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    201518.81 AFD, 3.62 SD,19.27 CV
    2017AOA National Fleece Show 80.5 pts for a class 'C' Mature male! 19/20 Handle/Micron, 4/5 Uniformity of Length, 8/10 Uniformity of Micron, 8/10 Crimp, 4/5 Staple type/D, 9/10 Brightness, 4/5 Uniformity of Color

    FOUNDATION

    [CLOSED; NFS] AutumnSun's Black Maelstrom

    Huacaya, Herdsire (Male), Proven | True Black

    AOA# 35044017   D.O.B. 10/6/2014 (10 yrs) , 7/8 Peruvian, 1/8 Chilean
    Sire:
    [CLOSED;NFS] Wolf Den's Dark Secret 

    3/4 Accoyo, 5x Champ, FOUNDATION - BLACK CORNERSTONE

    [CLOSED;NFS] Wolf Den's Dark Secret

    Huacaya, Herdsire (Male), Proven, True Black, 3/4 Peruvian, 1/4 Chilean
    ARI# 31620901 | DOB: 8/10/2009
    At Autumn Sun Alpacas, we know that is no secret that this true black herdsire is an all-around package that you will want to cover any dam, light or dark colored! Secret is a black that had no fading at his tips or interspersed white fibers when he was showing (he's getting a few 'old man' white hairs now). This isn't surprising with a lineage that includes notable black sires like Othello, recently deceased, and Snowmass Nova's Dark Quest.

    With his distinctive head and leg coverage, along...
    Full Details
    | AOA# 31620901  | True Black 

    Dam:
    Fossil Ridge's Special K 
    | AOA# 31621748  | Light Fawn  |
    If you are looking for something really SPECIAL - take a look at this dam! Special K is a daughter of Fossil Ridge Rumaki (PPeruvian Royal Fawn son) many awards to his name and Fossil Ridge's Bit-O-Honey who is a Peruvian Presidio grand daughter. The pairing of these two criated a beautiful little girl that has some of the nicest fleece. When we saw her as juvie, we knew she had great potential.

    In her first spin off competition with her cria fleece -- she received 4th because it was SO DENSE, long, and crimpy that it was difficult to pull apart to prep for spinning! The judge then went on to say it was BEAUTIFUL fiber and would make lots of wonderful yarn! Hmmm, love the compliments -- even if the placement didn't reflect them! In her second spin-off with her cria fleece the comment was "gorgeous!" Since then, as you can see from her record, Special K has shown the judges that she has the fiber that is a joy to see and feel. Still showing as a 2 year old, K is garnering PURPLE ribbons, showing that she had 'staying' power into her maturity.

    K was bred to Dark Secret to produce a true black male with buttery soft fiber! This male, Black Maelstrom, went on to win 13 champion banners.

    We then bred her to 19x true black Jacob Black to produce multiple champion DRG male Truthsayer!

    Since then she has kept her place in our herd with her excellent mothering skills in producing other fantastic crias or us. The remains in our foundation herd for a reason.
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    Description

    RC '16 AOA Fleece, CC '17 AOA Halter

    Maelstrom is a 13x champion, the 2016 AOA National Fleece Black Reserve Champion, and 2017 AOA National Halter Black Male Color Champion. His first fleece was measured in 2015 to be 18.81 AFD / 3.62 SD / 19.2% CoV. To bring home his banners, he combined awesome shiny, fine and uniform handle with tight crimp from his dam with Secret's inky-black similarly crimpy, shiny, and consistent fiber. Though both dam and sire have great coverage, Mael's head is credited to his sire's beautiful headstyle that cannot help but catch the eye. He is well conformed and balanced in his frame.

    Maelstrom has a lineage filled with champion banners, exceptional lineage, and black genetics. In Maelstrom, you have a list of "who's who" merging into a TRUE BLACK 7/8 Peruvian cornerstone herdsire. Maelstrom is the progeny of our multiple champion black herdsire Wolf Den's Dark Secret, who is the optimal result of the pairing of Dark Quest crossed with Othello bloodlines. His paternal grandsire is the well known Snowmass Nova's Dark Quest, son of the famous Snowmass Nova, son of Snowmass Peruvian Casanova. He is out of our lovely Fossil Ridge's Special K, a 7x champion fawn dam hailing from the multiple Champion Rumaki, a Royal Fawn son with the bloodlines of Presido and Felix.

    His crias have been stunning! Maelstrom's cria coloration to date is 88% black (TB or BB) from a black dam and 100% on our farm by dams whose pedigrees are known to produce black and/or are loaded in black. He has been bred to both black (49%) and non-black (51%) dams. When bred to the lighter colored dams (white, beige, light fawn) he produced crias darker than their dams 60% of the time, even some black crias! When his progeny have been bred to black, 100% of the descendants have been black. More than of one of his crias born to dams at our clients' farms have been described as "blue-black" in their owners glowing compliments.


    Maelstrom is closed to outside breedings. He is not available for sale unless with the purchase of entire herd; in that event, no breedings will be allowed until he is paid off in full.


    Awards

    2017 AOK Blastoff Black Fleece Color Champion, David Barboza
    2017 ABR Fall Festival, Black Male Color Champion, Helen Testa (as a three year old!)
    2017 ABR Fall Festival Fleece Black Color Champion, Ken Hibbits
    2017 MAPACA Jubilee Fleece Show, Black Reserve Champion, Diana Timmerman
    2017 MOPACA, Dark Color Fleece Champion, Wade Gease
    2017 AOA National Halter Show, Black Male Color Champion, Amanda VandenBosch
    2017 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular Show, Black Male Reserve Champion, Amanda VandenBosch
    2017 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular Fleece Show, Black Male Reserve Champion, Amanda VandenBosch
    2016 ABR Fall Festival Halter, Black Male Reserve Champion, Arturo Pena
    AOA National Fleece Show, Black Male Reserve Champion, Nick Harrington-Smith
    2016 Great Western Alpaca Show, Black Male Color Champion, Helen Testa
    2016 MOPACA, Black Male Color Champion, Sharon Loner
    2016 TXOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular, Black Male Reserve Champion, Arturo Pena
    1st @ 2017 AOK Blastoff 2 yr old Black Feece, David Barboza
    1st @ 2017 AOK Blastoff Mature Black Male, Diana Timmerman
    1st @ 2017 ABR Fall Festival 2 yr old Black Fleece, Diana Timmerman
    1st @ 2017 ABR Fall Festival, Mature Black Male, Helen Testa
    1st @ 2017 AOA National Fleece Show, True Black 2 yr old, Ursula Munn "beautiful handle & brightness"
    1st @ 2017 MOPACA Invitational Halter Show, True Black 2 yr old, Robin Nasemann
    1st @ 2017 MOPACA Invitational Fleece Show, Dark Color 2 yr old, Wade Gease
    1st @ 2017 AOA National Halter Show, True Black 2-yr-old males, Amanda VandenBosch
    1st @ 2017 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular Show, True Black 2-yr-old males, Amanda VandenBosch
    1st @ 2017 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular Fleece Show, True Black yearling males, Amanda VandenBosch
    1st @ 2016 ABR Fall Festival Halter show, True Black 2-yr-old Male, Arturo Pena
    1st @ 2016 American Alpaca Showcase, 2-yr-old black, Jude Anderson
    1st @ 2016 Illinois Alpaca Show, 2-yr-old black, Peter Kennedy
    1st @ 2016 AOA National Fleece Show, Nick Harrington-Smith
    1st @ 2016 Great Western Alpaca Show, True Black Yearling Male, Helen Testa
    1st @ 2016 Futurity, True Black Yearling Male, Amanda VandenBosch
    1st @ 2016 MOPACA, Black Yearling Male, Sharon Loner
    1st @ 2016 AOA National Show, True Black Yearling Male, Kristen Buhrman
    1st @ 2016 TXOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular, Yearling Black, Arturo Pena
    2nd - 2017 MAPACA Jubilee Fleece Show, Black Yearling, Diana Timmerman
    2nd @ 2017 Futurity, Black 2 yr old Male, Peter Kennedy
    2nd @ 2016 A-OK Blastoff, Black 2-yr-old Male, Arturo Pena
    2nd @ 2016 ABR Fall Festival Fleece show, Yearling Black Combined Male/Female, Sharon Loner (1st was our Molly)

    Financing Terms

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