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There are truly quite a few reigning queens within the Red Granite Ranch foundation herd, and one in particular is named Anna Lucia. From the time we had purchased her from our good friends at Crescent Moon Ranch (Scott & Debbie Miller) in 2014, a year after she had spent a few months with us in order to be bred to Snowmass Matrix Rose - we knew she was something special, and adding the fact she is an AOBA National Champion in Fleece & Halter makes her even more special. Anna Lucia is a foundation female who we have taken in full, and she has more representatives from her line on our show team than any other line in our programs history. Something to also note is she produced the: 2017 AOA National Black Female Reserve Color Champion, 2020 AOA National Fawn Male Color Champion, 2021 AOA National Fawn Male Invited Reserve Color Champion, and the 2023 AOA National Brown Male Color Champion winners. Add the fact that five out of her eight offspring have won banners and if they have they have won over 4, and you have a female you can count on to produce show winning, seed-stock huacaya alpacas in dark colors. She was also the Produce of Dam winner at the 2020 AOA National Show in both Fleece & Halter! So that was a really long introduction to basically say that Red Granites Amgio’s dam is a bonafide living legend. Don’t take our word for it though, check the AOA database: it’s all there.

We loved what Anna Lucia did with our Futurity & AOA National Champion CCNF Legionnaire (they produced Red Granites Aragon the 2020 AOA National Fawn Male Color Champion & 2021 AOA National Fawn Male Invited Reserve Color Champion) so much that we bred to one of his rising sons: Red Granites McCoy, which created Amigo! McCoy is a Top 1% EPD holder in AFD and has a micron of 19.8 in 2022 at 6 years old to match - which proved to be perfect for Anna Lucia, and considering McCoy is a distant maternal grandson of both Snowmass Conopa XXX and Snowmass XXXtreme it was a match made in heaven!

Although Amigo hasn't had as splashy of an entrance on the show circuit as various family members from his maternal side, to underestimate him would be foolish. Dense, very fine, extremely uniform and bright, and with a propensity to hold that fineness over time, and an extremely long staple - are traits not nearly as common as one might believe. Amigo is still a youngster and we see his future to be extremely bright! Watch for more updates as this one matures!