2015: 18.2, 3.6, 19.9, 1.2
So Very fine! Steel also inherited his sire's trademark silky handle. As he matured, Steel's uniformity and retained fineness brought him to the very top of his extremely competitive classes in the ring-Color Champion 2011 MOPACA, 1st place 2011 Futurity, 1st Place 2011 AOBA Nationals. The judges consistently commented on his extreme fineness and soft handle and now his histogram numbers fully support this. Steel is a handsome boy with an excellent breeding background and has natured into an elite macho.
Steel's dam, Crescent Moon's Starbright, is a lovely Rayo Del Sol daughter who was a Blue Ribbon winner and a Reserve Champion in the ring herself. She is a gentle female and has proven to be a topnotch breeder and mother. She breeds just once to achieve a pregnancy and provides her offspring with gallons of milk. And at 6 years of age, Starbright's fleece is stilll 21 microns!
Steel concluded his show career just months away from his 3rd birthday with the 2012 Futurity-placing 1st in a competitive class under Judge Peter Kennedy and at 2012 GWAS where he was 1st and Reserve Color Champion. Steel was also the oldest in his clast at 34.7 months and Judge Jude Anderson commented on his fineness, uniformity of color and beautiful fleece character that is still being retained at his age. This is truly remarkable for a male just shy of 36 months to be so competitive in a class of 48 grey males. The color champion was rose grey, so Steel was the best silver grey male at this show!
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Steel's Awards:
1st and Color Champion 2013 IAO Cottage
1st Place 2013 IAO Commercial (CC was a fawn grey and RC a Rose Grey & .38 son)
AOBA 2013 National Fleece Show 2nd place with 19.5/20 for fineness and handle.
1st Place and Reserve Color 2012 GWAS (48 entries)
Color Champion 2011 MOPACA (out of 42 entries)
1st Place 2011 & 2012 Futurity
1st Place 2011 AOBA Nationals
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