Fiber/Scientific Data
2015 | Micron Count: 18.29/3.57/19.51/99.62/110.0 |
2014 | 15.27/ 3.22/ 21.06/ 100 |
Heerdsire par excellance
RR TOUCHSTONE - 9X CC/RCC*
Huacaya, Herdsire (Male), Proven | Medium Brown
ARI# 32661590, D.O.B. 6/14/2013,
Sire: Snowmass RRoyal Stars ARI#
30820456 White SOLD
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!
Dam: SNOWMASS STAR MATRIX ARI#
31620192 Light Brown This young lady is everything that you would expect given the pedigree!
We thought so and so did the judges.
It then came as no surprise that the Watt skin biopsy for follicle testing came back at:
Density: 50.8/ mm3
Secondary:Primary Ratio: 10.1:1
In-skin mean primary fibre diameter: 20.7 micron SD 3.9
In-skin mean secondary fibre diameter: 14.0 micron SD 1.9
Description
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...
Awards
juvenile bred and owned 2014 SWRAS Amanda VandenBosch
2014 Futurity out of 10
Alpacamania 2014 Jude Anderson (No CC)
2014 Gold Country Gathering
2014 VAOBA Fleece Show to CC RR Arturo
to brother RR Romeo Alpacafest West 2015
2015 Futurity yearling males
AOA National Fleece Show, 2015
NW Alpaca showcase
2016 California Classic, Diana Timmerman
2016 CABA Classic Arturo Pena
2016 AOA National Fleece Show
2017 California Classic Roundup
Breeders Best Three California Classic Round Up