We recently acquired Stingray, and were blown away by his histogram for an almost 5 year old male (55 months) that is a brown appy! While he appears a solid color in the upper part of his blanket, you can see he inherited spots from his award-winning sire and has a spotted pattern on his belly, inside legs, and part of his lower shoulder. His fiber stats are impressive, and he is retaining fineness and uniformity as he further matures:
AFD=17.8, SD=4.3, CV=24.4 with a Comfort Factor of 99.2%
Stingray is full Peruvian bloodlines from the Jim Barker Sweet Briar Suri herd, and is the son of Tinker's Blade runner, a multi-champion true rose grey male from Tinker's Creek Alpacas.
His sire, Blade Runner, completed his show career as the 2006 AOBA Nation Grey Male Color Champion, winning 4 Championships at the 4 largest shows in the world!!! His fleece is fine and lustrous with a defined uniformity to the lock. His density is above average and carries himself with pride and determination. His coloring is a True Med Rose Grey from the top of his ears to tail. His unique bloodline sets him apart from all the others with grand sires Condor and Hakeen he has the genetics to pass color from Fawn to Black and Grey. His sire is offspring of the nationally known herd sire Condor.
His dam, Sweetbriar Suri Shiraz, is the dam of multiple champion - including the Futurity Champion - SBS Crown Prince Twist' N Shout. Shiraz captured Reserve Color Champion at the 2005 Northern Illinois Alpaca Show before retiring to the breeding barn.
Stingray has produced a beautiful appy female cria, " Peaches & Cream", from a white dam with a long pedigree of white generations. Peaches is brilliant white with sizeable brown spots scattered through her fleece and is classified for shows as an appaloosa. This cria has incredible fineness, beautiful luster, and good density as well. Stingray is currently sire for our Champion female, WRSR Karina by Razor with a cria due in early June 2016.