Fiber/Scientific Data
| 09/04/2018 | AFD=21.3, SD=4.3, CV=20.3%, %>30=3.3% |
This sire is creating beautiful crias
Bearriver's Smoking Gun
Huacaya,
Herdsire (Male),
Proven |
Medium Silver Grey
AOA# 35296799 D.O.B. 10/14/2015 (5 yrs)
Sire:
Neversummer's US Steel
| AOA# 31720076 | Medium Silver Grey
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. The judges consistently commented on his extreme fineness and soft handle and now his histogram numbers fully support this. Steel is a handsome male with an excellent breeding background and has matured into an elite macho, who has produced champion offspring of his own! 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 was a gentle female and proved to be a topnotch breeder and mother. At 6 yrs of age, Starbright's fleece was still 21 microns.
Steel continued his show career just months before his 3rd birthday at the 2012 Futurity placing 1st in a competitive class under judge Peter Kennedy. At the 2012 GWAS he was 1st and Reserve Color and the oldest male in his class 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!
Just for fun, we brought Steel out again in 2013 for a local show- The International Alpaca Odyssey where he was 1st in both Cottage and Commercial grey classes, and Color Champion in the IAO Cottage Division.
Although winning and ribbons are fun and good, but the true test of a great herdsire is in his offspring. Once more Steel continues to shine both in the brightness, fineness and soft silky handle of his offspring's fleece as well as the beautiful look he stamps on each offspring.
Steel is co-owned with June Aploks/Starshire Ranch
Dam:
MCR's Lily Belle of Vantaggio
| AOA# 32426465 | Medium Silver Grey
Beautiful tuxedo grey bred to Neversummer's US Steel owned by Michelle Ing of Granite Bay Alpacas for a 2015 cria.
Gave birth to a gorgeous MSG male on 10/14/15. Look for this little guy at Futurity next year! 2nd Place at futurists and only made age cut off by a couple days. Thank you Michelle Ing and Lisa Beatty for taking him to Futurity!
Lily produced such a nice cria last year that we bred her back to Multiple Color Champ and Futurity
Winner FTAF'S Blackbeard. Very excited to see what the cross produces! He has arrived and he is gorgeous! He has his sires phenotype with a square frame, big bone, tiny ears, short broad muzzle and maximum coverage. "Bear River's Viking" has inherited density from both parents and has the thick wrinkles of skin to prove it. We haven't Cria sheered Viking so we are waiting to see if He is going to be black or bay black. His blanket appears black but he has some color on his extremities (Cria tips?) we shall see.
Description
Smoking Gun is a beautiful medium silver grey, sired by 3 Time Herdsire of the Year, Neversummer's US Steel. His dam is a Vantaggio by Bisturi daughter-- and what a cross this is! Smoky is a fantastic young male, with excellent fineness and high frequency crimp that glows. He has nicely shaped small ears and a perfect bite.
Smoking Gun place 2nd at futurists and only made age cut off by a couple days.
In addition to his incredible fleece, Smoky has the sweetest of dispositions.
He sired a beautiful girl cria last summer with the best personality, she lets you touch her almost anywhere. Check out Smoky's Gem.
We have rebred Smoky to Liberty Bell, and bred to Je Ne Sais Quoi. We have also bred him to Tempest as part of the package deal.
If you are interested in using Smoky for a breeding to your dam, please contact us to make arrangements.
Awards
Second place, Futurity 2016
Fourth place, Fall Fest 2017
Offspring
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Sale pending
ARI# 36102426 D.O.B. 6/26/2019 (1 yr)
Huacaya, Female| Dark Brown
Sire: Bearriver's Smoking Gun
Dam: Arroyo Seco's Liberty Bell
Smoky's Gem is a beautiful girl and we love her coloring. She is such a happy girl even when closed in the barn when the frigid temps hit in Late Oct,...
Alpaca Rainbow Ranch - Colorado Springs, CO
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Updated 1/21/2021