pre-potent offspring in the country with banners too numerous to count.
Awards
2017 California Classic Roundup out of 7
out of 11 in incredibly competitive class 2017 National Fleece Show