Currently breeding in WA state... Legato Grigio is the assimilation of the 2 most important lines that we wanted to bring to our grey breeding program. He comes by his elite fleece not unexpectedly. Dad is RR Gun's A'Blazin' who has now shown by both histograms, and follicle skin testing that he is consistantly producing fineness, density and uniformity and was a 15 time banner winner. Mom, Snowmass Golden Dreams, has been one of our best producers. We have amassed countless banners from her offspring, among whom is our pre=potent herdsire Snowmass Midnight Sun. LG has demonstrated his pepotency repeatedly in his production. AS we had hoped, he is able to transmit solid grey as a dominant, in many shades. His progeny, as tested by histograms and biopsies (to date) attest to his prepotency...take a minute to check the stats on his offspring. There is but one to date that is not still in our herd...we have retained them all. His non grey production has championed in solid colors, fawn and black in particular. His pattern appears to be a spotting, not tuxedo , pattern and we have used him on solid colors with excellent success. We have not bred him to tuxedo patterns. He has not produced any blue eyed whites. The numbers don"t lie: Histograms: 2012 16.0/ 3.9/ 23/ CF 100%/ length 90mm 2013 18.3/ 4.1/ 23/ CF99%/ length 105mm 2014 17.3/ 3.85/ 22.24/ CF 100 length 90.0 2015: 19.3/ 4.3/ 22.3/ CF 97.3 length 90mm Biopsy (Alpaca Consulting/ Ian Watt): Density 64.6/mm2 S/P ratio 11.8:1 In-skin mean primary fiber diameter: 25.9 SD 2.8 In-skin mean secondary fibre diameter: 20.6 SD 2.8 Comments: Excellent density well supported by an above average S:P ratio and very uniform fiber populations, among the best recorded for this color to date. There is simply no way that we would be offering Legato Grigio, if we didn't have sons Brubeck, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie now standing on our stud row...

There's lots to like about Kit Carson's offspring and Jasmine is no exception. She has a non fading beautifully organized fleece with the density, brightness and length that you would expect from his progeny. Want persitant fineness...have a look at the serial histograms at both parents who possess 22 micron fleece at age 6 (dad) and 7 (mom, Snowmass Braveheart's Charm). As for Jasmine, 21 microns with a comfort factor of 97.9% (i.e. 2% of fibers over 30 micron), is a very commendable fleece in black. Both sire and dam have outstanding producers. Jasmine has been bred to Duke Ellington and confirmed by ultrasound. It should be a good one!

Touchstone is a legend. After a brilliant show career he established himself as one of the most pre potent studs in our 16 years of breeding. His last show was at age 4 where he Championed with a commendation as having the finest fleece in the color class juveniles included! His crias have consistently inherited the uniformity, brightness, definition and outstanding length Touchstone maintains. They too, with limited show exposure, have taken Championships. His mark on our herd improvement has been indelible. He has raised the bar...