Crown Royale’s White Knight (a.k.a. “Lance”) is a phenomenal white full Peruvian, ½ Accoyo male.
He possess a tremendous amount of density, bone, and luster, which he is passing on to his cria! In 2005, Lance was sheared twice once in April and once in July. Scored 15 out of 15 on weight in the 2008 suri network fleece show with a 24 micron fleece at 6 years and 5 months with a blanket weight of 6.76 lbs.
* In 2007 his fleece grew at .42 mm/day.
* In 2008 his fleece grew at .40 mm/day.
* A superior fleece is considered anything in excess of .4 mm/day on a 2-3 year old.
* Fiber stats for 2004 at age 2years and 6 months are FD 19.6 SD 4.1 CV 20.9.
* Fiber stats for 2007 at age 5years and 5 months are FD 23.6 SD 4.9 CV 20.7.
* Fiber stats for 2008 at age 6years and 5 months are FD 24.5 SD 4.9 CV 20.1.
Tested at 5 years and 5 months of age, he has 41.6 follicles per square mm with a 10.8 S/P ratio. Only 3.7 micron between the secondary and primary fibers. Ian Watts stated "You have hit the jackpot with this one! The way the primary follicles sit inside the histogram of the secondaries is closer to a merino sheep than anything I have seen anywhere in alpacas! Congratulations!!"
Lance possesses the soft rolling skin and he is passing this trait along to his progeny.
Lance has never finished worse than 4th and he showed in the largest shows in the country AOBA, Futurity, Mapaca, Ky Classic, Alpaca Fest, Suri network fleece.
In Suri Network fleece show his fleece continues to beat fleece from animals almost 3 years younger.
* At the age of 5.5 he finished first at the 2007 Suri Network Fleece Show beating the 2006 Futurity, 2006 MAPACA, and 2007 AOBA champion.
*One of his cria has a skin biopsy density of 65.0 out of dam with a skin biopsy of 50.3.
*Cria = Crown Royales White Knight cria
cria = cria from another herdsire but same dam
DOB Date Tested AFD SD CV %>30
Dam 2/17/99 8/16/02 19.7 4.3 22.0 2.6
*Cria 10/5/06 6/20/07 18.6